Spectacular A380 Approach into San Juan (Puerto Rico)

[byromania]

Taxiing on grass not a good thing!

[AntonioSantiago]

sOUTH aFRIcan Airways AND an A380 in Puerto Rico...how I wish it was true!!! LOL

[showmoke]

@AntonioSantiago - let's just call it artistic licence. I like the FSX scenery for this area and I like to fly the big aircraft, especially as the A380 is relatively new! To be quite honest I don't really care if it's not entirely realistic. I thought it looked good, so I uploaded it to YouTube.

[Lamborghini09]

lol SAA A380! I wish...

[JUNIORSHIZ]

I work as a taxi driver at the airport and the other day i saw a Northwest 747...i think that plane had a special mission with important people or something cause they landed the plane all by itself with the stairs.....and a few months ago i saw a cargo plane ..it was a 747 but i forgot wich airline was

[djrempit99999]

how did u get this plane

[RockForLife655]

You had a very nice descent rate but try to land the aircraft on the middle line you were too far right.

[ianf417]

In real life that plane dosent fit in that airport, theres a tree line on the other side of runway 8, the wingspan will just rip the tree's off, and runway 10 same thing....

[Pedrito2513]

the 747 can land on Puerto Rico?

[96seg96]

I doubt it, I usually land at that airport (As a passenger) about 6 times a year and I don't remember ever seeing a 747 land there...

[Pedrito2513]

I only see a 747 once in Puerto Rico (cuz i live in Purto Rico) and the airplane was all white

[ianf417]

the 747 is not a usual plane in Puerto Rico, but they land there, last 747 that landed there was a Polar Air Cargo that was 3 months ago, but they land there

[Pedrito2513]

oh cool, by the way how do you now it?

[ianf417]

im a Airplane Spotter, im always in the airport's taking pictures of planes, just so u know, the big planes usually land in san juan in the evening, Ibearia flies to PR in the A340-300 they usually land at 5pm

[zavish]

That's true, 747's can land in Puerto Rico and they do, though it's not common. I've seen many videos of 747's landing in San Juan (real life videos) but I've only seen one flying over me once and it was at night (it was flying the approach over Toa Baja).

[jeff10151989]

Your wrong bro Iberia 747 land their about 3 times a month

[jeff10151989]

Iberia landed at SJU(TSJS) a week ago and they land their every other week trust me i know i see all the planes that come into SJU{TSJS}

[jeff10151989]

Yes Iberia lands their about twice a week and thats a 747 and theres a DHL that lands their to thats a 747

[ianf417]

Iberia lands with the Airbus A340, last flight with Iberia on the 747 was years ago and DHL lands in SJU sometimes with the Douglas DC-8-63F......... both four engien aircraft

P.S not all four engien aircraft are 747

[jeff10151989]

yes they can land about 3 to 4 times a week at SJU(TJSJ)

[ekstc]

what are the specs of your computer? (processor, gradix card, motherboard, ram etc)

on your comp the grafix are insane and a smooth rate of fps!

[showmoke]

Hi ekstc. My specs are as follows:

Motherboard = AM2NF3-VSTA

Graphics Card = Nvidia GeForce 7800 GS

Processor = AMD Athlon 64 3800+ 2.44GHz

RAM = 2Gb

Operating System = Windows XP Home

DirectX = 9.0 c

Since I posted this particular video, I have installed the ActiveSky weather software which makes a big difference to the realism of the sim. Just wish they would make the ground darker when there is cloud cover. The more cloud cover, the darker the ground (as in reality).

[deltafan909]

landed wayy too late and came in slightly high. Also you were on the side of the runway. Maybe you should try and land on the center line an at the beginiting of the runway then work on softness. Well, just a tip. Anyway, pretty good landing.4/5

[tubeniga]

Fast. 5/5

[Bivolu3]

how did u get the A380 in FSX???

[showmoke]

Hi Bivolu3 - if you look at my earlier post replying to DrLove94's same question, you'll see my answer there.

Cheers,

showmoke.

[BeachBoy1100]

Hey I'm from PR and probably they will start getting jumbo jets in SJU

[willster808]

South African Airways can't afford to buy the A380. They only afford to buy the B747

[18227]

Nice vdeo but maybe you should fly anothre aircraft because in puerto rico they nver allow the airbus a380.

[JmoulFrancis]

why puerto rico woudn't nver allow the airbus a380.

[AndyJumpx]

Well, look at the size of the runway for one, and look at the size of the taxiways!

Slightly small ;P

[einsteinboricua]

You know what's funny? SJU will never receive A380 service, and will never receive SAA service, let alone both.

It's a very nice video though. I wish my FSX ran as smoothly as yours.

[AndyJumpx]

Great landing... Looks almost as if the autopilot landing was turned on ;P

[astoria1019]

does auto land actually land the plane? how do u activate it?

[AndyJumpx]

Nah, Isn't such thing as autoland. But if you get the correct runway heading, and runway altitude, set your autopilot to a slow decent to that altitude, and it'l land :) Dont forget to ajust the flaps/gear/speed yourself!

[astoria1019]

ohhh. ok. thx. wht is approach hold?

[AndyJumpx]

Couldn't answer that 100% :P Approach hold may do what I said above?

Never actually used it so.. Or it may be the type of approach you entered on the GPS.

[aircanadapilotz]

andy there is such thing as a autoland u only do it in catIII or catII get your facts straight plz

[AndyJay15]

1. My facts are straight.

2. I know now.. Cause I saw it on some site, but you gotta download it.

3. Shup.

[aircanadapilotz]

but in real life there is auto land cat III(cat 3) landing

[DrLove94]

ok, thanks, great landing by the way!!!!! (6 star)

[naththeone]

What a brilliant pilot he is, probably on his way to a gig being the international drummer that he is.

[showmoke]

Thanks Ade, you international guitarist superstar you !!!

[DrLove94]

I meant the plane :-)

[showmoke]

Sorry DrLove94 !! I downloaded the plane from flightsim dot com. It's about 35Mb and has been modelled by Robert Verslyus and Peter Tredre. Uses the default B747-400 cockpit though.

[DrLove94]

where did u download it??

[showmoke]

I didn't download it -- I created it using the playback facility that's available on FSX. I just placed my digital camera in front of the monitor and took a 6 minute movie of the playback. The problem with the playback is that the simulator takes out the other aircraft that are flying/taxying around. But you still get the vehicle traffic moving along the roads and the boats sailing around in the water.