@@ecastel1977 actually davcini did. There’s arguments for 3 people that actually built and flew the first types of planes. Gustave Whitehead was before both the Wright brothers and Dumont.
I used to do this at LHR in the 90's, but with the older style push back tugs. Great job. Even managed to push back and tow Concorde when BA were on strike (again).
For a second there, I thought you were going to push the plane to its destination! 🤣 Awesome video, it’s a shame there isnt anything for scale next to those massive GE90-115’s, a single engine generates more than TWICE the entire output of the Titanic. Nearly 11’ fan diameter. 😳
I don’t think we realize enough just how iconic the 777 has seriously been over the last couple decades! You cannot without a doubt realize how important this aircraft is in modern aviation history
Beautiful plane. My favorite, actually. One of my favorite airports too. :O) Cool to see how the fan speed almost perfectly matched the shutter speed/frame rate of the camera.
I do this everyday with A320/321, 737-800/900 and E175s and it’s pretty cool to have this responsibility but it is something you cannot get too comfortable or even lax in. When I do my exterior walk around prior to push I get to see people looking at me through the window and they’re probably thinking that I’m doing the best I can to make their flight safe and to me that’s worth it.
@F. A. Airplane tires are specified to 32-35% continual deflection, unlike car tires which follow completely different specifications set instead to 12-14%
not so true hahaha many people on flights are not usually aviation enthusiasts and just fall asleep or scroll through social media before the wifi gets turned off.
Suddenly the tractor driver is temporarily blinded by the sun suddenly appearing in his eyes and going dark just as quickly and he hears the captain say, "Sorry, wrong switch" when the main landing lights come on.
Until recently I lived about 8 miles directly across Boston Harbor, and could hear the Cathay 777 startup every night (inside my apartment) - that sound really carries!
Amazing to see it from this angle. I always wondered how much torque/power do those things have to be able to push the plane back line that. Anyone know?
They’re geared for torque and low speed - I’d venture a guess that many decent SUVs or pickups with low-range gearing could probably move this aircraft. The issue is momentum - once you get that thing moving, you’d just be along for the ride. Similarly turning would likely prove difficult. I remember a VW ad ages ago where their new Touareg (I think it was the V10 turbo diesel) towed a 747. I think they had to put more lead ballast inside of it than the entire vehicle weighed in the first place, just to get traction.
That’s usually when the fuel valves open on the engines; before that they’re just spinning up to the required RPM with bleed air (but aren’t “running” yet).
@@GlobalTossPot You’re incorrect. You have the model number accurate, but the pricing for each engine is actually 33 million, not 24. There’s plenty of empirical data supporting that.
ETOPS = Engines Turn Or People Swim ;-) This was told to me by one of the test pilots when the 777 was going through certification and was testing at KIWA in Arizona.
Pushing back the aircraft, that is the time when you realize the importance of the yellow lines because if you swayed a bit and ended up hitting the other aircrafts.
No, not always. Pilots can choose which engine to start first depending on noise procedures, locations of nearby aircraft of people and any other number of reasons. Also, most airlines have a schedule they like to (try to) stick to where they let each engine take turns starting first in order to not put strain on one engine too much in an "unbalanced" way from a maintenance perspective.
I'm currently training to be tow certified at a regional airport here in the US, and I've worked with both the "scoop" types like you see here and towbar pushbacks. Scoops are fairly simple, you just have to learn that when you turn left the tail goes right and so on. It's similar with a towbar (that hooks onto the nose gear and then gets hitched onto a tug) but a towbar is all weird angles (you turn left and the tail goes right but then the towbar goes more to the right pulling the tail to the left and...,) its taken me days of practice with a GPU to get reasonably good at it!
@@TUKUMZLet me help. ETOPS: “Engines Turn or People Swim.”. Actually, “Extended Twin Engine Operations.” Basically, it’s the ability of a twin engine aircraft, while operating over vast expanses of water, i.e., oceans, to be able to run on one engine and reach an alternate landing location in a specified amount of time, in the unlikely event of an over the water engine failure.
