Imagine living in a peaceful and beautiful city of Innsbruck and seeing a B747 only 10 meters over your roof wabbling everywhere while doing 400 knots.
I swear to god, once when I was about 10 years old, I saw a commercial airliner flying not more than about 100-200 feet above my house, or my whole housing area anyway. No one seems to believe me when I tell the story and it kinda is at the point when I feel like maybe I misremember it, but I'm SURE it really happened. One second there was nothing going on, it was just a nice sunny summer's day nice and quiet, next second there's this almighty horrendous noise, me and some friends were all dicking around outside, and we all look in the direction of this noise and there's this commercial jet at an altitude that seemed no more than maybe 3 houses high, not huge like a 747, but still very very large, and it was almost blink and you missed it. Then it went behind some houses, the noise subsided almost as fast as it came, and then we saw this little black dot moving through the sky at what looked like many thousands of feet up some time later, maybe 10 or 15 seconds. It may or may not have been the same plane. When I think back now, I think maybe not, since to go from right on top of my house to a little black dot in 10-20 seconds seems highly unlikely for an airliner. A terrifying but awesome moment. This was around the same time as the Libyan Pan-Am hijacking where the plane came down on the Scottish border, so it was no joke to be honest. What puzzles me is that only me and those kids I was with seemed to see or hear it. No one else did.
"Ladies and gentlemen, this is Kelsey from the, uhh, flight deck. We've started our descent into, uhhh, Innsbruck and should be on the ground in uhhh few minutes. The final takes too long at, uh, Vref, so we're just going to take it up to about, uh, 400 knots at 200 ft and then throw out all the, uh, flaps and spoilers about 30 seconds before touchdown, so it might be, uhhh, a little bumpy back there for a bit, but we should be into the gate a little early this afternoon. Just ignore that, uhh, clacking sound and the various horns coming from the flight deck. I'm trying to get, uhhh million points or so on this landing, but you should probably go ahead and review the, uhh, brace procedures and exit locations just in case. Enjoy the rest of the flight and we'll have you on the ground very soon."
Michael, considering he flies 747 cargo flights I think that isn't too likely. Nowadays there aren't a lot of opportunities to fly by 747 if you aren't an employee of an airline that flies them as cargo planes.
why is there so much hate on ryanair coming from Americans? Lol I used to fly with them a lot in Europe (like A LOT) and never ever had I a tough landing or rude assistance.
@@S4von It's more a meme than people's actual firsthand experience. The vast majority of people who comment how much Ryanair sucks never flew with them.
This meant that the aircraft was about to enter the LZ area at high speed and “weapons hot” (weapons armed and ‘safeties’ released / ready to fire). The radio call was a final warning for any ‘friendly’ forces to stand clear or take cover before rockets/chain-guns/machine guns were fired. Beau Guitar Baby!
@@joshzucker1625 we all got the list. Air Iberia for me. Not landings so much but I swear one takeoff I rode seemed cleared to go about 500m down the taxiway from the runway, started spinning up the engines right then, hit the right gear brake only to help make the turn, and we were going about 50 knots and accelerating by the time the wheels hit the runway numbers.
@@hellsop At places like Ryanair and Air Iberia, their motto is: "we teach our pilots how to fly this thing, while we're earning revenue as well! That'll teach ya to do business, how to make the highest profits!" 😂 .....and meanwhile, the European Aviation authorities: "Good job boys! That's why we introduced this thing called a "multi point license (MPL)". So that you boys can make as much monnneeeyy as possible!!! hahahaha! 😂😂"
@@avalifeinbytes4529 for landing alignment, it's rudder, for taxiing, then it's tiller, but I believe Kelsey wouldn't touch that being an FO if the 747 also has it on the captain side only like in other Boeing types.
Ok kelsey we're set up on a 10 mile final. Go ahead and configure for a good landing. Flips shades down alright gear out and full power! Let's see if she'll hit 400 kts shall we 😂
When you touch down, hold down F2 to use the reverse thrusters. The "ground roll" score says it's lateral distance from centerline, but it's been shown to also count the length of your roll.
I just found you're channel the other day,I'm not a pilot..but I love everything about planes and helicopters.. I work for sikorsky.. but keep up the amazing work! You have my support!
Hi Kelsey I'm a newbie to your RU-vid channel, I'm really frightened of flying and I do fly about 4 to 10 times a year. Your videos have help me feel allot better about flying, thanks
how in the world does a video about an actual pilot slamming his plane into the runway at 400 knots without the gear out make you feel better about flying
I think an interesting video would be how you think the MSFS 747 compares the the real thing. You can demonstrate various stalls, and things like engine out scenarios.
Kelsey, I wonder if you're going to have a bit of adjustment the first few times on the simulator. After I do go-karting with my kids (and therefore do maneuvers you'd never do on the streets in a real car), on the drive home, I have to catch myself a bit to drive normally (and not leave my passengers pasted to the windows and the side of the interior due to the g-forces) haha.
Watching that first one, and I’m thinking “He is going to drop the dangly stuff soon isn’t he?” Nope he didn’t. First attempt, not bad hitting the target area anyway. Did you try from inside the cockpit?
You really need to try the PMDG 747 with the Prepar3D simulator! There you can also show the viewers all the special procedures which you are explaining like the „load relieve“ behavior of the plane!
My granddaughter at 5 yrs old, "Papa, come watch me play my game". Me. "Uh yeah sure, sounds exciting". This was actually interesting and it confirms for me that my older MS flight simulator was actually not realistic like I always thought
Funny 74, I was just re-watching one of your videos where you were debriefing a video of a small plane crashing thru some trees. You talked about the pilot continuing with his course at full speed with out trying to do something different to try to get a different result. LOL.
when I play flight sims, I always use cockpit view, it feels more realistic, so its interesting to see a pilot who always seems to like 3rd person view.
11:11 2 million is the max. The results screen shows the calculation is a score for precision, with 2000 as max, added to a score for roll, also 2000 max, and then the result multiplied by a score for smoothness, with 500 max. (2000+2000)*500=2,000,000
I try to never leave the cockpit view on these challenges. As a real 747 pilot, I'm surprised you do. Is it easier or harder for you to get a million points on your landings that way?
I can not believe you flying it like a video gamer in the external view. I only peek out if I am not in VR to look for mountain passes. In VR you can just look around EZly.
I don't know what I just watched, and I don't know why I watched for so long..but now I TOTALLY know why my 10 year old kid watches people play Video games on youtube SUBSCRIBED
Excellent! I love your channel. :) Comparing notes... I'm on a Mac, so I fly X-Plane. I've done this with many airliners, including the 747... Takeoff, retract everything, and accelerate straight ahead to 350-ish knots, staying low. When a couple of miles away from the airport, pull up into a steep climb. At about 200 knots, start pulling back more, into a loop, and when you're inverted and nearly stalled, dump everything, as you did in your flight. (Since you're below all warning speeds, everything will deploy.) Then, roll 180 degrees on the downline, so you're right-side-up for the landing, and manage your airspeed by keeping the throttles closed, and perhaps do a sideslip, if needed. (I've also used reversers while on the downline... Don't know if the actual aircraft would allow that.) You should be able to land at nearly normal speeds! Boeing wouldn't approve, but it's fun!
Is a good dream. Go get flight simulator and practice practice practice. When you feel comfortable find a flight school. I did just that starting at age 5, by the time I was 17 I found a school. My time delay was due to lack of schools near me.
Normal people: Eww now I don’t want to do more work at home, for fun. Pilots: When I get home from flying planes, I’ll load up flight sim, and fly more planes!
Kelsey, you should get the following, it's by far the most authentic representation of the 747 to date and it would be awesome with a take on it by a real pilot. I know for a fact PMDG is a great product, and is highly appraised by other real pilots, definetly recommend it Lockheed Martin Prepar3D PMDG 747-400
Man, you`ve become really good, I really enjoyed that! If I could swallow the fact, that I would give money to Microsoft, I would try this myself. But I still can`t. Keep up the great work, you are my favourite aviation guy, alongside Juan. Cheers :)
Kelsey I don't mean to tell you your job but on that first landing with no gear, maybe you should have done a go-around. I mean its one of the first procedures taught for a PPL, thought you might know about it. Just kidding!!! Love the videos and you playing the sim is hilarious. I enjoy your commentary esp about how FS2020 is wrong on the flight characteristics of the 74. Keep the blue side up and keep those videos coming!
Your well over a mill and I’m just seeing this now, I have a hunch it’s probably easier for you to land a Real… 747. 😂😂😂 This is fun to watch!!!! 😊 💙side up!
In Los Angeles 15 mile vicinity: Seeking Flight simulator for hire. (FS 2020 or Xplane 11) The airport simulators are closed due to covid and i dont have expensive equipment to test something. 70 minutes max.
This is proof that flight is a very demanding skill. His narration is "chattery" and with lots of hesitations. It's proof that it is best to focus on a single task at a time rather than to address many.
Really appreciate your videos. I can honestly say my favourite flight was a 747 aborted landing at NAS. (A Lufthansa flight FRA-MIA, MIA closed due to weather). Keep up the great videos!
FAR 91.117(a), "unless otherwise authorized by the Administrator, no person may operate an aircraft below 10,000 feet MSL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots (288 mph)" - That was a wicked Tail Wind!
can you do an episode about space x and starship? love the vids keep up the good work and i dunno i tought if u throw us few space stuff now and then it will be fun :)
That's a neat concept. Throw the rulebook out the window, gun it and plant it! As you said this would be very interesting in the actual simulator. It seems Microsoft doesn't take certain elements into consideration and dumbs down the game a bit so average people can play it without pooping their pants. It would be interesting if they would incorporate a flight mode called super advanced that would be designed for actual pilot level players. That way Kelsey could really strut his stuff! Good video! I enjoyed this!😁👍
I know the mechanics, you’ve explained many situatios. But,for me, take off is always Magic. If you hit my town, and it’s safe, I’ll buy the Sprecher Beer.
Impressed.. Fun to watch your takes on aviation... As for Flight sim... I am long time from the real and flight sims are my only option now.. So many aspects which vary the FS experience, and having always had to modify the store bought flight controllers, to get closer to reality... Such as your LG button and the program which limits extending and retracting gear etc. The damage profiles are also a bit off. Still fun though. Watch your trim lol. For me, it's just keeping the mental processing at work..lol
Super to watch this, thanks for these videos Kelsey! I have a question (maybe it's a stupid one) but in one of your other videos you mentioned that you don't aim for the cockpit to be on the centerline during landing but for the main gear. How do you know when you are in the cockpit that the main gear is perfectly centered (especially during strong crosswinds)?
