If this is such a dangerous approach, then why not approaching the strip from the other side? There's full ocean that way right or am I missing something?
Messimaestro, if approaching an airport via ocean, heading into rising terrain, what are your prospects following a go-around? in other words, is it a good idea to add increasing ground elevation to the list of things to look out for while underpowered after a landing abort?
@2ndAsstJizzMopper Well basicly it's smashing into the mountain/flatappartements or take a swim in the water right? But yes I see you point, so I guess the favours are for puddle jumping. I didn't consider landing abort before ;)
"Well basicly it's smashing into the mountain/flatappartements or take a swim in the water right?"
no. not right. that fatalistic nonsense assumes the odds of a crash are irrelevant to the conditions. aborting into rising terrain is far more dangerous, especially in poor visibility. if a simplistic statement is required, assuming the same vertical profile, here: basically it's smashing into something or not smashing into something.
I remembered this as a child and then as a young adult. Even scarier when it's raining, but whoa from the cockpit.!! That runway really looked short. Now I know what they meant by the checkered flag. I don't think you'll ever see it as a passenger. Thanks for posting
@ImSoOffended IFR and VFR are only flight rules. This flight would have been operating under the instrument flight rules and it was an instrument approach (Runway 13 at Kai Tak, Hong Kong which is now defunct). An I.F.R. aircraft can still fly a visual approach and remain I.F.R., in fact it is an I.F.R. procedure! : )
@ImSoOffended - You follow an ILS (IGS, technically, but whatever) approach path down to a couple of hundred feet above the ground near the checkerboard at which point you advise the tower that you have that in sight and initiate a visual turn to line up with the runway. It's not fun based on what I've done in a simulator.
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We lost an engine on take off from there 1982. L1011 had to stay on the tarmac while fixing without serving drinks. Really wanted one for the next try. Landing there was exciting and the view of tenement housing on the final was thrilling. Glad I did that one before it was gone.
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Definitely one of the absolute challenging airports to land in. The perilously short runway, the banking , and the buildings surrounding you. So sad that's it's closed. I never been there. I wish I could go there and wish I was born 30 earlier. A true historic marvel in aviation.
With the closure of Kai Tak, an irreplaceable chapter in the history of aviation was closed... Well not closed, rather killed. There will never be anything like this airport ever again in this world. I wish I was born 50 years earlier.....
well if you go to Hong Kong you will not be landing at Kai Tak... its been closed for about 17 years now. the new airport isn't nearly as exciting an approach that this one is but it is much safer
wow!! I love the pilots haha ha! lol that was an awesome landing! It looked difficult in that cross wind! Is the pilot retired military? Those military pilots are awesome!
hey did follow this as a one of those special micro-wave approaches, because I know they are the only ones that bend for approaches, or was it merely and ILS approach?
Very good video. I have never been to Hong Kong. When i view this video , it gives me a good idea what to expect at that place if i ever plan to travel there. The cock pit is a major interest to share with viewers who might want t o see for themselves what pilots experience upfront. I can tell is is not fake, it is very real! Good job video guy! Edmondo ( etsonggalaxy)
@techkid100 the slower the landing the better dude it is just kind of the way it is... it is a long story about why it is slow but there is a reason for it.
@codzomz That runway was notoriously short. Too fast and you'd end up in the harbour. I lived there in the 70's and early 80's and used to visit my grandparents in Japan every summer. Take off was really exciting. You'd just about leave the ground and couple of seconds later you'd see the end of the runway and then water.
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@eequalsFOUR He's probably a passenger who asked if he could sit in the cockpit and film the landing. I -HIGHLY- doubt that pilots do anything distracting while flying an airplane.
hong kong shoulda made this place a museum for aviation then you get to visit one of the most popular airport in the world and they learn about aviation too
I suppose there is a good reason why the pilot cannot land from the opposite direction but since I am not a pilot myself, can anyone enlighten me as to the reason why the approach was not over the ocean? Thanks.
@mitchelldoolan26 there were actually no serious crashes but if they wouldn´t have closed it than there would have been one after that so they did the right thing
It's a shame that such a legendary approach was lost when they closed down Kai Tak in 98; but I'm sure more than a handful of pilots would happily disagree!
airboyd is showing what it's really like to do a challenging landing at an airport that was one of the hardest to land at. That's why the video looks that way. Kai Tak required that steep turn at the 'checkerboard'.
do pilots get scared ? through turbulence and windy take offs and landings ive got a friend at my football club hes a co pilot at lufthansa and he keeps telling me he shits him self all the time lol
That must be one of the world's scarriest airports to land in. All those skyscrappers, and the water ways, sure makes it difficult, not to mention the hills, or mountains, in the way. Looked like the city had an earthquake..some of the apartments are dark, and ruined looking. Great piolets to land these marviolus planes! 5 stars indeed!!
@6Ott7 There are alot of built up areas and high ground (maintains etc) round KaiTak and its hard to come in strait as you woud have to drop a load of hight when over the mountain.
Done that landing twice at night. I am sure we came in straight onto the runway so we came through the mountains. In the final approoach we could look out sideways into peoples homes. As we got closer to the ground there is this weird feeling that we were actually accelerating because the biuldings were so close.
On touch down it was full reverse thrust and braking and you are thrown forwards in you seat.
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This reminds me of my trips back from boarding school - the first thing to hit you after the landing was the smell of the nullah along side the runway - you knew then you were back in HK
Wow, that's an incredible approach, and is it just me or does the runway look kind of short? I imagine coming in with a large aircraft like an A380 or B747 and landing a little too high would be tough. I admire pilots like you guys, Looks incredibly hard. May I ask what airline and aircraft type you are flying?
@Lworld63 i flew cargo for 20yrs and the hong kong turn aint no joke but Courchevel Airport, France test the size of your balls...i knew seasoned pilots who quit flying altogether just because of that one
Now it makes sense...if u notice, the pilot or whoever was operating the handycam actually magnified the lens, hence the slow effect. At first the landing looked too silly...yeah like it were 20 miles per hour ! LOL
love how the checkerboard hill get closer and closer then at the last second 49 degree bank right and loose 800 ft in the turn to get you in the right spot and dont rip the top off the high rise on the way in
And this close to landing im normally thinking OMG im still alive thanks god,,,,i WILL ALWAYS wonder how some1 does this as a job ,,,it is scary very scary ,,wats that noise at 2:22 jees scary noise ,,,ok i have to go ,,,to scary ,,,oh just the backround noise makes me feel ill ,,,,:(
@RaeRae914 i agree, am scared of flying. a dont know how pilots and cabin crew do this every day. if england was a hot country a would never fly again.lol.
@nd03ltz oh lol tell me about it im in ireland and rubbish weather lol...my husbands from mauritius i gotta go there every year ,,,lst time i had to go alone AWFUL ,,,panic the whole way there 11 hours and hated every second ,,,,bring back travel by boat lol
@nd03ltz mauritius eh?v nice.would love to go. dont think a could cope with the flight tho. a needed valium last summer and a only flew to barcelona. they worked like.lol
i have a question, notice how the gages and stuff are flashing, is that because of the video camera or is that just shown on the video and it doesnt really happen?
@pantsNshirt what it is is the camera. a camera records 30 to 100 frames a second. meaning it takes that many "pictures" in one second. the same happens with the screens but they display it at that speed. so the camera is catching the moments when the screen is off. but the screen turns off and on so fast we as humans can't see it. hope that makes sense
When was this taken?
KpopJANGG 1 day ago
Very poor camera work.
feathers632 5 days ago
Because the camera is zoomed, so it gives you the feeling that its almost not moving
halemo94 1 week ago
why does the plane appear to be going so slow when it lands?
accebernosam 1 week ago
If this is such a dangerous approach, then why not approaching the strip from the other side? There's full ocean that way right or am I missing something?
Messimaestro 1 month ago
@Messimaestro Winds
MrBigyellowbus 1 month ago
@Messimaestro It's something about the wind direction that prevents landing at that end I believe
arc2254 1 month ago
Messimaestro, if approaching an airport via ocean, heading into rising terrain, what are your prospects following a go-around? in other words, is it a good idea to add increasing ground elevation to the list of things to look out for while underpowered after a landing abort?
2ndAsstJizzMopper 3 weeks ago
@2ndAsstJizzMopper Well basicly it's smashing into the mountain/flatappartements or take a swim in the water right? But yes I see you point, so I guess the favours are for puddle jumping. I didn't consider landing abort before ;)
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"Well basicly it's smashing into the mountain/flatappartements or take a swim in the water right?"
no. not right. that fatalistic nonsense assumes the odds of a crash are irrelevant to the conditions. aborting into rising terrain is far more dangerous, especially in poor visibility. if a simplistic statement is required, assuming the same vertical profile, here: basically it's smashing into something or not smashing into something.
2ndAsstJizzMopper 3 weeks ago
I remembered this as a child and then as a young adult. Even scarier when it's raining, but whoa from the cockpit.!! That runway really looked short. Now I know what they meant by the checkered flag. I don't think you'll ever see it as a passenger. Thanks for posting
ishta 1 month ago
just amazing!!!!!!!
kekendo1000 1 month ago
was this an IFR landing, or was it VFR?
ImSoOffended 2 months ago
@ImSoOffended Both, look at the ils approach chart for kai tak.
FlightSimmer948 2 months ago
@ImSoOffended IFR and VFR are only flight rules. This flight would have been operating under the instrument flight rules and it was an instrument approach (Runway 13 at Kai Tak, Hong Kong which is now defunct). An I.F.R. aircraft can still fly a visual approach and remain I.F.R., in fact it is an I.F.R. procedure! : )
pedalz1115 2 months ago
@ImSoOffended - You follow an ILS (IGS, technically, but whatever) approach path down to a couple of hundred feet above the ground near the checkerboard at which point you advise the tower that you have that in sight and initiate a visual turn to line up with the runway. It's not fun based on what I've done in a simulator.
IanRubin2 1 month ago
Its look like a 747 Cockpit..:D
MrFrankfurt431 2 months ago
Why does the plane feel so slow when landing when view from cockpit but fast when viewed from side windows?
Nepo35 2 months ago
@Nepo35 It's because he's zoomed in.
iTiDarkenedK 2 months ago
I would like to read the opinion of a real pilot landing for the first time at Kai Tak.
ermollejuo 2 months ago
This was a flight simulator ? it looks very real.
yynnmmbb 2 months ago
@yynnmmbb it's real you dumbass
NSRacer114 2 months ago
Always wanted to see how hard it was to land at Kai Tak, been looking for a cockpit view for ages.. thanks!
Infinitez109 2 months ago
Thank you for sharing
Irishfreedom 2 months ago
can someone tell me what is that alarm sound meaning at 2:20?
1m2wgood 3 months ago in playlist Air Traffic Controller
@1m2wgood Auto_pilot disengage
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77777XYZ 3 months ago
I Must say your video is the Best Kai tak landing Video .
skater33042 4 months ago
cool landing. I always liked gulfstream jets.
dmimcg 4 months ago
Thanks for uploading, brings back a lot of memories.
dannyy72 5 months ago
the likes on this video spell out 757 lol
2011skaterblue 5 months ago
@2011skaterblue 777 now. lets see if we can get 787.
kinsley2108 4 months ago
umm, it looked like you didnt need to slow down alot on touchdown!
TheXxVIP3RxX 6 months ago
with wich airline did you go?
MissSanthagen1988 6 months ago
We lost an engine on take off from there 1982. L1011 had to stay on the tarmac while fixing without serving drinks. Really wanted one for the next try. Landing there was exciting and the view of tenement housing on the final was thrilling. Glad I did that one before it was gone.
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77777XYZ 6 months ago
ha, 747 likes... the irony
ooke2567 6 months ago
perfect landing !
TCA747STM 7 months ago
Short Runway!!!
Jedikeri 7 months ago
Definitely one of the absolute challenging airports to land in. The perilously short runway, the banking , and the buildings surrounding you. So sad that's it's closed. I never been there. I wish I could go there and wish I was born 30 earlier. A true historic marvel in aviation.
mstealthgt3 7 months ago
Thats scary stuff..
Douchebagfromhell 7 months ago
With the closure of Kai Tak, an irreplaceable chapter in the history of aviation was closed... Well not closed, rather killed. There will never be anything like this airport ever again in this world. I wish I was born 50 years earlier.....
MAXwellchikenrice 7 months ago
military pilot brakes instantly.normal pilot passenger planes brakes smoothly.
dimensionsiemens 8 months ago
@dimensionsiemens amen brother, we go through brakes/tires like crazy. I love it when reserve pilots fly, the jets are so much better
staggermann1 3 months ago
well if you go to Hong Kong you will not be landing at Kai Tak... its been closed for about 17 years now. the new airport isn't nearly as exciting an approach that this one is but it is much safer
Freeborn88 9 months ago
@Freeborn88 Kai Tak closed in 1998 - not quite 17 years ago :-) Then Chek Lap Kok took over as HGK. And I agree, nowhere near as exciting to land at!
MarkJSau 7 months ago
wow!! I love the pilots haha ha! lol that was an awesome landing! It looked difficult in that cross wind! Is the pilot retired military? Those military pilots are awesome!
DDbRowN67 9 months ago
hey did follow this as a one of those special micro-wave approaches, because I know they are the only ones that bend for approaches, or was it merely and ILS approach?
codzomz 9 months ago
If in doubt.. leave camera on auto focus and zoom in!
TeamYankee2 9 months ago
NO ROOM FOR ERROR . YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOUR DOING.
vidaloca07 9 months ago
Very good video. I have never been to Hong Kong. When i view this video , it gives me a good idea what to expect at that place if i ever plan to travel there. The cock pit is a major interest to share with viewers who might want t o see for themselves what pilots experience upfront. I can tell is is not fake, it is very real! Good job video guy! Edmondo ( etsonggalaxy)
ETsonggalaxy 9 months ago
Nice video, thanks for the ride, btw what are the three switches together on the ap panel that the pilot pushes just before landing?
truckertwotimes 9 months ago
@truckertwotimes I have absolutely no idea but as long as the pilot knows what they are then that's all that matters !!
naja46 9 months ago
This looked like a really slow landing.
techkid100 9 months ago
@techkid100 It looks slow because the camera was on a million x zoom.
shunter9 9 months ago
@techkid100 the slower the landing the better dude it is just kind of the way it is... it is a long story about why it is slow but there is a reason for it.
codzomz 9 months ago
@codzomz Yeh, but to slow you will undershoot the runway
techkid100 9 months ago
@codzomz That runway was notoriously short. Too fast and you'd end up in the harbour. I lived there in the 70's and early 80's and used to visit my grandparents in Japan every summer. Take off was really exciting. You'd just about leave the ground and couple of seconds later you'd see the end of the runway and then water.
TheMusicTard 7 months ago
i wonder what is the angle of banking that the plane takes on the 47 degrees turn for the line-up with the runway
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annabanna9747 10 months ago
How come he never filmed the stewardesses blowing the pilots?
Flynn1977 10 months ago
silky smooth
TheAkmurda 10 months ago
what year was that?
foxman4455 10 months ago
so that's what pilots do? Post videos on youtube? oh dear...
eequalsFOUR 10 months ago
@eequalsFOUR He's probably a passenger who asked if he could sit in the cockpit and film the landing. I -HIGHLY- doubt that pilots do anything distracting while flying an airplane.
spilot14 10 months ago
is this a 777?
latinist90 10 months ago
is this a 777?
latinist90 10 months ago
@latinist90 - no, it's a 747-400.
OzDelphi 10 months ago
excelentemente bien !
maunten66 10 months ago
How about a straight on view dumb dumb
blckcloud15253 11 months ago
Thank you for this lovely reminder of the world that was.
I watched the whole thing and enjoyed every minute of it :)
R3dp055um 11 months ago
Woah there's so many buttons in the cockpit, press one wrong button and that's it! You must have to be really brave to be a pilot!
MsRandomette 11 months ago
I think they should have kept it open for daredevil GA pilots ;)
FF35Pilot 11 months ago
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Rafal102able 11 months ago
It was the most beautiful airport in the world. It was amazing simply.
Rafal102able 11 months ago
Landing at Kai Tak was one of the most dangerous and difficult in the world, yet, the pilots made it look so easy, great skills!
Akibatai00 11 months ago
Is it me or is it already really slow when it lands? Like slower than most others?
Guitarhero0904 1 year ago
Besides the landing.
That's a pretty grey Landscape/City there. X-P
felixader 1 year ago
The plane is a Boeing 747-400, the airline is Cathay Pacific.
PlaneAndTVtechfan 1 year ago
Awesome !!!
slashudi 1 year ago
hong kong shoulda made this place a museum for aviation then you get to visit one of the most popular airport in the world and they learn about aviation too
yisasakopaka 1 year ago
Excellent job captain. But that was one steep aproach
DamEllSunny 1 year ago
did this airport close??
jordan4541 1 year ago
I suppose there is a good reason why the pilot cannot land from the opposite direction but since I am not a pilot myself, can anyone enlighten me as to the reason why the approach was not over the ocean? Thanks.
MrPnisHead 1 year ago
@MrPnisHead Wind direction has alot to do with direction of landing. u want air flowing over wings as much as possible to create lift.
humonmyplums 1 year ago
why did they closed kai tak ... id like to land there when i become a pilot ....
tokofome 1 year ago
@tokofome
too many crashes
mitchelldoolan26 1 year ago
@mitchelldoolan26 there were actually no serious crashes but if they wouldn´t have closed it than there would have been one after that so they did the right thing
Pawlowitch 11 months ago
It's a shame that such a legendary approach was lost when they closed down Kai Tak in 98; but I'm sure more than a handful of pilots would happily disagree!
BAcKD00RBaNDIT 1 year ago
what airplane is it?
LiamKroes 1 year ago
It's an Boeing 747
FSXx95 1 year ago
Thats is one short ass runway
us90606 1 year ago
How awesome is it if this is your homebase flying this time after time! Beautiful airport and city <3
JzAeroo 1 year ago
airboyd is showing what it's really like to do a challenging landing at an airport that was one of the hardest to land at. That's why the video looks that way. Kai Tak required that steep turn at the 'checkerboard'.
PlaneAndTVtechfan 1 year ago
holy shit
saTekz 1 year ago
747-414 confirmed
Airshow2010 1 year ago
Kai Tak was closed in 1998.
clintonearlwalker 1 year ago
Nice video, thanks!
RChakravarti 1 year ago
looks considerably slower from the cockpit. unlike the passenger view.
golferchin76 1 year ago
@golferchin76 It looks like that because the camera man zoomed far past the jump seat.
CathayGuy 1 year ago
is that a 777? and what airline is it?
nickstr345 1 year ago
@nickstr345 i think this is a 747
nitrolucass 1 year ago
@nickstr345 747-400 You can tell by the four throttles. and, I think Cathay Pacific.
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I wonder what all those nobs and switches do :)
durhamdf 1 year ago
do pilots get scared ? through turbulence and windy take offs and landings ive got a friend at my football club hes a co pilot at lufthansa and he keeps telling me he shits him self all the time lol
TurbulentG 1 year ago
That must be one of the world's scarriest airports to land in. All those skyscrappers, and the water ways, sure makes it difficult, not to mention the hills, or mountains, in the way. Looked like the city had an earthquake..some of the apartments are dark, and ruined looking. Great piolets to land these marviolus planes! 5 stars indeed!!
Ashenion22 1 year ago
ZOOM OUT!
jelneutron3 1 year ago 82
@jelneutron3 Bit late telling him 3 yrs later lol
Ataylor0 1 year ago
i know what u mean it hurt my eyes on finals made me feel sick ; )
bilshut 1 year ago
your a little happy with the zoom there buddy.....
iseekthetruth 1 year ago 62
OMG 5/5 starts good pilots!!!!!!!
mastervictor123 1 year ago
I don't get it. Why don' t they just swing around further left and come in for a straight landing?? Why the difficult turn?
6Ott7 1 year ago
@6Ott7 buildings, and safety regulations
MrKooL92 1 year ago
@6Ott7 There are alot of built up areas and high ground (maintains etc) round KaiTak and its hard to come in strait as you woud have to drop a load of hight when over the mountain.
Ataylor0 1 year ago
thats insane. it looked like you were coming in high, but i don't blame you.
ryanmillerpimpslaps 1 year ago
thats insane. it look like you were coming in high, but i don't blame you.
ryanmillerpimpslaps 1 year ago
i dont know what the people have , except the curve for me it seems the most safty airport i have ever seen
richis404 1 year ago
only the captain lands the plane!
solomonpilot767 1 year ago
Do most of these buttons have a purpose ?
Nice video.
motorbreath1983 1 year ago
@motorbreath1983
Of course not. They are there strictly to amuse the flight crew during long, boring, flights.
dahnjeff 1 year ago 2
Done that landing twice at night. I am sure we came in straight onto the runway so we came through the mountains. In the final approoach we could look out sideways into peoples homes. As we got closer to the ground there is this weird feeling that we were actually accelerating because the biuldings were so close.
On touch down it was full reverse thrust and braking and you are thrown forwards in you seat.
As seriously spectacular and awsome experience.
tpsossff 1 year ago
Brilliant video.
I was looking out for guiding flashing strobes on approach, or do these only ever appear in simulator situations? Anyone?
GuojiPiaoke 1 year ago
I think i saw my house...LOL
neoupa2002 1 year ago
amazing, seems like its going sooo slow. love hong kong me and my wife made my daughter in the hotel jen XD
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addab 1 year ago
How much fun can nerds have with airplanes pfhailllllllll
Cesaremarkus 1 year ago
The "Checkerboard" approach!
gb1227 1 year ago
"Geometric demonstration and discovery of a " geometric sacred boss " used very presumably in the construction of The Great Pyramid of Gizéh's plateau and his chance? Relation with the number "pi" (with a simple rule and / or compass) 2300 years B. Arquimedes (4600 years B.J.C.) for the farón Jufu-Keops. "
Pirramides 1 year ago
happy days, I was lucky enough to sit in on lots of landings when I was cabin crew. Hong Kong was the best.
tchenley 1 year ago
The Tsing Ma bridge has been completed in this videa, everybody should be excited to wait for the new airport to open soon.
kaiwkc 1 year ago
aawwwww i miss hong kong...
jerjerom 1 year ago
Why couldn't they just do a straight approach towards the runway?
InfernalGaming 1 year ago
@InfernalGaming because there are hills all around! the only way was to come in from the side and do that steep turn right onto the rwy
georger64 1 year ago
Aah what memories, served with RAF at Kai Tak.
rogbee1 1 year ago
ok.dzieki za filmik
bermoni1 1 year ago
dam wud love to be a pilot, the skills needed to land at this airport ...
aklak7860 1 year ago
This reminds me of my trips back from boarding school - the first thing to hit you after the landing was the smell of the nullah along side the runway - you knew then you were back in HK
guiejei 1 year ago
hats off to any pilot landing there
naybobdenod 1 year ago
Which flight simulator program was used to capture this video? It looks very realistic, especially the pilots.
drav1dan 1 year ago
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caedriel 1 year ago
@drav1dan It's called "Microsoft FLIGHT"
guntram5 1 year ago
@guntram5 haha
CreativeFilmMaker 1 year ago
@CreativeFilmMaker - coz theres a big big mountain in the way
stevethedrums 1 year ago
@drav1dan hahaha
CreativeFilmMaker 1 year ago
@drav1dan It's not a sim video, it's an actual cockpit tape.
dahnjeff 1 year ago
@drav1dan It's not a sim video.
Real time, real stuff.
dahnjeff 1 year ago
@drav1dan Lol, this comment sits in its own special zone of hilarious.
icudan 1 year ago
Do u know that everytime when landing at Kai Tak airport there is a type of sting smell....
kccs9911 1 year ago
Wow, that's an incredible approach, and is it just me or does the runway look kind of short? I imagine coming in with a large aircraft like an A380 or B747 and landing a little too high would be tough. I admire pilots like you guys, Looks incredibly hard. May I ask what airline and aircraft type you are flying?
EpiphoneSG95 1 year ago
@EpiphoneSG95 it was probably a boeing not sure of the type
cre8amiracle2 1 year ago
@cre8amiracle2 B747
nickruelamasu 1 year ago
Wow a 747 making a turn like that on final!
TheFlashboy22 1 year ago
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TheFlashboy22 1 year ago
China Suc-ks!!!
LaoZen99 1 year ago
@LaoZen99
wongyiutak 1 year ago
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TheFlashboy22 1 year ago
what an ugly city an airport geeesh
GiovaniB52 1 year ago
The one in hondorus is pretty crazy!!!
TheShepster80 1 year ago
awesome skills and very good video!
dia0l0s 1 year ago
wow, did you even need thrust reversers? lol. i bet that was the passengers' best ever landing there!
dangerzone24 1 year ago
Weird city...
dale3858 1 year ago
This used to be one of the hardest approaches in the world!
Lworld63 1 year ago
@Lworld63 i flew cargo for 20yrs and the hong kong turn aint no joke but Courchevel Airport, France test the size of your balls...i knew seasoned pilots who quit flying altogether just because of that one
scruffyrunkin 1 year ago
lol, it seems that i run faster than that speed the plane was landing
jayo2k 1 year ago
Now it makes sense...if u notice, the pilot or whoever was operating the handycam actually magnified the lens, hence the slow effect. At first the landing looked too silly...yeah like it were 20 miles per hour ! LOL
ElShaddai7777 1 year ago
love how the checkerboard hill get closer and closer then at the last second 49 degree bank right and loose 800 ft in the turn to get you in the right spot and dont rip the top off the high rise on the way in
DumbYankies 1 year ago
GET RID OF THE TELEPHOTO LENS!!!!
AW320 1 year ago
it looks as if ur a car tht is at normal 20 mph vry slow it looks
Inder6578 1 year ago
@Inder6578 its look 20 mph for camera zoom effect., i have flight simulator, i zoom from cockpit windows to runway and wiew like it, 20 mph.
yarvet72 1 year ago
if I was a pilot everytime I landed at this airport i would'ave been like holy jesus I made it!! praise the lord!!
reubenw59 1 year ago
Building everywhere! Never seen anything like this.
Krondelo 1 year ago
I just luv airboyds footages !!!
KRY030HModesto 1 year ago
Used to love the landings here! Could watch apartments' TVs and check their laundry on the approach!
Crintingnut 1 year ago
And this close to landing im normally thinking OMG im still alive thanks god,,,,i WILL ALWAYS wonder how some1 does this as a job ,,,it is scary very scary ,,wats that noise at 2:22 jees scary noise ,,,ok i have to go ,,,to scary ,,,oh just the backround noise makes me feel ill ,,,,:(
RaeRae914 1 year ago
@RaeRae914 i agree, am scared of flying. a dont know how pilots and cabin crew do this every day. if england was a hot country a would never fly again.lol.
nd03ltz 1 year ago
@nd03ltz oh lol tell me about it im in ireland and rubbish weather lol...my husbands from mauritius i gotta go there every year ,,,lst time i had to go alone AWFUL ,,,panic the whole way there 11 hours and hated every second ,,,,bring back travel by boat lol
RaeRae914 1 year ago
@nd03ltz mauritius eh?v nice.would love to go. dont think a could cope with the flight tho. a needed valium last summer and a only flew to barcelona. they worked like.lol
nd03ltz 1 year ago
@RaeRae914 Noise at 2:22 is the autopilot being disengaged.
AndrewJM70 1 year ago
i have a question, notice how the gages and stuff are flashing, is that because of the video camera or is that just shown on the video and it doesnt really happen?
pantsNshirt 1 year ago
@pantsNshirt Just the camera, that happens alot when you video screens.
LucioMaximo 1 year ago
@pantsNshirt what it is is the camera. a camera records 30 to 100 frames a second. meaning it takes that many "pictures" in one second. the same happens with the screens but they display it at that speed. so the camera is catching the moments when the screen is off. but the screen turns off and on so fast we as humans can't see it. hope that makes sense
ccubsfan94 1 year ago
@ccubsfan94 Computer Monitor is mostly with a frequency of 60 HZ if you have a camera that is that fast, you will see no flickering ;)
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