SOUTH AFRICAN A340-600

[DuskbatRabbit]

I think I will order this DVD next

[cristianoannon]

perfect landing!!!! 

[rcplaneaddict]

how did they take the vid at 1;25

[CrapYouAPPLES]

@rcplaneaddict Its a tail camera mounted on the tail of the plane. You can get that view on the entertaiment system.

[ml8ml8]

@rcplaneaddict onboard cameras in the plane, you see it on the screen infront of you

[AndrewtheATC]

What;s with the "spring back" callsign??

[ml8ml8]

@AndrewtheATC it stuck with SAA as there use to be a Springbok painted on the tail fin of SAA aircraft in the 70s/80s, its also a national animal of SA

[TheEMS41]

@AndrewtheATC SpringBock is the call sign for every South African Airways aircraft like Speedbird = British Airways, Dinasty = China Airlines or AirFrance = Air France gg :-)

[OSTARAEB4]

@AndrewtheATC That's Springbok-South Africa's home team.

[jediritta]

@AndrewtheATC its Springbock, thats an animal typical to the Savannah!

[foreverIfly]

a340 600 sa me donne plus envis de faire pilot quand je le voit ! ;)

[Sooksawaspakdee961]

The A340-500 and 600 is the only planes from airbus i like.The A380 is just a huge trouble infected nightmare for Airbus and it´s not getting any better. New problems pop up every week and Airbus is losing money on every plane. Big is not always better.

[5129568]

i never knew the A340 has a camera on the tail of the aircraft i thought on the new A380 has them

[TheFsx2006]

@5129568 a camera on the tail! 340 and 380 and 787 ! exscuse me for language i don't speak engnlisgh!

[cst1908]

low sound pollution aircraft

[gordoncampion]

truly...THE GREATEST MACHINE EVER BUILT!!!

[bobabillify]

it is the quietest plane ever

[NextLvlProductions]

Thats my fav plane

[eriniocentric01]

Did twice the route CPT-FRA by SAA. I find the Staff I had very funny as well.

[sirArchitect]

Awsome video South Africans on youtube awsome.. :-) Ive got proudly south african badge tatood on my arm.. this plane is awsome :-)

[tasev1]

Wow - that is one expensive ferry flight!! Can't really tell on this vid for sure, but was it empty just for the flight to British airspace, or all the way to South Africa? I can only imagine it's performance like that, even with full fuel.

[LegendHoops]

great video. try to get an a319 if you can.

[brocanova]

6:13 - just beautiful!

[sam9524]

retard, retard,retard.retard,reta, 8 LOL

[Triple777ER]

I love the South African accent! Very unique!

[devrajvarma]

I am a Airbus A340 pilot.Regarding the flight ability of this aircraft,i m always asked and very often asked by some kids and my friends who does'nt flewed this jet ever because this aircraft is quiet heavy and like very low responce to control in,so that's not the case at all !inspite of it's weight,of it's mass,and of it's size THIS AIRCRAFT IS EXTREMELY TO RESPONSIVE TO CONTROL INPUTS WHEN YOU FLY manualy and you can fly it with fast responce,fast movements at the same time it's very stable:)

[yahul25]

@devrajvarma Airbus 340 ? which airlines mate ? and which one ? 600 ? 500 ?

[EstorilEm]

The past 2 days I've stepped out of work in the evening (next to IAD) I've watched a SA 340-600 depart at the exact same moment - so weird!

One of the best looking birds out there.

[FF35Pilot]

1:30 did they attach a camera to the tail??

[7thcavalary]

@FF35Pilot the new A380 the have a tail camera. So the new Airbus'es that are built get's a tailcamera installed for both the pilots and allso for passengers to look at their screens in their seats.

[thirio193]

nice video!!!

[777VoRTeX777]

I am fan of Airbus mostly A320 Family and A340-300, but right now I am flight with Boeing cause there is no any good airbus for Fs2004 :(

[ghostmarine1000]

South African pilots are the best pilots in the world.

[drmartyn]

The best Airline in the world!

[racear8]

I'm boerbus man!

[caskinfg]

those wipers are like going mad haha

[Kongasp]

Why does the airplane returns empty????

im boeing man...nut the airplanes is nice! :-)....

[firaz91]

I like the tail camera, really nice and Airbus is awesome.

[FlugSimulatorXfan]

thank you very much

[lisadiar]

nice video...cool

[jvorus]

I wonder when was this filmed

[alexmi6rider]

great landing; nice video thanks :-)

[cosminx2003]

the retard sound is annoying.. and kinda useless

[lesunder]

foive minits to seeeeeeeeeven

god i love the south african accent

[WigzellRM]

@lesunder terrible, isn't it?

[bevis113]

Fantastic vido

[MsLG83]

I love this. Thanks so much for posting it!

[encinobalboa]

Using the tail cam, flying the 340 is kind of like playing a video game!

[matmanandnike]

i like the A340s but i am not a fan of the A340-600

[bevis113]

@matmanandnike - why dont you like the A340-600? Its an amazing aircraft.

[HernanyModesto]

the first time i traveled alone was in a SAA 747-200 i was about 5 years old it was a flight from Cape Verde at Amilcar Cabral intl to JFK and they gaved me the wings

and i just cant forget that moment.

[Abu7asan27]

Damn it's quite!!! I love Airbus, and for some reason I find them much better compared to Boeing or any other Plane manufacturer.

And by far, the a340-600 is my favourite.

[bevis113]

this is an amazing aircratf... What power!!! and extremly quiet :) beautiful machine

[avalon1954]

Perfect Taxi at the end, awesome aircraft

[cosmojairzinho14]

great airline wonderful aircraft

[unfreginbelievable]

Does it really have a camera on the tail for the passengers to see?

[ryanair737400]

yes and underneath looking at the landing gear i think

[kesstheman]

YES

[akaisurug]

The A340-600 seems to be very quite..

[bdem91]

it realy is

[johnny330200]

man flx xxx? srs, rwy, (a/thr blue?)

[smaryn]

'manual flexible, speed reference system and automatic thrust is indicating blue'

[clustergarde]

the best machine in the SAA fleet should be called after Nelson Mandela!!

From Spain, we wish all South Africans, ALL,

a BRILLIANT FUTURE!!

[SouthAfricanAirways1]

Ha! I've flown on ZS-SNI (Zulu Sierra Sierra November India) to Perth and we're flying back on it too! I'll take a vid. when we come back to Australia.

[faosfx]

My suspicions have been confirmed. I always knew they used some kind of camera to watch that nose gear when taxying. That helps them a lot!

[charmingbillyboy]

the a340 is such a beautiful airplane...especially the -600 series...thanks for posting!

[clustergarde]

it is a masterpiece, indeed!

best from spain.

[my235]

It truly is! Amazingly gracefully!

[gopussycat]

smooth landing at 2:00

[GaijinGDB]

Love SAA, just not an Airbus fan :) - go Boeing!

[PhilipDK5800]

I've flown with SAA A340-600! :D

[psgman41]

beautiful video.

[gio31brasil]

"retard,retard retard" the computer was almost like "pull back that throttle you retard" lol

[infiltr80r]

I love the A340, beautiful plane.

[smallpup1]

Great Video..I will be flying SAA next month!

[zoncalax]

:O amazing video and landing

[CAAAAAAAAT1]

nice clip >>:)

[rodrigo100330]

It´s beaultiful in 1:14

[RichieNY69]

I've flown SAA 30-40 times.. both nationally and intyernationally between CPT and JFK. Have to say this is an excellent video! Wish there was one between Johannesburg and JFK- NY ..

With the hectic traffic coming in to NY. Showing the cool and calm professional demeanor or the pilots after such a long flight.

[Thebmwisthebest]

so if the pilot forgets to close the thrust to idle despite the calling of "Retard" that means the pilot is a retard hahahahaha nah just kidding nice vid guys!!

[BOEINGisDaBestYaDigg]

Im a boeing guy but i have to say this is a beautiful plane

[keduardop]

@BOEINGisDaBestYaDigg yes it is

[manbal100]

@BOEINGisDaBestYaDigg Me Too!!

[pabooj1]

@BOEINGisDaBestYaDigg totally agree with u

[superskullmaster]

@BOEINGisDaBestYaDigg A true boeing guy wouldn't say that. Now the A340-500 looks pretty good because its not rediculously long like the -600.

[OriginalDaVe]

@superskullmaster lol 'a true boeing guy'. grow up.

[antimatterXXXIII]

@BOEINGisDaBestYaDigg Mee too - but alas it is inefficient and underpowered. I wonder why you always hear that shaking sound during gear up?

[antimatterXXXIII]

That one is brand new!

[rhettski999]

Great Landing

[Itchhhh]

I LUV the pic at 6:37 to 6:41

Great Great Video!

Thanks

[sksdjkj3]

good film

[matthieu261290]

WOW

love the clouds at 6:40!!!!

[FranamEntertainment]

0:56 great

[kingofbotswana]

You know what the funny thing is, most europeans and americans dont even know we have planes in South Africa, meanwhile SAA is one of the best in the business. Man this movie makes me proud...

[matthieu261290]

why do you think that those peolpe don't know you have planes in South Africa??

[zazu27604]

I think it all depends on what engines you use... Royal Jordanian has pretty old aircraft and most of their flights are 90% full! And I know Arabs love to load ton of luggage for their family! my family does it every time we go to Jordan lmao! all that adds weight, and the airbus -200/300 have always been underpowered, the newer ones however are not...

[trayceyv]

in my opinion the A340-600 is the best long-haul plane airbus ever made....

[763pilot]

Ok I'm a pilot for Cathay Pacific flying the 744, and trust me, the engine on this aircraft will out preform the 744's anyday, the Trent 556 is an amazing engine, and the only reason the 772 and 773 have such a good takeoff performance is because the GE90-94B on the 772ER and the 772LR put out 93,000 pounds of thrust, each

[alexsirghi]

MY FAVORIT PLANE

[clustergarde]

@alexsirghi -- I recently had an (my first) A380 flight from Paris2Johannesburg on my way to Namibia. Frankly, I felt the A340 is a more solid airplane for long journeys. It is my favorite, too. Best from Spain.

[Mavovo3982]

My wereld, mooi skoot!

South Africa's "SAA Pilots" are the best in the world. Thank you for posting such a great video.

SAA Pilots, continue maintaining high standards you have always achieved.

You make us feel so very proud to be South Africans. Baie dankie! SIYABONGA.

[fschmidt]

Very good video ! Thank you !

[presnillajones]

would it not be difficult controlling the airplane if you are right handed and you are to maneuver the aircraft with the yoke/stick being on the left side?

[Lew747]

i've often thought the same!!

[musicalaviator]

Would it not be difficult controlling an airplane if you were right handed and you are to manuver the aircraft with the YOKE in the middle but your right hand on the THROTTLES. like in Every Aircraft made? Not much. the movements you need to make on the left hand are fairly simple. you don't even remove your hand from the yoke. Whereas the Right hand moves from Throttles to MCP to Flaps handle etc etc... Its easier just to hold something than operate 8 different things in different locations.

[KekkonenKalasti]

Very nice plane and great video, thanks!

[goldenismonica]

is the guy at 3:27 reading a que card? lmao, because it looks like it.

but by the way, great vid.

i really enjoyed it.

[d2gizzo]

Nice quality. And it's a brand-new plane! Very cool. There is not much content available for the A340.

[ek433]

Is it me or did they nearly miss the landing zone? He left the touchdown till very late!

[WxHalo]

Anybody know what the flight computer is refering to at 8:14 it sounds like "retard" "retard" "retard"...

Anybody give any insight?

[coldpark48]

Means to retard the throttles on landing.

The airbus isn't calling the pilot a retard. ;)

[tharsim]

You heard right. Retard is a feature of the GPWS (Ground Proximity Warning System) to advise the pilots the exactly time to put thrust levers on idle position. After de pilot do it, he brings the nose up, making a maneuver known as flare.

[rjhaberstroh]

nice insight. thanks.

[franthree]

To retard "lower" engine thrust. Just before reverse thrusters are activated!

[musicalaviator]

50, 40, 30, 20, Retard Retard Retard Retard Retard Ret8.

I love how airbusses always seem to say Retard a random number of times and occasionally interrupt itself to say a random number after it too. in this case 8.

[IMediaCorp]

it seems to be a cue (albeit redundant) o engage thrust reversers (or whatever other systems the Airbus A340-600 has to 'retard' the jet's momentum upon landing)

[issueagent]

lol

[cstoa]

The 'Retard' callout will stop as soon as the thrust levers are set to idle. The number after que 'Retard' announcement is height to the floor via a Radio Altimeter.

[JustPlaneCrazy86]

hight callouts are airline specified....it will say retard until the pilot flying has closed the trust levers.

Cheers

[DanielR305]

in the from min 5.54 to 5.58 there are pics being shown of a empty aircraft. Then there is the pliot that is flying in the dark is the pilot taking a empty plane with or without passengers here or not taking a empty plane to where ever its menat to be going to empty then or was that aircraft full with passengers does anyone know. Just out of interest

[abossers]

Captain is wearing the FO 3 bars in the interview about British airspace deviation, and the captain 4 bars when flying the route home. any reason why?>

[gingez0r]

lol cuz they're different people!

[iHeartzsleeping]

wow nice view

[sean301975]

I didn't know it was cameras on the tail section of an aircraft at 1:23

[MacMan4193]

Is that the contrail starting at 1:09 coming from the engine?

[bodjasg]

South African Airways have great pilots and it's a very godd airline

[fspilot96]

very quite plane

[fredrocks22]

so thats how they taxi very good... they have a screen

[hi1pie]

Only The A340-500/600 Have taxi cameras but all others dont Its Actually Quite Easy To Taxi its just the -600 is such a long aeroplane!

[marcojvr]

fk, i LOVE it! 5* for SAA !!

[MyEmpire91]

awesome vid. 5*

[castleyankee]

Thats a smooth as plane! Love that bit of Flaps extending before landing.

[buknoy7]

very nice video! WELL DONE!

[koopa888]

Why does the plane say "retard retard retard retard"? What does "retard" mean?

[kamakazialex]

to reduce the throttle

[jandres07]

to put te throttle to idle...

[Jono2513]

When the Airbus computer calls out, "Retard" it is speaking in terms of the aircrafts vertical speed. It is calling on the pilot flying to gently raise the nose and slow the descent rate. Retard is the correct term for deceleration.

For a smooth touchdown, you want the landing gear to contact the runway gently, unlike the 4 - 500fpm descent rate in the glide. So in the final approach, the aircraft's Rad.Alt. calls out "50, 30, 20, retard, 10."

[encinitasmel]

Throttle to idle

[balmaindude95]

Sensational landing and very interesting.

[19Nirvana89]

Very good

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

Nice video.

[767nutter]

Nice Video, and brilliant commentry from the pilots i love it, very well done

[pega57]

I wanna walk around the airplane. Its like I own one.

[ap1190]

I love south african accents

[CaptChrisT4LFC]

As a Pilot, the last thing i wanna hear when Landing the A340 is 'Retard..Retard..Retard'

[kamakazialex]

How come? Is it because of the planes momentum and the resulting long landing distance?

[ap1190]

As a passenger the last thing i wanna hear is, This is you Captain speaking, my name is chrisT4LFC

[trancebeliever]

totally agree IoI

[midgetrc1993]

ap1190 Yep

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

That's because Airbus planes use that word to alert the crew to slow the plane down(apply speedbrakes). You must be familiar only with Boeing jetliners, or non-Airbus aircraft.

[TurkishA310]

I LOVE THE A340-600 of South African Airways!!

[fsx767]

at 1:15 did it dump fuel?

[gazinibras]

No it's not a fuel dump. It's contrails coming out of the engines.

[gmjyuir]

i got the whole video

[ruiforuifo]

Great you can watch the external camera view on your seat screen!! Cool!

[787800]

hi do you no the seat number in the economy section when the plane take off

[jmkpns]

I was always told that it was dangerous to fly over Angola because of the MPLA government.

[baec0284]

All Airbus Industrie jets has Flightstick except for Airbus A300s & A310s ....

[emilemyburgh]

Absolutely fabulous!

[Eson88]

The seats look so comfurtbul srry spelling :)

[roger82it]

they just use the joystick to land? joystick and FMC? wonderful airpane

[EightCharlieFox]

I bought this dvd as soon as it came out... definitely one of the best.

[Nkeno]

Great vid !!

[777RulesTheSky]

I really love this aircraft thx airbus=D

[mogofou]

i cant find my favourite betwee this one and the 777, both great aircrafts

[vaddoff]

A340 for sure

[kinsley2108]

and check that fly by wire working on take off, what pilot can correct that fast?

[a321capt]

whats fly by wire

[futuremavrick]

flying with instruments

[kinsley2108]

look at those seats

[lovefun2]

The air stewardess making the landing announcement in Frankfurt has a damn sexy voice and accent. I bet she's a real beauty too!

[lovefun2]

What an amazing vid. I love that South Afrian accent and the camera up at the tail giving a full length shot of the aircraft. Great. The captain looked abit nervous when interviewed but he's great.

[09669390]

I think this is a great video. Only thing that is better than the DVD is the A340-600. For such a large aircraft, it cost AUD$8000 an hour. In comparison a 747-400 costs $14,000 an hour.

[neper1982]

at 3:50 the pilot's got tourettes or he is looking at somebody else beside de cameraman???

[bigmasterpilot]

verry nice video

[ingojaganjac]

how do they choose wich pilot is landing and wich one is taking off'

[Title27GT]

They decide which pilot is going to fly that "leg". Meaning, one pilot takes off and lands on a trip from south africa to heathrow and the other pilot takes off and lands on the way back to south africa.

[Claudinho571]

They have their crew briefings. At that point they decide who is the PF(Pilot flying) and who is the PNF(Pilot not flying) Pilot flying takesoff,lands,and controls the autopilot where the PNF Takes over the radios,and double checks the Pilot flying(He is observing the pilot flying)

Hope this helps

[raghavprateek]

Absolutely amazing Video Clip......Great Work , Keep it up !

[kimberlyKfnOphiEAGLE]

JustPlanes, will there ever be videos about United Airlines, such as their 747-400's or 777's? I have flown on UAL before (their 737's and A319's)

[JustPlanes]

We have a dvd of the United Airlines 777... check our website