@segatman when an aircraft has a Max Take Off Weight (MTOW) that exceeds 300,000 lbs, it is considered a "heavy" aircraft and the word "heavy" has to be added onto the call sign for purposes of spacing and knowing which runway to land a heavy aircraft due to a longer landing distance.
@RontoTheDog yep! its on channel 9 in the arm rests. but only on mainline airplanes, its not installed on the united express carriers. its on most of the time but the pilot can choose to have it turned off and if there is a jump seater with a headset plugged in, it wont work.
@oktal3700 in most cases, many airplanes that are on IFR flight plans will cancel IFR and take the visual approach if its unlimited visibility because its a quicker way to get on the ground rather than flying 20 to 30 miles past the airport to intercept the localizer for an ILS approach
@codyl1992 good call. didnt even think about that lol. yes, its on almost all Mainline planes, and express carriers i.e. SkyWest, Mesa, ExpressJet... do not have it installed
really nice video! 5/5, i have always wondered what those fins on the engine nacelles of some airliners are, the 777 and A340-600 come to mind. do you know?
Why did the Honolulu approach guy ask if it was a problem for United 73 to maintain present speed until 5 mile approach? Is that not something that 777's usually do? Great vid though and beautiful landing! Great to hear what the communication in commercial aviation is like.
@airbus320dfw im not sure why united does that. But i know in most settings, the screens are usually only installed on international configured airplanes. Domestic planes just have the projector screens. But its not uncommon for an international airplane to be used on a domestic flight. Its all airline dependent like United only having screens on international flights, where as jetBlue or Virgin America have screens on every seat, all domestic flying. The flight from SFO-HNL is roughly 5.5hrs
United has ATC on channel 9 in the onboard entertainment system in the armrests and i plugged in my headphones, had one side in my hear and the other side i was holding up to the microphone on my camera. so i had one hand holding the camera and the other holding the earbud in front of the mic lol.
@svscared everything is dependant upon the situation. i dont think it was really a question, i think it was more of a suggestion put nicely haha. the controller probably wanted us to maintain that speed for spacing. but i wasnt up front so i dont know what the situation was.
Nice Video! I do wish that United would bring their in-flight entertainment into the 21st century however. I see you've flown on their Sydney to San Francisco service on the 747 so I'm sure you know what I mean! A big projector on a screen with horrible video quality is not good. Having flown Qantas on their 747 where every seat in economy has it's own telephone, LCD screen so you can watch what you chose & even play video games against others in the plane certainly helps pass the time.
@segatman first, i was wrong with the weight, the weight at which an airplane is designated as a heavy is at 255,000lbs GTOW (Gross Takeoff Weight). If the airplane takes off over 255,000lbs and lands under 255,000lbs, they leave the "heavy" attached to the callsign for wake turbulence avoidance reasons
it wasnt in the cabin. I plugged in my headphones into the arm rest and turned to channel 9 (the ATC channel on United) and then took one ear piece out and held it up to the microphone on my digital camera throughout the whole video
@airbus320dfw They have domestic configured ones as they wanted to use them from DEN-to Hawaii or from ORD-HNL and there other very profitable flights to Hawaii
@superchikmillon1998 i plugged in my headphones into the armrest and tuned to channel 9, took one ear bud out and put it up to the microphone on my camera
@TheMe2cool i have no idea man. i havent flown United in over 2 years. but i havent heard that they uninstalled the system so im assuming it still works. channel 9.
The category the aircraft is in with regards to wake turbulence. A fully loaded 757 would be considered heavy as it generates significant wake turbulence.
@craig3008 yeah I know what you mean. I havent flown United in about 3 years now but the projection screen is pretty much pointless unless its at night.
Heavy = Over specific weights, which have varied throughout the years, doesn't really have anything to do with distance, other than additional fuel onboard.
wake turbulace (if that is what you are refering to) is not created by the engines, its created by the wings... bigger wings, heavy aircraft = heavy wake turbulance
