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  • Nice video.

    Google sucks, YouTube sucks (at least for me anyways) I can't watch a video on this crappy site anymore without it stopping at least 20 times. I can watch whole movies on other sites that are 900MB with no interruptions but YouTube with its crappy player; practically zero buffering it's abysmal. Normally I just download them and watch them after the download. I think Google is not keeping up with the demand and maybe i'm alone with this problem.

  • for a second i thought you were gonna land on that bridge o.o

  • very very good

  • I've flown into San Francisco a few times and it always seems like you're going to land in the water but then the runway appears at the last second! lol

  • @CherryFrog321 same thing in Copenhagen, it's a bit scary.

  • Nice touch down!

  • THE APPROACH IS REALLY SIMILAR TO THE JFK 4L AND 4R.

  • where was the flare?

  • @watertoys900 A 747 doesn't need much flare.

  • @Joseph9536 ohh thanks for telling me

  • love it!

  • Great landing! Good job :)

  • hey mind doeing a landing in kay tak if its possible ?

  • @971YOURMOM Kai Tak is closed mate...

  • @971YOURMOM Lol this isnt a game Mate this is real life

  • Love all your videos of your flights.

  • Muito bom o pouso e o vídeo

  • was your co pilot a teenager? He sure sounds like one.

  • @zszs100 Who says the co pilot is a "he" ?

  • @zszs100 You're obviously a moron...co-pilot is a woman and she is landing the plane! Nice job too!

  • @zszs100 It's a woman :)

  • @zszs100 maybe it was a she?

  • such control of an oversized vehicle moving so fast. Nice. However, doesn't the rate of descent seem a smidge too fast? At 5:04 it goes: "100 . . . . 50..40..30.20.10" ...?

  • @Austyg

    Not really. A airplane (exspecially a big one) suffers from ground effect. It sounds to simple to be true but it is true. When a airplane encounters a surface it creates ground effect. The air is compressed beneath the surface areas of the airplane creating ground lift. This means that under any weather circumstance a greater lift pushes from the ground. In some scenarios (like in specific winding conditions + alot of heat) a big jumbojet can even reject landing for this effect.

  • @Armigo91: hm, yes, ground effect needs to be suppressed; I see what you mean. Incidentally, there's some videos of some Soviet era planes relying on ground effects---"ekranoplan" they called it.

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  • Beautiful!

  • I used to be a private pilot in the Bay Area and loved flying around the San Jose area. I avoided TCA's though.

  • sounds like your with a woman pilot!

  • lol really good fps

  • 1090 stemmen voor leuk, 10 stemmen voor niet leuk ............Hoe kan dit NIET leuk zijn????? Leuk om bij u in de cockpit te mogen meekijken. Veel succes en ik hoop nog mooie approaches te mogen beleven. Blijf vooral filmen!!!

  • 10 people clicked wrong! Thumbs up if agree.

  • Nice video. Old SFO tower ATC here. Brings back good memories.

  • Great video :)

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  • Such a nice landing. Auto pilot went off long before the landing, I guess the pilots have to have some fun after a long flight to wake them up.

  • I noticed the Airbuses say "Retard" right before touchdown. Is that a call to flair out or to use the spoilers?

  • @newalm neither. It's meaning to retard the throttle to idle. Look at the throttle when they say it, you will see them pull it back all the way. Gotta raise the pilots self esteem, doesn't it.

  • when you aligned urself with RWY 28R ..its a visual approach..so hw do u align urself with the centerline of the runway. also.the minimums for that RWY would b diff ,depending upon the type of approach..or the minimums called here are decided by the company..

  • Great video! I grew up up the hill from SFO in San Bruno. Been to all those places you flew over to watch aircraft flying into SFO. One time I don't know why but a B-52 Bomber came in for a landing and landed then took off again. May have had problems. Thanks for sharing! Love it

  • @PaulsPhotoService Maybe the B-52 was doing a touch and go?

  • That doesn't looks to hard

  • Nice you had a woman as Co-pilot :)

  • 9 people failed to get the PPL

  • @SimsFan747 80 knots in a 747

  • One question for you SuredT...when the flight computer says "Minimums"..when you approach 28R..what does that mean? Just curious. Excellent video here of SFO approach. The only time I flew into SFO was over the bay with the downtown skyline outside my window before banking right to line up with 28L.

  • @mightymac63 Minumums is like v1 at takeoff but on landing, it's when you don't have time or space to clear the ground before you would hit so if you were past minums and you tried to go around the chances are your hit the ground before you can start to climb so when minums is sied you can't go-around safely. Hope this answers your question:)

  • @mightymac63 Minumums is like v1 at takeoff but on landing, it's when you don't have time or space to clear the ground before you would hit so if you were past minums and you tried to go around the chances are your hit the ground before you can start to climb so when minums is sied you can't go-around safely. Hope this answers your question:)

  • @ifly462 ..yes it does..thanks for the assist here..

  • @mightymac63 Minimums is another word for decision height I believe (someone will correct me if I'm wrong i hope) i.e. the altitude/difference from the runway where you make the final decision on whether to land or not. Hope that helps :)

  • I can see Mount Diablo in the background in the beginning before the jet turns.

  • it's funny how it always looks like the place is barely moving looking out!! lol

  • I know the air routes of the heavies that fly in from overseas. They come in from the coast, head north over Mountain View and Sunnyvale, and turn west near Moffett Field for final approach.

  • i feel so stupid sometimes when i read these comments cause i have no clue what you guys are takling about

  • Captain, Where did you originate this flight please?

  • @alienhuman Schiphol Amsterdam Airport (EHAM)

  • @SimsFan747 80 knots.

  • you sir, have the greatest job in the world.

  • hoe lang ben je al een 747 piloot en hoe lang heb je er over gedaan om er één te worden P.S. fantastische landing.

  • i am the 1,000th person to like this video :)

  • @happyturtle18 and i shall be 1001! :)

  • good landings my name is Thomas and live on Zürich Switzerland i fly on 15 may with KLM from  Zürich to Tanzania via Amsterdam i hope you are too on bord thank you my email boesgi@yahoo.de

  • I'm from Colorado Springs, and we took a flight from Denver to San Francisco. It was an awesome view!

  • What kind've mount do you use for your camera and what kind've camera? My dad just upgraded to the 747-400 for Delta Air Lines!!

    Great Video! Favorites!!!

  • Do you get nervous the moment before you land?

  • how did u guyz keep moving after landing and turning into taxiways?

    in Micrsoft Flight Simulator mine aircraft stops when i turn towards taxiway after landing !

  • I love this video. I first flew into SFO from YUL in 2000 to meet my future wife. At one point during the landing, the KLM 747 passes by Foster City on the left where my mother in law lives. Many times I have stood in her driveway and watched the planes, KLM and others, come in to land. I still do the same thing whenever we go to visit. This video brings back so many happy thoughts. It's nice to know what's going on inside the plane that I am watching from the outside. Thank you very much

  • Where are we going downtown? haha

  • CONGRAT...NICE VIDEO AND NICE LANDING...POST MORE VIDEOS...AWESOME

  • Well I think you're a real pilot , Im practicing a lot in Flight Sim X but im sure in real life it's really different but I think you just have to say your intention , flight position and you'll be ok for landing , and maintain a speed like 190-180 knots for landing with flaps at 300. You're lucky to be a pilot of a 747. Unfortunately I don't have my strenght math , But I'll do anything to be a pilot, I know I can

  • why dont u completeur vdos untill plane connects with terminal???

  • tell me please who make videos from cockpit like this one? Is that the pilot with his camera or some passenger gave him a camera or what? Maybe it's a stupid question but I'm not sure... And is it legal to do something like that?

  • why you must landed with visual approach, there are ILSes,

  • @wisnu1231 because there's good weather... How bored would you get having flown 12 hours on autopilot, and then get to your final approach, and do that on autopilot as well. Pilots fly manual approaches as often as possible... I feel sorry for the british pilots who have to land in low vis every day.

  • Two questions - you call for speed brakes immediately after touchdown - I thought you usually armed them before landing so they'd deploy automatically? Also, what's the max ground speed of a 747 at which you can turn off the runway onto an exit ramp?

    OK, I lied - third question - when's your next video coming?

  • @deino117 I thought they said "Speed brakes up" for confirmation or shmth :), this would be the spoilers, not the actual brakes. pls correct me if im wrong

  • @Sokeresa This time I did note that he said "speed brakes armed" earlier in the approach. So you're right - the post-touchdown readout is to confirm the spoilers have in fact deployed.

    He hands control over to his copilot earlier on, I think. Didn't notice that before. And she's the one who confirms the decision to land, if I hear correctly.

  • Am flying KLM to San Francisco 01 September 2011 from Schipol I hope its as smooth a landing as this one looks. Dont feel so nervous about it now!

  • Hard Landing... You touch the aircraft so hard... becarefull while you inbound the runway... But did a great job... Nice try pilot! :D

  • @hardika1708 You're stupid! that was a great landing!

  • @TheSp4294 yes men!!! you're right.

  • I want live in San Francisco so greatly!! But I live in Russia :(

  • @Robert328851 I've visited a few times, and I'd like to live there too. But it's VERY expensive to live there (because everybody wants to).

  • at about 6:30 you can just about hear 'ladies and gentlemen, welcome to san francisco'

  • When did you put the gear down? Was it over San Mateo bridge?

  • why do u always fly 747?

  • never say bad to the pilots, but brilliants!! 100 points for the pilot!! yeah!!

  • how many flight hours do you have?

  • what is your average day like and how many hours do u work

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  • San Francisco, always the first on the chopping block in apocalypse movies.

  • Why did we hear A/P disconnection warning twice?

  • You're videos are awesome man, i just gotta ask one thing. What cost index do you KLM 747 pilots put in? Or is it depending by the range of the route?

    Thx

  • are you the first officer or the captain? who actually lands the plane?

  • could you land with an auto pilot?

  • @kanwar916 well actually there's something called ILS landing, some runways do have an ILS frequency which the pilots can typ in their radio stack as approach hold, this brings the airplane close to the runway and on final the pilot turns it off, make a little flare and land

  • Great video

  • You are amazing....are you still piloting?

  • How old are you? And how many flight hour's do you need to fly a 747?

  • Flight simulater X got better graphic

    XD

  • When I think of everything you guys do and everything you have to know to do it, it's no wonder to me you're among the most highly esteemed professionals on the planet, right up there with doctors. And I think once air travel is superseded (by what, I have no idea - teleportation? anti-gravity craft??) people will look back on landing one of these craft as a huge, unbelievable achievement.

    I have no idea of the work involved, and the moments of fear - but would you say your job is "fun"?

  • @deino117 My friend is high school was the biggest pot head you could ever meet.. When he he finally grew up in his 30's, he got his Commercial Pilots licence.. So you really don't have to be a rocket scientist to be able to fly..Right Terry??

  • One Question, You said in the Video "Glide Slope Capture" But it was a Visual Approach, To my Knowledge i thought a GlideSlope Capture was when it was a IFR Approach using an ILS Frequency to straighten the plane and put a right glide slope angle of approach... Just asking :)

  • @JohnBet11. Also on a visual approach we use every nav-aids or approach-aids available, in this case the ILS.

  • @SuredT Oh Ok Thank you for telling me that , im just a kid wanting to be a pilot in the future, i did not understand somethings, thank you for commenting that :)

  • @SuredT but one question: why do you switch off the autopilot in 0:40 ? don't you need it for an ILS approach?

  • @JohnBet11 this is probably the most confusing thing iv ever read!

  • @oOEmanOo :O I am Confusing? :(

  • @JohnBet11 lol , i couldnt understand a word u typed!

  • @JohnBet11 Part 121 FAA regs require that flights be on or above glide slope during approach, where applicable. Even in VMC, you still use Loc/GS radios and instruments.

  • I am a big fan of your videos. Please, can you tell me something about the pilot training? Is it really so hard and expensive to become a pilot of B747 and so on?

  • Was the sidestep move from RWY28L to RWY28R part of the standard ILS procedure at certain times or was it a last minute change of RWY by the Tower?.

  • @JOMO59. Last minute change by the Tower

  • @SuredT is there any specified reason to do a side step at the last minute? I mean why does that happen?

  • @SuredT I have a Q. You have talk about landing in Bangkok, then you are someplace in E, next you're landing at St. Martin. I asked my dad ( retired 747-400 check pilot ), my uncle ( retired 777 ) different airline, why do you guys go all over. They both said they have never heard of landing at all these airports like you stated. You either get the E route or South America or the Asian etc... How did where you able to fly to all those different airports?

  • How about that second HOLDSHORT line that he passes thru????? I guess we have to wait when is a solid line right???? Thanks for the video.

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  • Is that Air Force 1?

  • @ChristewieTV No. It is actually KLM

  • SAUDADES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • why is that plane so slow. it will take hours to get in san fransisco.

  • so, when you side step, you swith the ILS frequency for the new rwy or are you just manually doing the approach?

  • Where do you press for brakes? I never saw it in an aircraft

  • @MusicLover11325 you press both pedals at the same time

  • @paps737 Oh, The rudder pedals? Thanks. I also use Flight Simulator X. But it's pretty close to real life

  • What has the minimums-callout for a function?

  • i have a question i never been a 747 and your a captian so can you do a video of your cockpit in flight please

  • @FSXflyer12. See my Bangkok video

  • @SuredT speaking of your Bangkok video, can you do one at the same angle for takeoff please? Its my favorite angle, especially with HD!

  • from amsterand i think if its KLM

  • @510mexicana It could be KLM 605 from Amsterdam Schipol, yes.

  • One question sir. At :47 you disengage the autopilot. And, at 1:45 the PNF announces "Localizer captured". Since you were on the visual, is it still proper procedure to call "Localizer Captured" even though the aircraft was not being controlled by the localizer?

  • WOWWWWWW NICE 

  • KLM???

  • Thank you, that was fascinating to watch!

  • Hey, thanks for posting this SuredT. The passengers don't get to see what goes on up there in the cockpit...

  • Hey nice video, Can you tell me when to disengage the auto pilot? Is there a certain time or do you just do it when your ready? Also when do pilots do auto land?

  • @averredude101 the majority of pilots do a visual (manual) landing especially long haul flights as they just sit around doing nothing. A ILS landing is done commonly in bad weather or on short flights. Its totally to pilots discression so its hard to say :)

  • That´s the benefit of a visual approach ........ you can easily swing to the other runway.

    Is that right ....... I hear a lady´s voice in the cockpit????

    Very nice.

  • Hey whats the usual speed for taxiing thanks!

  • @jerhmmmm 10-20kts. Max 10kts for turning

  • Why is it that they tell you to turn off all wireless communication devices on a plane? Does it mess up navigation? And how does side step work?

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  • Flying planes doesn't seem all that difficult....especially now with all the latest technology. Is this true? If I had to do it over again, I would have become a pilot. Do you think 43 is too late to realize my dream?

  • @gowestward1 Most likley yes too old :( but it is a lot harder than it looks but its not impossible :) if you want to follow your dreams all i can say is go for it. Start with private lessons see if you like them :)

  • I'm just an aviation enthusiastic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and I've been flying (not on the cockpit of course) teh 747 from Rio (GIG) to CDG sometimes. Just to thank you for posting these videos (guess I saw all you've posted) and just a request, if possible, posting CAT III, and more bad weather (I'm a weather meteorologist) landings and take offs. Do you have any SYD video? Thanks again for all !

  • what is your airline

  • @cessnacitationx1 KLM ftw :)

  • is this KLM?

  • @Danny13131000 Yep ! KLM is the best ! :))

  • @BartekLC KLM is my initials =P

  • thats was a very very good landing on the runway

  • Same problem as I have.... Finding a place to park.

  • 0:40 Didn`t I tell you not to play Playstation while flying?

    I heard the sound in the background.

  • This looks like so much fun. I should have been a pilot!

  • you sir, are AWESOME, glad to have you in the skies

  • Do you have the urge to say "this is red 5 I'm going in"

  • oh! 2:37 i live at the start of that bridge!

  • What would happen if the reverse thrust didn't work?

  • @tornadotomas. Nothing, the main deceleration is by brakes.

  • @SuredT but how about the speed breaks?...

  • @jerhmmmm the spoilers...

  • @SuredT It might not matter on R 28R but just be sure not to hold to that theory in the rain on a much shorter runway my friend.

  • @SuredT Deceleration in what speed?

  • is this the only airport in the world where planes land side by side.. 

  • @mrfloppyjoe LAX (4 parallel), Minneapolis, Gatwick, Vegas, Denver, and Heathrow immediately come to mind as airport with parallel runways. I'm sure there are more.

  • @piliage Just a small correction if I may: Gatwick is a single-runway airport, and at Heathrow one runway is used for landings while the other for takeoffs, alternating once a day at 3pm.

  • awesome

  • beautiful weather, thanks for posting

  • Can you explain why electronics are forbidden in the cabin when you guy upfront are playing with camera recorder when the cockpit should be sterile ?

  • @sevyalex. Everything with an antenna is forbidden, the rest is OK.

  • @sevyalex you can use electronics on the plane but not all kinds of electronics.you can't use electronics that has some kind of internet connection.unless its a wi-fi plane lol :3.

  • @sevyalex its all just B/S so they dont have ringtones and stuff going off. if the equipment of one of the worlds largest plane would fail because of a cellphone, Boeing would need to rethink.

  • @sevyalex Videocameras do not affect radio signal or plane electronics

  • What's your company?

  • @Kpj7466 it looks like KLM because of the blue

  • @junior1234542 yeah i already know i was to lazy to read the other comments i found it was KLM. Corsair and klm have the same colors :) so figuring by the colors It can be either.

  • Best landing I've seen in my life; how can it be done better?! That was truly amazing!