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.

Jimbuna · 05-13-13, 04:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

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

Looking at all the automation I was wondering if that would be the case too

JU_88 · 05-13-13, 02:39 PM

Cool! nice one Jim

Jimbuna · 05-13-13, 02:45 PM

Danke F

Platapus · 05-13-13, 06:21 PM

Wow, just dial in the heading and speed. Cool!

Sailor Steve · 05-13-13, 06:31 PM

"Come left to one-four-zero."

"I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that."

GoldenRivet · 05-13-13, 07:35 PM

Flying is great fun.

Just today i helped a buddy reposition a couple of airplanes to the other side of the state of Texas for maintenance.

I enjoyed my airline days, for the most part. but i found the flying to be highly "technical" - perhaps that is not the best way to describe it... i guess what i mean to say is that it is very robotic feeling. Almost as if there was a disconnect with the passion of it i guess. There was a highly regimental procedure for even the most routine of activities in the airplane (with good reason of course)

"There is a difference between a pilot and an aviator; one is a technician... the other is an artist in love with his medium."

there are several variations of that quote but it is very true

it has been 4 years since my last FAR Part 121 airline flight, my full uniform and kit bag still reside in the hall closet almost as if waiting to be called to action again.

i admit that i still occasionally dream of it. Sometimes i am sitting in the pilot's lounge conversing with my old colleagues about the storms and the delays and asking how "the ride" along a certain route is.

other times i just dream that i am up in the flight levels, taking in the view.

I had a lot of positive and negative experiences during my airline stint and i wouldnt trade the memories of those days for the world.

But flying in the airline world helped me realize that even though airline life could sometimes be fun...

i've found that it could never best this...

thanks for sharing the video Jim... it brings me back to some happy days to see that

JU_88 · 05-14-13, 07:47 AM

How come the cockpit computer barks 'retard' retard' when the aircraft touches down? thats a new one on me...

GoldenRivet · 05-14-13, 08:37 AM

It is indicating that the thrust levers should be reduced. Probably to near idle.

Herr-Berbunch · 05-14-13, 08:58 AM

http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=201011

05-12-13, 02:55 PM	#1
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 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: 11,747 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: 42,696 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: 4,520 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: 28,286 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

05-13-13, 02:39 PM	#8
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,811 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Cool! nice one Jim

05-13-13, 02:45 PM	#9
Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,788 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Danke F __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,388 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Wow, just dial in the heading and speed. Cool! __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

05-13-13, 06:31 PM	#11
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	"Come left to one-four-zero." "I'm sorry, Dave. I can't do that." __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

05-13-13, 07:35 PM	#12
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	Flying is great fun. Just today i helped a buddy reposition a couple of airplanes to the other side of the state of Texas for maintenance. I enjoyed my airline days, for the most part. but i found the flying to be highly "technical" - perhaps that is not the best way to describe it... i guess what i mean to say is that it is very robotic feeling. Almost as if there was a disconnect with the passion of it i guess. There was a highly regimental procedure for even the most routine of activities in the airplane (with good reason of course) "There is a difference between a pilot and an aviator; one is a technician... the other is an artist in love with his medium." there are several variations of that quote but it is very true it has been 4 years since my last FAR Part 121 airline flight, my full uniform and kit bag still reside in the hall closet almost as if waiting to be called to action again. i admit that i still occasionally dream of it. Sometimes i am sitting in the pilot's lounge conversing with my old colleagues about the storms and the delays and asking how "the ride" along a certain route is. other times i just dream that i am up in the flight levels, taking in the view. I had a lot of positive and negative experiences during my airline stint and i wouldnt trade the memories of those days for the world. But flying in the airline world helped me realize that even though airline life could sometimes be fun... i've found that it could never best this... thanks for sharing the video Jim... it brings me back to some happy days to see that __________________

05-14-13, 07:47 AM	#13
JU_88 Silent Hunter Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: UK Posts: 3,811 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	How come the cockpit computer barks 'retard' retard' when the aircraft touches down? thats a new one on me...

05-14-13, 08:37 AM	#14
GoldenRivet Subsim Aviator Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 8,726 Downloads: 146 Uploads: 0	It is indicating that the thrust levers should be reduced. Probably to near idle. __________________

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