As I watched this video I thought about my dad, and realized how proud I am of him. Although, he is gone I will always remember him through love and respect. He flew out of JFK for 31 years for Pan Am, and retired in 1979.
I'm impressed by the professionalism needed to land an aircraft of this magnitude so smoothly, My sister-in-laws uncle is a true professional.. Great view of Rockaway and Jamaica bay inlets and my elementary school P.S. 42👍
Great crews like this make it look so incredibly easy. As a non-pilot married to a pilot I have a very small inkling of how much training this takes. Hats off to every crew in charge of every successful landing and takeoff!
Nice video!! I've been in the jump seat ... before September 11, 2001. It was an amazing experience, landing in Winnipeg Manitoba. The sunset was magnificent.
hey everyone, I fly little cessna 172's and every video i watch of a 747 it seems like they land flat. but to my perspective in a 172 we pitch way nose up to land. This is a truly excellent video, and it shows how great the 747 is.
Cool view of the Rockaway Peninsula. Growing up I marveled at the giant jumbo jets taking off and landing at JFK. At about 30 seconds in the lower right you can see a 600 foot long "A" train on its way to Mott Ave.
Fantastic! Thanks for sharing - I love the 747/4 and I only get to see them from six miles below! I live in the far NW of Scotland and they fly over my house on their way to and from the States and Canada etc. I'd sell my body for a chance to have a cockpit seat, but I'm not very skinny and I'll just have to wait and win the lottery lol :)
Wonderful video, I loved it. Makes me nostagic for New York, at least to know the excitement of landing at either JFK or LaGuardia once again to visit. Grew up in Red Hook, Brooklyn that mysterious childhood I'll never forget. My memory is in black and white, even though I look at color videos now, I remember the gray fog on the river, I hear the sound of the tugboats.
Blijven mooie beelden !!! Jaarlijks een dag of 10/11 naar NYC met KLM. Blijft een geweldig trip..... Still beautiful images !!! Annually 10/11 days to NYC with KLM. Still a great trip .... Ruuud Mulder (NYC-Fan) The Netherlands.
Completely agree. I fly a lot and apart from take-off or landing I find flying an ordeal. I love watching these RU-vid videos though. I even find taxiing at JFK interesting when it's online!
i love these plane videos, could watch them for hours..... but not as much as i love all the know-it-all people commenting on every single one of them like they know what they're on about, just because they've played flight simulator 8 million or whatever :)
Love it! Let me feel like a little boy with his face sticked right to the windshield watching the flight! I am too old for that right now, plus there's no space even for a kid to get there! :) First class view! Thanx again! I also enjoy English with a Dutch accent!
It is actually amazing that we can have an airplane takeoff, fly 8 miles up into the sky, then 8 hours later touch down in a specific country, state, airport, and runway.
Very enjoyable landing on 4R. JFK is a fantastic airport to utilize. I always try to book air travel through there. The Jetblue terminal is really a pleasant place to visit ...except for the very last gate in the east wing. Don't miss the Exofficio shop for great travel clothes-
@ysflightman If you listen closely you can hear the engine reversers kick in. It basically redirects engine thrust forwards instead of out the back. Also as soon as the wheels hit the tarmac they deploy spoilers that come up from the wings adding extra drag. all those things put together slow that big bird down quickily!
Good question. They are coming in from the southwest, heading northeast just past Sandy Hook Bay when the video started. They were on approach for 04R which has a magnetic heading between 35º - 44º (northeast). At the beginning of the video the Manhatten skyline is about one video width off to the left.
what a great landing and flare, these passengers never new when they landed. an kudos to the First Officer. since the camera is on the Captain side I assumed the F.O. was landing the plane!
Reverse thrust is not the engines going backwards. Depending on engine type, part of the casing is mechanically opened and deflectors channel the air stream through openings to the side and out. The air is forced outwards and sidewards instead if to the rear. The engine does not spin in the opposite direction. Idle reverse is when the deflectors are opened. Full reverse is when the engines are additionally spooled up and more thrust is directed out through the openings. A smooth landing like
