Pilots camera view flying an A380

Jimbuna · 05-12-13, 02:55 PM

Pretty cool...I'd love to be a pilot

http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/

u crank · 05-12-13, 03:12 PM

Excellent Jim. Great video.

It would be a great job.

Skybird · 05-12-13, 03:31 PM

Saw it for the third time now, I think. There are several good videos done by this company, PilotsEye.

Sailor Steve · 05-12-13, 04:14 PM

That was highly entertaining. Thanks, Jim.

My dad was a pilot for United Airlines for thirty-six years, starting as a co-pilot on DC-3s in 1952 and retiring as a captain on DC-10s in 1988. When I asked him if he missed flying he said "No". He felt like he had graduated from airplanes to office buildings with wings. That was just his own personal experience of course. Perhaps after all that time he was just tired of it.

Even though I don't like riding in airliners anymore, it was still cool to hear the very familiar sounds when the flaps and landing gear came down. Some things never change.

I think it's pretty cool how the autopilot, which used to only keep the plane flying straight and level, now does whatever they dial into the computer, and I loved the GPS that even told them exactly which taxiway to take to get to their gate. I also loved that they used several cameras so you can see everything that's going on.

Awesome stuff!

Rhodes · 05-12-13, 04:37 PM

Very great, thanks Jim!

AVGWarhawk · 05-12-13, 07:50 PM

I would think the job as a pilot gets mundane after a few months. Take off. Auto pilot. Land.

05-12-13, 02:55 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Pilots camera view flying an A380 Pretty cool...I'd love to be a pilot http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/ __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

05-12-13, 03:12 PM	#2
u crank Old enough to know better Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Prince Edward Island Posts: 11,744 Downloads: 136 Uploads: 0	Excellent Jim. Great video. It would be a great job. __________________ “Two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.” ― Arthur C. Clarke

05-12-13, 03:31 PM	#3
Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,604 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Saw it for the third time now, I think. There are several good videos done by this company, PilotsEye. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

05-12-13, 04:14 PM	#4
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	That was highly entertaining. Thanks, Jim. My dad was a pilot for United Airlines for thirty-six years, starting as a co-pilot on DC-3s in 1952 and retiring as a captain on DC-10s in 1988. When I asked him if he missed flying he said "No". He felt like he had graduated from airplanes to office buildings with wings. That was just his own personal experience of course. Perhaps after all that time he was just tired of it. Even though I don't like riding in airliners anymore, it was still cool to hear the very familiar sounds when the flaps and landing gear came down. Some things never change. I think it's pretty cool how the autopilot, which used to only keep the plane flying straight and level, now does whatever they dial into the computer, and I loved the GPS that even told them exactly which taxiway to take to get to their gate. I also loved that they used several cameras so you can see everything that's going on. Awesome stuff! __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-12-13, 04:37 PM	#5
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,515 Downloads: 110 Uploads: 0	Very great, thanks Jim! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

05-12-13, 07:50 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,253 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I would think the job as a pilot gets mundane after a few months. Take off. Auto pilot. Land. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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