Video of plane dangling in air, pilot shows death-defying skills

[1anthonybrowning]

Last time that happened it did not end so well, remember Souix City? The landing did not go well.

[natsanty1]

if i was there i would love kiss his ass

[modsbeck]

FUCK, epic pilot



[OtakuWulf]

I can just imagine the chaos onboard. I'm glad I wasn't on it, that's like life-scarring.

[IdeaBoxful]

@jrow84 No yaw damper can help u on such extreme oscillations. It is a hands on condition where the pilot is the better judge of what to do! not the computers or the plane.. Seen how many Airbuses they flew into ground before the pilots understood not to trust the computer blindly?

[IdeaBoxful]

@KillWithFire12 That is what pilots are supposed to do when in extreme situations and those fellas did it extremely well. Wish we have more pilots like em flying our crates!

[IdeaBoxful]

For those who are making silly comments, imagine being in the cockpit with your hand on the yoke before you joke! U will be prolly #@#$#ing in ur pants instead of thinking clearly.

[IdeaBoxful]

That aircraft definitely lost bank authority during take off transition. Maybe the ailerons.. and increasing oscillation and the final dutch roll pattern def points to a control surface failure.. That meant the pilot would have to counter it with asymmetric engine thrust and rudder mostly. That means engine power has to be reduced sufficiently to bring it under control yet balanced against the roll/yaw forces. And doing so without loosing ground orientation and altitude.

[badboy11ist]

I HAVE GOT THE MOVE LIKE JAGGER!

[badboy11ist]

ive got the move like jagger

[KillWithFire12]

Standart russian landing...Now give me that vodka!

[KillWithFire12]

@KillWithFire12 Standard*

[zizikelizike]

... Who recorded me playing Flight simulator X in beginner mode?

[jsd23]

@zizikelizike If FSX could model Dutch roll like that, i'd be impressed!

[MrSkidooguy1]

it's alright, it's russian.

[readman010]

thats some stong head winds... gigiddy

[McTaminus]

at first it looks like he hit a micro burst but after it persisted it must have been faulty flaps, rudders and air breaks

[DaWolf805]

@McTaminus Faulty EVERYTHING! :D

[DiamondPilotDan]

bad rudder?

[Peekingduck]

Serious skills.

Impressive !

[jrow84]

Dutch roll. Let the yaw damper handle it. Try to correct it yourself and don't know what you're doing......they clean you off the runway with a spatula.

[affengsicht1]

no wonder. tupolev...

[chuzzwozzer]

DId they put Vodka in the tank instead of jet fuel??

[Jamenator1]

trust me guys this is a textbook dutch roll, but you need to have a fair bit of knowlage about how aircraft fly to understand one, and no matter what the cause this ISSSSSS a dutch roll. it can be caused by the over use of the rudder but if the rudder was reversed then it most likly would have crashed because if the aircraft sharply yaws to the left its in a pilots instinked to apply opposite rudder and not even consider the left peddel.

[Altjap1]

@Jamenator1, find and read interview of The pilot in command(use Googel transaltor)

He says several times about that their plane did the oposite actions when they used controls. I think it's case TheBajhuj mentioned.

[Jamenator1]

@Altjap1 this is also explained. Its called pilot induced ocilation and it occurse when the pilot keeps ofer correcting this can make it seem like the contols are reversed, just like AA a300 that crashed because the pilot was violently useing the rudder to correct for yawing which he thought was turbulance but was actually caused by him over useing the rudder, heavy aircraft take time to rospond so when he tried to yaw in each direction the aircraft was only just starting to move in the opposite

[Jamenator1]

and yes it would have taken more than a considerable amount of skill to land the plane whilst it was in a dutch roll.

[Jamenator1]

it was in whats called a 'dutch roll' but i can't be bothered explaining it so just google it

[986tornado]

beer in not eh substitute for airplane fuel.

[richardfireone]

where's the sexy cockpit video?

[RichyJam2011]

The Tupolev-154's safety record is appalling. Surprised some airlines still fly them

[innersilencedotcom]

@doofy148 - shut up stupid. educate yourself. this man is a hero. 5 letters: S K I L L

[MyTypingSux]

that would be a 6 barfbag flight if it had passengers...lol

[bobac1083]

Of coarse! Thats what you get with a Russian Tupolev-154!  LOL. Boeing and Airbus are so much Better!!

[CaptainKorhonen]

And this is why you should never, EVER fly on a Tupolev.

[LouisMoor3]

WHO LET MRS'S PILOT DRIVE AGAIN !

[Altjap1]

It were some military pilots that would transport this old plane to another city and something went wrong. Whatever they did - plane did opposite things. It took time to get used to it, but they did it. Try it at home if you play aviasimulators - change your buttons to opposite: left to right, up and down and try then to land.

It's only their iron-nerves and teamwork that helped this miracle to happen

[Jamenator1]

@Altjap1 What.Your an idiot. How the hell can mechanical linkages reverse themselves!!, that is impossible and NOT what happend. As anyonene with a intemediate understanding of how planes fly would know, this aircraft was in an aerodynamic mode know as a dutch roll (google it, but its basicly a self repeating out of sync rolling and yawing motion), to recover effectivly you need full control of the rudder, and i'm guessing that they did not have this. BUT THE CONTROLS DID NOT REVERSE.

[TheBajhuj]

@Jamenator1 linkages can be reversely connected by mistake and crashes have happened because of that. i won't call you an idiot, although you deserve.

[Jamenator1]

@TheBajhuj well i'm sorry i called you an idiot, i guess it was uncalled for. But if the controles were reversed then when the pilot tried to rotate the aircraft it would not get off the ground in the first place. this aircraft IS in a dutch roll and generaly when the controls seem to revers you would not figure it out until its too late, like the 737 rudder failures (the pilots in all cases didn't figure out the rudder was reversed at all and the aircraft spiralled down and crashed.

[shaunbusby]

i agree with jordanlease1, if anything it looks like its maybe being put through its paces on a test flight, i have a friend who fly's some of these flights. and he has told me of how some flights he has hated as they have had to turn off just about all the safety instruments to see how the planes would perform should they go wrong during a commercial flight :D

[plsniper]

What skill was that? Press the rudder pedals back and forth like an idiot and you'll do the same thing. Very easy to do and stupid if you ask me.

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[handello]

"Relax, I got this"

[jordanlease1]

i fly huge scale model airplanes..this is NOT a model..its actually a real aircraft with serious power and stalling issues..

[cct9625]

Total rubbish, it's a footage of a model aircraft cut into an actual plane moving down the runway.  You people must think we are idiots not to realise this. Either do something better or fuck off and die.

[37yen]

@cct9625 You're pretty stupid, even for a youtuber.

[xinspirit]

good fake

[GamleErik100]

Actually, even though the Tu-154s are old, they are reliable enough.

[FallenAngels1111]

I want to be in that plane!

[DuncSpinSpace]

(Pilot: with Joystick in 1 hand...Vodka bottle in the other)..... "THIS IS FOR MOTHER RUSSIA!"

[siamsurf]

Thumbs up, if you were waiting for the smoke the moment the plane disappeared behind the trees :)

[VinnieSabaygo]

Ex Sukhoi Flanker Pilot

[zintrigue]

Russian pilots are awesome

[edwfriend]

The Butt Pucker factor on this landing was at least 100% of the passengers and all of the crew. Ha and WOW. ol ED

[roterkakadu]

in russia you not get a life

[rundom32]

now that is a nice landing

[candr]

@rundom32 Whats the old saying, any landing you can walk away from is a good landing, this guy did a real decent job of it.

[nhg1985]

all with the joke of "in russia.... bla bla bla". get a life.....

[HugeDeek]

WTF HE LANDED!??! LEGEND!

[mattsmoski3737]

I think he was keeping the plane in a stall for a demonstration. You can make a plane do that if you want to.

[doofy148]

Its the Vodka!

[Eurofieldherp]

@doofy148 More like......NO VODKA ON BOARD !!!! *LOL*

[billwho62]

That is a U.S. plane. It said '' Air Force One'' on the side of it! That must have been when obama went into a rage coz his watermellon slopped all over him. BTW, you think they'll ever be able to get that smell out of the presidential plane or the Whitehouse?

[benny18777777]

@billwho62 and what smell would that be

[andyww68]

more like a model...lol

[thebakerman1]

Finally . . . a video that isn't some pathetic bullshit lie merely titled such to get maximum views.

This is a rarity on YouTube anymore to actually *deliver* on what you claim your video is about.

[jimbrownie]

There was a news report on this at the time...they said some of the systems had failed. Lucky but skilled pilot.

[doormaneamons]

retard, the pilot is demonstrating dutch roll

[skazhiprivet]

looks wobbly from the ground. imagine from inside the plane!

amazing they could land safely.

[brmadman4455]

Wow, that's one hell of a pilot!

[myyusef]

hmm, i wonder if drinking and flying is illegal

[qtinvu]

@myyusef it is in the united states

[trappy77]

Very skilled, this type of control issue is more prominent in modern "efficient" swept wing aircraft. That pilot does not know how to panic, or he would be dead.

[djfelon4life]

Trade that piece of shit in for a boeing.

[Kimdino1]

@djfelon4life

Hardly a piece of shit.

Have a look at the service record of the Tu-154. Boeing would love to be able to claim the same for their aircraft. It was/is a great aircraft with a better performance & safety record than the equivalent Boeing.

[ikilleduku]

wonder how many views thi wouldve got if he crashed... I'm thinking millions more...

[ecotts]

The captain was just showing his apprentice the type of flight he can expect when he gets teamed up with female pilots.

[sobhrulez]

was he fucking drunk !!

[CarlGustafEmil]

@sobhrulez no,pilots were ok, airplane had problems

[GIANNHSPEIRAIAS]

@CarlGustafEmil

i think pilots balls made the plane had problems because that landing is EPIC

[MtaBus5102]

That how you rrock baby to sleep on airplane in russia!!

[anda1234re]

@acefutpoler *That

[acefutboler]

CHUCK NORRIS WAS FLYING DAT!

[1369Michael]

FUCKING QUAGMIRE

[BacchusFA]

It looked like it was a deliberate test run. Anyway, Russian planes crash all the time.

[CounterCultureLives]

@BacchusFA Actually, this was NOT a test run. This aircraft was flown by the famous Russian pilot, Ivan Yakin'hoff. In this clip, he is seen flying while.............

Well, I think you get the picture!!

[BacchusFA]

@CounterCultureLives Lol..."Ivan Yakin'hoff??" AKA I've been yankin it off? Get real already!

[BacchusFA]

@BacchusFA hahahahahaha!

[CounterCultureLives]

@BacchusFA I thought I WAS being real!! ;o)

[SuperLolz69]

Fuck i bet that airplane ride was better than any six flags ride i've gone on : D

[hootyhaha]

And this is why I stopped flying.

[camlinhall]

Dutch roll induced by incorrect load and trim

[CounterCultureLives]

@camlinhall Yeah, incorrect load. that's for sure!! In this clip, the pilot was flying Rosanne Bar, Rosie O'Donald, and "Mimi" from "The Drew Carey Show" to San Francisco so they could scarf lunch together at the Chinese buffet!!

[Jock4Jesus]

>>----knee----►

[live4death7]

Hmmmmm something tells me that type of plane isn't safe...

[cookellycoo]

no more cocktails for you Chuck.

[PivotProductionsXD]

if it were me flying that, the plane would've exploded randomly during takeoff.

[tonycar9]

In Soviet Russia, plane fly you!

[Isanatore]

This is your captain speaking. We are going to enter some minor turbulence.

[shogs]

What a badass pilot.

[woofbiteme]

hey, dont go dissing that normal piloting skills of the russians. thats how ALL thier planes fly

[cameraguy38]

Looks like the kind of fly-by-wire demonstration typically seen at airshows. Nothing to get your panties wet over.

[Koaslice191]

This is why you take planes on test flights....i'd hate to be on that bird if it was not tested....

[GL0D]

''Grandma, who was on the toilet during the incident, was uninjured'' <~ Imagine!

[onezeroxxx]

Someone forgot to fill the tank

[DinhoPilot]

Russian Engineering at the best. And they even managed to get those things banned all over africa. And africa has low safety standards!!!

[Pvjinflight]

@DinhoPilot No those planes are just old but not designed bad. And no you are not funny by spreading false information about them being banned in Africa, no they are not banned from there as TU-154M is not banned even in Europe. Also saying that whole Africa has low safety standards is nonsense, South Africa for example has high safety standards. Also Kenya Airways and Ethiopian Airlines are both pretty safe ones.

[DinhoPilot]

@Pvjinflight O.k my bad.It is not Tupolevs that are banned but certain Antonov models because of their bad safety record. Africa in general as a lower safety standard (as statistics show) but certain countries have a good record. Many of the airlines banned in Europa are Africa (there is quite a few Asian and Eastern Europpean). I have no bias, but some russian airplanes are just unsafe (not kept airworthy to US/EU standards)

[venger74]

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[OpeiGrafikka]

"Next time comrade say 'Fly old plane, see if still work' I say nyet, only place I fly old plane is up comrade asshole".

[kozanofkithicor]

in russia plane fly you

[johnclayton5364]

i flew on aroflot once.......all i can say is never again

[tommyboomboom]

Russians do build some tough aircraft

[floydfreak63]

Holy shitski

[micathasteings]

i would never fly in russia,safty poor and never inprove

[globe255]

Too much vodka.

[ozzymandias85]

How did those people make it to space?

[TheMrmysteryguest1]

one min iam masturbating the next iam watching a crap plane landing

[itsTihpzy]

Well thats women flyer for you.

[sazycute1993]

@itsTihpzy Well that's what happens when you leave a man alone with too much Viagra.

[TheProPilot]

Yes, perfect ;)

[minkvelour]

OMG!!

[TheProPilot]

Good ol' yaw damper at work... Or.. not at work. Stupid cell phone!

[CounterCultureLives]

@TheProPilot One more example of why the pilot in command shouldn't text while flying!!

[TheProPilot]

Good ol' use damper at work. Or ... Not working.

[electricheese1]

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[matt876mma]

Don't ever fly a plane after a bottle of jack daniels again , Mr pilot. :)

[1fsnl1]

@matt876mma he didn't drank it he was just shaking the bottle :P

[MrJustinisaacs]

but does it blend ?

[8SQ]

DO A BARREL ROLE!

[AIRdomination]

It's called "Dutch Roll"

[Jamenator1]

@AIRdomination yes, wow im amazed there are so few people who know what this is, everone either says its fake or vodka had somthing to do with it. all idiots who don't know shit about aviation.

[Napalm890]

If there we people on board they probably would have had a flooding issue....think about it

[synthuser]

This is part of an air show demonstration. It's a controlled maneuver using a combination of rudder and ailerons, as well as air speed. Cute attempt on the poster's part to make it seem like a "problem" in the sky.

[gpzb2]

@synthuser You are wrong, this plane really did have a problem !

[92nickb]

hell yeah, Russians

[rxheaven13b]

Puke bag over here please!

[gladanka]

@rxheaven13b you puke in bags?

[MultiSpazzo]

@gladanka on a plane you do.... dur

[ipanipanema]

Looks like he is coming in high and want too descend rapidly. Lowering left wing and jawing right, (and then shift vice versa(Not needed, atleast in a small aircraft), would effectively lower you airspeed and increase your rate off descend.

This technique is common when making assessment landings with smaller air crafts. So I see no reason why people think this video is a fake.

Thoughts?

[RutinaRottis]

Autopilot system wiring get mixed?

[flyingxk]

its rather fake...

[chuffernuts]

Did anyone do the ejaculate gag?

[Dusty696969]

DAMN! WTH was wrong with it? I never seen a commercial air liner do that? It could not of been just the wind doing that.

[PenorBethith]

planes dont just do that wtf went wrong?

[habman2009]

COLECCIONISTA80 1 is fake like the guy that produced him in his moms belly...idiot !

[COLECCIONISTA80]

FAKE STUFF!! how come many cameras were ready to record in different angles ....hahahahah

[Springbok295]

@COLECCIONISTA80

The video is real. That particular TU-154 had been in storage for a long time and it was being given a test flight. The result is what you see.

[COLECCIONISTA80]

@Springbok295 Ok .I believe it now

[ShamblerDK]

@Springbok295 Russian engineering at it's best. I would not dare set my feet inside anything russian-made... I mean, just look at what happened to their lousy copy of the Concorde.

[EZMENIO666]

@ShamblerDK copy of the concorde?

[aspiringdrummer17]

@ShamblerDK This aircraft hadn't been flown for 10 years so the results are hardly surprising. Also, the Tu-144 (Concordski) isn't the best example of Soviet engineering, if anything it's probably one of the worst examples. The Tu-154 however has proven to be a sturdy and reliable aircraft during its long operational career

[tomibewi]

@ShamblerDK Their (Tu-144) came out before Concorde, and OUR Concorde was biased on their design

[Pvjinflight]

@tomibewi No thats bullshit. It came out only few months before Concorde, so in that short time Concorde could have never been designed from TU-144. Also after all TU-144 was rushed to get it out before Concorde and was technically piece of shit that had so many technical failures that it was permanently grounded after only 102 commercial flights, 55 of them pax ones. In that short time they managed to crash at least 2 of them.. Also its fuselage had problem with developing cracks.

[XBLnerd1]

The pilot is drunk :D

[juicyhazel]

I would have probably had a heart attack if I was in that plane.

[CaptainFantastic777]

one thing about Russian aviation....it's never boring.

[Nza420]

in soviet russia, wodka is hydraulic fluid.

[ugforthewin]

He couldn't wait to get back and play COD

[yamyamdudley]

its a remote control plane! mixed with a plane just on the tarmac

[BOOM7STAR]

A skilled pilot indeed.

[MasofkeNIKE]

only russians ! bravo