I am the same as you eric. I am terrified of flying. In fact i walked off a plane once when i sat down and looked outside the window and saw the runway at heathrow. The air steward did everything to persuade me to stay but i got off...couldnt handle it. Then, as a result of me leaving, they asked all passengers to have their bags ready for another inspection incase i planted something lol. My mum was on the flight with my kids and she knew it would take a lot for me to go through with it. She said ill see u in scotland tomorrow... I ended up getting the train. I caused embarassment for her on the flight but its my biggest fear ever. Any slight turbulance and i panic and grab my partners leg lol. I become hysterical and the air hostesses have to calm me down. I wish i could relax and enjoy it because its an amazing experience to fly. But i am a total wreck from the minute we book till we are just above the runway on touch down. As soon as we come into land and we are just above the runway im like thankyou god. Thankyou for sparing my life lol
I live in Birmingham and I love standing in Sheldon country park watching the planes take off and land at Birmingham Airport. I have landed in Birmingham airport many times but for me take offs and landings at Edinburgh Airport in Scotland are the windiest. They have very strong winds up there. When i go back to my home country I seem to go when winds are bad up there and the plane is always climbing and dropping above the firth of forth as we come into land due to high winds and hills. I know its nothing the pilots cant handle...its a breeze for them.... its just a little scary for us nervous passengers when that happens.
I find the noise of a jet being throttled back from take-off thrust to climb thrust quite alarming. My missus absolutely hates it -- to a point where she almost wets herself as she thinks we're about to drop out of the sky! Great vid though. Nice touch to display and explain some of the cockpit equipment too. Leeds Bradford airport experiences similar problems to Birmingham during stormy weather as their runway is orientated in a similar direction, in that it is almost at right angles to the UK's prevailing wind systems.
I empathise with her, you get all the noise and power to take off. Then you hear the engine noise go quieter. On my first ever flight (night time) I actually went into a panic attack at this sequence of events, close to tears until a stewardess was able to come down and reassure me. Still to this day I listen out for it LoL
It has dual GPS, but during quick rotation on a small scale the ND cannot display smooth movement. The actual position is not infringed. You'll see the same behavior in your car if you switch your GPS to the smallest range.
EGBB is the ICAO code for Birmingham airport, BHX is the IATA code. LHR/EGLL stands for London Heathrow, CDG/LFPG for Paris de Gaulle and so on. There are airports with two codes, Strasbourg is the only airport with three different codes ;-)
This might seem like a silly question but how is any language barrier avoided (referring to the German being spoken) or is basic English essential being a pilot I.e phonetic alphabet
With "western" Airlines all procedures and checklists, all manuals and documentation is English anyway. Pilots also need to have their language proficiency checked by language proficiency examiners with minimum grade 4 out of 6, with 6 being near native speaker level. English needs to be 4 at least.
All checklists and briefings are in English, private conversation doesn't need to be. By the way there are many more official ICAO languages than English throughout the world.