VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS A340-600 LANDING IN HEATHROW

[micheal71171]

you are right

[Moelander1]

240p is torture 

[NGraps]

What a bad touchdown

[thesydneydude]

3:52 is that a concorde?

[kingdong001]

@thesydneydude yeah it is, they had one standing there for a while after it retired, im not sure if it is still there

[1993GOS]

whats it like flying on these babies? im off on one with vs to jfk in october... jw what it handles like in turbulence etc...?

[concorde232]

The landing was too hard.

[DoctorPii60]

Very very very heavy landing



[Fastbikkel]

I think he took cable 1 on this one lol, that looked like a carrier landing. He just brought her down on the deck.

[4450875]

very very violent landing

[asharwin930]

there was a concorde on the ground wasnt there? at 3:52

[FPSRupees]

@asharwin930 only twenty concords in the world, yeah this video must be before 2003 when they were still inflight or its just there for show

[BOACMach2]

I have found Virgin to be a very good airline too. Have used their 747s/ A340s and always had good flights. The A340 is a superb aircraft, albeit less fuel efficient than the 777 & A330. Good to see Virgin are now flying the A330 on the Manchester-Orlando route.

[Born2FlyBoeing]

shitty landing

[walyern]

I think I just hurt my neck watching that landing.

[Riechode]

Everything in view (except the window ) is made in the UK. What an aircraft! the most understated aircraft in the industry.

[MissThunderPuss]

@Riechode ???? a340-600 is a very successful airliner..... there have been a good order of these on airbuses books and they are still being delivered to date. and it is the most understated plane in the business. why airbus needed to create the a380 is beyond me.... I have on good information from a virgin atlantic employee that virgin have cancelled their order of 6 a380-800's and decided on 7 787's and two more new generation a340-600's all for the same price as 6 a380-800's!

[AirbusA380rox]

Omg! EVERYONE who isn't English or doesn't come from England calls it: heathrow international airport. For the millionth time, it is called London Heathrow Airport! Or lhr or egll! There is no f"'king international!

[Ney8666]

Ótimo seu video, gostei muito...

vejam os meus videos: decolagem de vitoria

Ney (Brasil)

[HeyBruGJ]

1st row of premium economy seat A right ? ;-)

[tich302001]

I love Virgin Atlantic I must admit I am planing my next holiday with Virgin because I have trevelled with them before and I have no complaints. We went to Orlando for our holiday which was brilliant the best holiday ever! Our next holiday we are planning is to go to Miami we have never been there and I just want to relax on a beach for 2 weeks.

[Insanegaming2010]

at 3:52 u c a concorde in the back ground!

[smartdon007]

looks like a pretty depressing weather out there in London......Do u guys even have like Sunny days in England ?

[jmac199528]

@smartdon007 No it's all ways raining 24/7, obviously we have sunny days, why ask its not that hard to work out.

[donsenor95]

from where was the airplane coming

[12moshpit]

I just cant wait to get my training done and get my hands of this SHIT !!!

[smartdon007]

@12moshpit u mean on this shit ?

[12moshpit]

@smartdon007 The A340-600/ A340-500

One of them im learning to theory part of the degree in Aeronautical engineering so the training bit is yet to come possibly 3 years ill be done

[smartdon007]

@12moshpit And then u will b flying these beasts ? Dude, how lucky u r !

[12moshpit]

@smartdon007 Well that is 19 of hardship and concentration on my dream (:

Umm well i dont know yet but i would want to control this aircraft but i dont really care as long as i got long ranged aircraft then im fine with it.. (:

I also got a college degree in Earth Science

[HamburgAirport]

Hard landing!

[777fsx200]

was this economy and what seat?

[Aviationnation10]

@777fsx200 no upper class is in front of the wing

[progxy]

good video!

[Aviationnation10]

its amazing one man created all this

[pingpongpung]

@Aviationnation10 Who did?

[Aviationnation10]

@pingpongpung RIchard Branson

[FLIGHTANIMATION]

@Aviationnation10 Two...

[Aviationnation10]

@FLIGHTANIMATION Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited (operating as Virgin Atlantic) is a British airline owned by Sir Richard Branson's Virgin Group

[FLIGHTANIMATION]

@Aviationnation10 Ohhh, I thought you meant created flying as in the Write Brothers! :P hehe

[Aviationnation10]

@FLIGHTANIMATION No!

[novembercherry4]

You gotta catch good sales. Granted Virgin is expensive but, timing is everything. I wouldn't mind flying Virgin or BA at all.

[sutton513]

is it just me or can you hear the autopilot disconnect sound at 0:14 =S and this vid was taken in the cabin...how'd that happen lol? Captain's PA still on? Although the AP wouldn't be disconnected at that height normally...

[LeeEvansOfficialTour]

@sutton513 That's not a Cockpit sound.

[alexjones9308]

has to b old i saw a concord

[fasterthanyou2]

@alexjones9308 just because u saw concorde is not because the vid is old, why would they scrap a beautiful plane like that?

they put it some were for display

[pilotdynan]

why was that a bad landing ?

Every one on board is alive ; )

all landings you can walk away from is a good landing = )

[B797846ERF]

A346 is too long to perform smoth landing, I think...

[averredude101]

@B797846ERF yep your right. To flare since its to long it cannot pitch up much

[Thurstonsfunfair]

Virgin is the Shitiest airline i have ever flown!

[beavertown2006]

@Thurstonsfunfair

Do you mean the staff were not friendly? Which route did you fly?

[Thurstonsfunfair]

@beavertown2006 The staff were extremely rude and lazy.Virgin is the only airline i have flown that,after being in the air for 2 hours they told us ALL not to buzz for anything because all the cabin staff were taking a break! That takes some beleiveing,however,i can assure you it's true! We flew London to Las Vegas

[ni1074]

@Thurstonsfunfair your experiences should be placed on reviews sites , i'm considering flying with virgin next yr.

[Thurstonsfunfair]

@ni1074 Think very seriously before you book the flights with Virgin.If you are flying to USA seriously think about flying with a US carrier,you may incur a transfer to get to your destination,however,it will be worth it,firstly in comfort and secondly in the money you will save! I might add that when we complained NOBODY at Virgin were the least bit interested.

[averredude101]

@Thurstonsfunfair fuck u. US carriers suck like hell. There staff are rude lazy and have no sense of style. There fleets are so bad cause they have overhead tv on there long haul fleet while british carriers do.

[Thebmwisthebest]

@Thurstonsfunfair how come?

[BLacKsiLvEReDeviL]

Buisness Class :D

Love the A340-600

with Rolls Royce Engine :)

[izmirlim41]

a bad landing..

[syredeathtrooper]

virgin kicks ass.. Very typical weather conditions as far as London is concerned. I cant ever remember a flight to heathrow without cloud covers during the landing (or taking off for that matter). It really makes a great visual and gives you goose bumps (the good kind of course)

[wowdude999]

Spilled my beer.

[joninordhus]

awesome!!

[madcatinsoho]

where is that video taken:)? its a Concorde At 3:52

[tuttotin666]

true

[B797846ERF]

A340-600 is too long body to land smoothly?

[gisk2007]

@B797846ERF

I think the pilot was a farmer before... the way he buried that flight into the runway.

I have flown the A346 before and landings were greased...

[SQ772]

Ah yes,flying Virgin's upper class!Let's see,from that view..must have been 16A.

[FlightSimGuy9782]

No the A380-800 engines are Engine Alliance GP7270's, Trent 970/B, and Trent 972/B. The A380-800F has GP7277, and Trent 977/B. The A340-600 has Trent 556/560

[KimmurielBaenre]

Depends, about 45% or so of A380s use GP7000's

[lolguy09]

Does the Engines of A340-600 is the engines of A380?The engines look the same...

[jezrelnyc2000]

@lolguy09 No, their different

[drezman2004]

The Engines are both RR but the ones on the A380 are the Trent 1000 the ones on this aircraft are the Trent 500 basically the 1000s are bigger and quieter.

[randomlol21]

actually theyre trent 900s. the trent 1000s are on the 787

[airlinephl2]

nop

[Easyjet96]

looked like a hard landing was it??

[asharwin930]

yep u said it buster...

[Trevorpilot123]

I like it when the wing folds down on the touchdown. Nice video, too. Where did you takeoff from? : )

[roxetterc747]

i think its from hong kong, cause it´s in the morning.

[mukatuna]

True. But the flights from America arrive in the mornings as well.

[roxetterc747]

Yeah, i forget that. :)

[mukatuna]

BTW a couple of days ago I flew back from HK with Qantas, and that flight arrived on time at 13.30 in the afternoon. It took off at about 7.00 in the morning HK time. The flight originally started out in Melbourne.

[Trevorpilot123]

Good point.

[Airbus294]

no - virgin ATLANTIC!!! across the atlantic only

[HokieFanatic1]

hah no thats not true at all mate, they fly to Hong Kong, Australia, Africa, Middle East...

[MrRicardo1456]

JAJAJAJA FUNNY!!

[bo31n9]

i saw concord 3:52

[beavertown2006]

The engines look huge while the wing looks tiny. So scary. BTW, why do Airbus aircrafts less safe than Boeing's?

[TheCARRE74]

Hello!Nice landing to Heathrow!=)

But cloudy weather.=(

I give you 5 star!=)

Greeting TheCARRE74=)

[pocketpad]

That landing looked a lil bumpy to me.

[mukatuna]

I thought that as well. Looks a bit heavy, and a definite bounce in the landing. Two lots of vibration as the main touched down, and a third vibration when the nose wheel touches down.

[okyat]

If u evr get the chance try Turkish Airlines, I have flow with many different airlines but out of all I found Turkish Airlines to be the best one.

[TheAvationist]

Not bad for an A340 landing, actually pretty good.

[bajabenca]

When was this shot? I noticed the Concorde in the background at 3:52.

[EpicSlug]

good spot must be before the end of 2003 to have that there.

[FS2004looney]

i noticed the same one when i went to heathrow this july. there's also another off runway 5 - 23. out-of-use runway

[bajabenca]

So Heathrow has a Concorde sitting around the airport on a unused runway? Interesting.

[LimitlessSkyz]

The Concorde at heathrow is normally located around the Hangar area :)

Between 27L and 27R :)

[pocketpad]

looked like a bumpy landing

[92aSmith]

Glad to read all of your comments of praise towards virgin. I will be flying with them from Heathrow to Newark in October. It will be the first time I have flown with them so I am hoping for a good flight.

[iloveLEGO24fan]

WOAH!!!!!!!!! hard landing

[MilliVanilli2007]

how is virgin atlantic? who flew with them?

[rynobu]

I have flown with them 5 times to Orlando from Gatwick and return, and they are one of the best airlines I have flown with. The cabin staff are extremely friendly and always happy to help, the planes are clean and comfortable, and the pilots usually have a good sense of humor too! The only thing that isn't great are the meal, most are ok, but i have had some pretty rough ones.

[bIONicdrummer94]

best airline i hav ever flown with mate

[FS2004looney]

i agree but my fave airline is Singapore Airlines!

[EpicSlug]

Singapore airlines owns virgin atlantic

[qwertdr]

No, they own 49% of it.

[amarth23]

No it doesn't it owns 49% whilst virgin group own 51%.

[bigkevinpetrona]

and as isaid again virgin sucks ass and u know it te always complain and im not american so yeah i hate american airlines also they stink in service and losing bags delta and southwest are ok and continntal is my fav and air canada virgin will never be big as BA

[flyboy101x]

fuck you virgin is awsome

[bigkevinpetrona]

ok i wish i could fuck myself u piss ant and u probably never flew with them and ur probably a young little freak who clearly needs attention and if u disagree wih my comment i wrote then ur indeed a triple A fag ad always VIRGIN sucks thank u

[bIONicdrummer94]

virgin r rly gd

[bigkevinpetrona]

yeah in certain service they are good but u cat compare them to lufthansa there service will never disappoint u atleast virgin is better than ba but i still hate richard branon

[11sutty]

why has mr branson more money than you .

[bigkevinpetrona]

what thats not even a good sentence but yeah cant wait to see thansa b744 wednesday

[charliegirl824]

u cant argue with an idiot flyboy..lol

[charliegirl824]

Continental sucks! and i dont think flyboy is dumb because he didnt know what a 346 is!

[bigkevinpetrona]

ok and so do u virgin will always be a number 3 british number 2 and easyjet number 1 and plus i bet u have never flown with virgin atlantic well i hope u stay over there u slapper and everybody knows the english suck

[Flyglobespan93]

747 have shit enginecomparig to this Beast!!!

[kfirie]

definatley a 346

[flyboy101x]

whats a 346

[bigkevinpetrona]

ur so freaking dumb a346 is abbreviated for Airbus a340-600,a345 Airbus a340-500,b738 boeing 737-800,b764, boeing 767-400ER b772 boeing 777-200 b77w or also known as 773,773ER is boeng 777-300ER ur welcome

[sorcussbabe77]

ughhh- horrible memories of arriving in this country (weatherwise) love the plane though

[bigkevinpetrona]

ok u can clearly tell thats a a340-600 by the wings and the engine thats rolls royce engine and u look at the wings and see they are a little longer than the standard 744 well virgin is still a horrible comapany so is british airways

[U2TIGERHAWK21]

What's wrong with Virgin Atlantic? I fly on them all the time from Las vegas to Gatwick and back.

[trancebeliever]

whats a good company for you?

[Flyglobespan93]

American Airlines for F*** sake

[Flyglobespan93]

Typical American!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[ac2404]

oo and the engines are rolls royce trent 500's

[ac2404]

this is actually exactly whathe said an airbus a340-600

virgin only fly 747-400, a340-300/600!

[SQ638MAVP]

virgin atlantic dont you mean

[chadwick828]

This is an A346.

I have worked for pratt&whitney for over 10 years and these look like rolls royce.

The wing setup is also unsimilar to the B747. Close but different.

[Airman9519]

Look at the 3:52 there is an airplane that looks like concorde

[planedudea380]

i think it is...

[pilotanthony]

maybe because that is concord! einstein!

[qwertdr]

No, it's Concorde.

e....

[Flyglobespan93]

it is

[iambestoncss]

look at my videoclip search this:

Boeing 747 Thai Airways take of (Arlanda Airport)

[adamski895RS]

wtf i just saw one of these land at durham tees valley airport and the runway is only 2300m long!!!!

[rocksinger45]

Was that William Shatner I saw on the wing !!!!

[alshammery508]

This aircraft is the engine and the B747 wing Introduction

[roxetterc747]

A346 is awesome ! But was that a shit landing or not ? =)

[3Nubz1Cup]

was that honkong to heathrow?

[shortkid97]

no they use the a346 on that route

[disney935]

that is an A346

[shortkid97]

NO SHIT RETARD I SAID THEY USE THE A346 on it

[pilotanthony]

innit! wot an idiot!

[pilotanthony]

that was an A346!

[Flipvideos95]

I'm quessing by the title its..... Heathrow.

[yYJORDEREYy]

Where were u flying from cus ive flew on a VA A340-600 from Heathrow to Newark

[sasvarp001]

HARD LANDING!!!!!!

[fletcho909]

dude thanks for holding the camera

still

[tomashton1]

was that a shit landing or not?

[garlex134]

yes it was a shit landing lol!

[flyboyz83]

Seemed crap!

[filanjix]

That a good alnding. Theres no point floating all the way down the runway and a machine that size being placed down at those speeds is always going to seem rough when your inside it!

[united39]

not quite ture... its an okay landing, he could have flared until the thresholds, but it was still okay. and thats not true about all big planes landing hard, i flew many b744s and most of the time the landings were barley felt.

[B757204]

Pretty cool vid.

Love the amount of shaking when it touches down!

[callofpaul]

i live in the UK and i don't see how anyone would want a holiday in this shit whole! its fucking shit !

[Airportchris2]

Gosh, my landing of the A340-600 was softer than that, and it was in flight simulator.

[FS9Clips]

well flight simulator is easier isn't it :)

[Airportchris2]

lol, a hard landing is a hard landing, in the real world or simulator.

[FS9Clips]

well wat sim are you talking about... a computer sim or professional

[Airportchris2]

lol, all sims are computer based, just how they are used.

I use FS2004, but most pro flight simulators use X-plane as the simulator software.

[FS9Clips]

i use fs2004 too :D but i don't think its 100% realistic unless you use planes like pmdg 737-747-md11 and such....freeware planes don't really handle like the real world planes

[Airportchris2]

I use CLS A340-600.

[FS9Clips]

nice :) im a pmdg & level d lover :D pmdg seems to be the most realistic you can get to me

[Airportchris2]

I fly PMDGs 747, but they have a very limited selection of aircraft. I have never tried Level D.

[cardiffvirtualairpor]

Amazing vid, i hate comming home from holiday like Florida, comming from the 40's to the 10's. You feel like shit

[pilotanthony]

i hate that just in general! the pure depression cmin bak to shitland! (england)

[fsx767]

what was your depature city?

[Ancupola]

More foreigners arriving.

[tomtomx4]

lmfaooo

i dont like them either

[shaquo890]

and who likes u u british piace of crap?