Chat Forum
[closed]
Now THIS is putting a helmet cam to good use (airplane content)
-
Posted 2 years ago #
-
great footage, but has he still got a job???
Posted 2 years ago # -
How is there footage mid flight with the main wheels retracted? It looks to still be cruising pretty high, and that is going to probably compromise the airspeed surely!?
I don't really think it's that impressive TBH, it's the underside of a plane...
Posted 2 years ago # -
njee20 - the older 747s had a gravity drop mechanism for each set of gear. Presumably he pulled that for the nose gear and then used the normal controls for the rest.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Wow, I sound drunk from what I wrote!
I was aware they could be lowered independently, it looks to be a 744 anyway, I'm pretty sure it's not just the 'classics', it's possible on anything. I was more thinking of the protocol and the effects of doing it.
Posted 2 years ago # -
He does say in his description that "the phrase "non-standard" cropped up in the landing brief."
Posted 2 years ago # -
I love it, yet perversely hate flying!
Posted 2 years ago # -
what does "non standard" refer to?
Posted 2 years ago # -
Pook - Non standard refers to the Chris King bottom bracket they had fitted
Posted 2 years ago # -
Pook - non-standard means that they will be conducting the approach in a different order than that given by their Standard Operating Procedures, as in using the gravity extension for the nose-gear.
Don't know when the gear is dropped on a 747 (I fly the Airbus) but probably not as far out as on the video.
Posted 2 years ago # -
Yawn!
Posted 2 years ago # -
why all the 747 references when in the video it says A380?
or am I just being incredibly stupid?
Posted 2 years ago # -
When that comes up there is an A380 in the background (Air France)
Posted 2 years ago # -
Ah thank you for pointing that out, hadnt noticed
Posted 2 years ago # -
This guy must be Southern African... Balleka means 'to run away'
... just checked the other vids... he is, I reckon he flies a 747-200 Cargo
Posted 2 years ago #
Topic Closed
This topic has been closed to new replies.
