KLM Boeing B747-400 Landing at Hongkong Cockpit view

[iammdeepak1]

Why does the engine sound become shriller upon touchdown? Do you increase throttle for some reason?

[turbonetic777]

@iammdeepak1  Its reverse thrust...a form of braking using the engines.

[SuperAudimaniac]

@iammdeepak1 The engines redirect the airflow forward and the throttle is increased- this is reverse thrust. On propeller-driven aircraft, the pitch of the blades can be controlled.

[SoundShunter72]

SuredT jij hebt echt de beste baan ooit en dan ook nog eens dat filmen, altijd mooi hoe jij die dingen aan de grond zet of in de lucht krijg. jammer dat ik alleen maar flight simulator kan doen :D

[MRlaikiucheung]

The audio is not bad at all !!!!!!!

[cbucia]

50

40

30

before that

teach me how to dougie !!

[arjennovic]

Would be nice if you record another video!

[TheOriginalTubbster]

I love the altitude reader getting slower and slower

[Semaj448]

@jeffg24LT21 minimums is the point at which the plane can no longer "go-around" and is commited to the landing. the altitude at which minimums is called depends on the size and weight of the aircraft.

[smasila]

Flying looks so cool!

[jeffg24LT21]

what does minimums mean (sorry im new)

[oueslatikarim]

@jeffg24LT21 at this point a certain length of the runway has to be visible or else the plane has to go around (e.g. due to fog)

[TheXboxlover45]

thats pretty cool. Say how fast can you do 0 to 60 on that thing :D

[daand12]

I hate video's with advertisement before it starts

[seanrsturbo]

cool

[ikrambaig123]

i guess cross wind during landing right???

[Banom7a]

it was Chek Lap Kok airport



[RobertsDigital]

@Banom7a the new airport looks a lot better

[Minneapolis97]

@Banom7a *Chek Lap Big Kok airport

[kiddycat124]

whos the guy that counts down,tell him to call me heehee

[fixxxer2673]

I was just wondering, what do pilots do when they are cruising? It must get pretty boring on long flights. So what do they do? Chat with the co-pilot, read magazines, books, music?

[barbagiorgis13]

@fixxxer2673 masturbate a lot...or even fuck the steward

[MasterNiva]

nice commercial landing

[klmnathan]

This is not the old kai tak

[hoggerdave]

is the ground speed in knots or MPH?

[kruger1115]

@hoggerdave ground speed is usually in knots

[kruger1115]

@hoggerdave ground speed is usually in knots (and Times knots with 1.852 for kmph)

[Crafty002]

I didn't know regulations and policies permitted pilots using cameras in the cockpit.

[MiSsDeViLiShCaT]

How did you land there? Isn't it dangerous? AWESOME!

[GGFGOALSHD]

fuck these ads!

[dydy901]

wow, it seems like the wind is kinda disturbing for the landing process is it? just asking cause i know nothing about eing a pilot.

[xRodrigoBorgesx]

Great Job your vids Suredt, thanks for sharing this with us.

[type45tomcat21]

at a tax payer of Hong Kong, now I can fully understand why HKG need to resurface rwy 07L/25R every year......so many tire marks there

[Regis1314]

excelente video

[ThePfeffi80]

what did you say in 1:34 ? ^^

[737boeing8]

Aw...this wasn't the awesome landing from the other side...

Whatever. Still a cool video!

[alienhuman]

They took all the fun out of a HKG arrival when they closed Kai Tak.

[Rafal102able]

@SuredT haha that's right with crosswinds especially :)

Some photos from airliners site are outstanding.

I wish I can see this airport in real.

[arjennovic]

Hey SuredT. I love your videos, Everytime I'm amazed how you pilots make those good landings. In flightsim in the PMDG 747-400, I can't always land like that. My problem is finding the right moment of flaring. I mostly flare to early. By then the throttle is already at idle, then I sink and it's a hard landing. You got any tips when to start pulling the airplane into the flare position. I mostly start pulling up at the 40 ft callout. I'm also struggling maintaining centerline. You got any tips?

[Smoothylanding]

@arjennovic hey! im not a pilot but i have somehow the same problems :) like, it depends on my aircrafts, mostly i sink really fast if i fly the Boeing 767 series. But i think i found it out. You know there are in fs9 four lights with colors, example you're too high, all lights appear yellow. if your too low all lights appear red. I think if you're flying the PMDG 747 just keep the thotthle at 20% when your landing and keep looking at your lights. you may saw that, so my comment is useless ^^

[TESTASPEEDER]

@Smoothylanding dude,these 4 "lights" are called the "pappy",they have a certain angle of color shaded maps before them,wich means the color changes depending on the elevation you are regarding to them. 4 green or yellow means you're way to high for a clean approch,4 red's are you are way to low,you should have 2 greens or yellow (whatever the colo might be) and 2 red's,wich means you are in the correct glideslope... 20% power is incorrect,weather is never the same ans is a very important

[TESTASPEEDER]

factor while landing an aircraft. you'll need speed and power for a nice smooth and safe landing. Don't forget that you are flying close to the stall speed so the flight commands are less effective then on a higher speed. On a normal VFR approch you'll need to closely look at your airspeed. The airspeed is controlled by the ATTITUDE (not ALTITUDE) of the aircraft,that is the "nose position" or the angle of attack of the plane,or pich if you prefer,and the decent is controlled by the power.

[TESTASPEEDER]

If you come in too fast,close the throttle,and nose up,you'll loose speed,once the speed OK,look ath the VS (vertical speed),and find the correct setting told by the flight manual,with the power. Sinking too fast? Add power.

sinking too slow? Reduce power...Need more speed? Nose a bit down....Speed too high? Nose a bit up position... Its not that difficult,but real flying and FS are 2 different worlds....

[SuredT]

@Rafal102able. Yep. Yep. No, just a bit more challenging ;-)

[Fightinpark]

@SuredT This is Kai Tak or Chek Lap Kok?

[minus37]

@Fightinpark definitely looks like Chek Lap Kok.

[CrytellGames]

@Fightinpark This is Chek Lap Kok, Kai Tak closed down.

[Fightinpark]

@SuredT

Impossible to land on Kai Tak (it closed in 1998)

[diapermanful]

@Fightinpark No landing strip is impossible to land on.....Cue the "Gimly Glider" (;-)

[jofus2019]

Bairly made the TDZ.

[denelson83]

@jofus2019 He stuck it in the one-stripe TDZ, so he landed it well.

[levensloze]

I wanna be a pilot so fucking bad

Fly to all the places i never saw

Uh, I wanna be on the cover of pilots magazine

Smiling next to a boeing 747 and 737

[Databamse]

@levensloze Being a pilot is a commercial pilot is a nightmare, ask anyone. They fly the same route every time, the autopilot does most of the work, you are constantly jealous with your copilot, you work hard and sleep little. Most pilots don't think it is as fun as they thought it to be. You should praise yourself lucky as a flight simulator guy

[Julman75]

you don't need to apologize dude it's a great vid :)

[DHMaNiAc770]

every time with a better video

[wisnu1231]

so, you are too high, the treshold disapeared before it caled "50",

[kassumnk]

KLM is my favorite airline in the hole world it's just so best xd =)

[TheGlasA]

@SuredT have you ever been to the old airport at hongkong? the approach looks very difficult

[cnielsen123]

That reverse is like music in my ears

[TomMoe1995]

@cnielsen123

I prefer the Take off sound! ;)

[HotChilliSquirrel]

Very clear! When I was in Hong Kong, it was just smog, smog, smog!

[umpalumpa101909]

Living the dream

[11raywjfan]

RIP KAI TAK

[P8NTBALL60]

SuredT, you are an amazing pilot!

[00028796]

Suredt you have the best vids on ytube great quality! pity no leaving the ramps though and pfc !

[Citaro355]

Wie befestig man eigentlich die Kamera?

[Gian092]

Nice and smooth, greets. What do you use as reference to align the airplane horizontally when the ILS is not engaged? A point in the cockpit? Thanks

[Nintenkid91]

@Gian092 You use your eyes and make small corrections as you get closer.

[Gian092]

@Nintenkid91

Well surely you don't use your ears^^ I mean, for example when I park my car, I don't see every corner of it, so I assign a point of the dashboard, seen from the driver position, to a corner.

I guess it would be hard as hell landing a plane if it were all transparent, also the cockpit, in VFR.

[fishnmaster420]

It looks like your going way slower than you realy are from that view...how fast are you going right before touchdown?

[jayflies737]

What are minimums?

[florianvandillen]

@jayflies737 Depends on A/C type, weather, visibility

[LaughsWontHurt]

@jayflies737 The values the robot calls (it starts from 1000 I think and ends at 10).

[24MrNicko]

what airline.

[Sugano]

KLM

[IVgrandtheftauto]

@Sugano Non-Royal Dutch Airlines

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Niet-Koningkluke Luchtvaart Maatschapij

[dutchbhproduction]

@IVgrandtheftauto moeilijk he spellen?

[IVgrandtheftauto]

@dutchbhproduction Voor jou altijd.Je bent een mongool toch?

[dutchbhproduction]

@IVgrandtheftauto yup, ik ben een mongool, Niet-Koningkluke Luchtvaart Maatschapij, volgens mij is het, koningklijke luchtvaart maatschappij. jij spelt het zoals je het zegt. leer normaal nederlands spreken.

[IVgrandtheftauto]

@dutchbhproduction Ik deed dat expres.En je hebt 100% gelijk...je bent voor 100% een mongool.Helemaal mee eens.En je maakte een belangrijke fout:je spelde "Nederlands" zonder een hoofdletter.Ook een fout.JIJ moet normaal leren Nederlands spreken.

[dutchbhproduction]

@IVgrandtheftauto haha, zou ik ook zeggen dat ik dat expres deed. en aangezien ik niet in Nederland ben opgegroeid, heb ik weer iets geleerd, bedankt ;).

[IVgrandtheftauto]

@dutchbhproduction Yup helemaal expres gedaan.Alsjeblieft....... :)

[IHeartMokum]

@Sugano KLM sucks- their business class seats are 15 years behind those of other carriers.

[ThePaposeco]

knots

[stonedcrab]

Awesome landing! A greaser! Nice job Cap'n

[my235]

What percent N1 does the engine go to when reverse thrust is applied?

[CX135pilot]

Every time I see a KLM 747 at HKG when I do plane-spotting, I always wonder if the captain of that plane is SuredT....:)

[TheElmah]

Did you ever land at old Hongkong airport?

[BEALEGENE]

i am an airplane enthusiast ever sense my step dad took me up in a small plane and the few vids you have of landings and takeoffs are pretty cool keep up the good work. thanks for showing me what its really like.

[nhel1016]

oh yeah!hongkong one of the most dangerous airports :D..you're great man!i fly aircrafts too..especially Airbus' but only in FSX.lol BTW i really love ur videos.

P.S please upload a vid. of a crosswind landing? if you mind?

[arcticblake1]

do you fly for klm

[eroen45]

Are you a pilot. You make videos from KLM! :)

[3070stew]

a bit of a rough landing!

[kokal1ful]

i grataceli di Hongkong dove sono ????

Honkong of the buildings, where they disappeared

[dazzaken]

Knots???? i don't think so..it is the distance from the ground. I think these big birds do more then 10 knots when they touch down

[Fedeskipper]

Are you a Pilot?

Good video :D

[airslider]

The 747 calls out 100, 50,40,30.20, and 10 feet. It is based on the radar altimeter.

As far as the Autothrottles go they are disengaged when they want to control them manually. My companies policy is to turn the off by 100feet if the pilot is hand flying.The 747 is by far the nicest large airplane I have ever flown

[jimmymac63]

How long do you have for "downtime" at these ports of call? Enough to stretch out and shop for a day or so, or is it an immediate turn around? Seems like they would give you a day or two off!

[mrmulligan1268]

fake

[NYAngelo]

@mrmulligan1268 How is that fake?

[mrmulligan1268]

@NYAngelo Landing at Hong Kong and not another aircraft to been seen? Not rocket science is it!

[raykrislianggi]

@mrmulligan1268 Your life is fake.....

[yongjianrong]

Was the landing slightly faster than normal?

[lendance]

Those are altitude numbers in feet. above the runway.

[Kruger1965]

its not knots, the numbers being called out are the aircrafts height (in feet) from the ground!

[MrAaront703]

What's the best airport you have ever landed at?

[woodshuck]

is this kai tak or chep lap kok? if its chep lap kok, please do one at kai tak though im not sure if its closed or not, is it?

[ziyewho]

@woodshuck this video is of chep lap kok. kai tak closed back in 1998 as it was getting too crowded and chep lap kok replaced it.

[woodshuck]

@ziyewho ah too bad

[hernando113]

niceeee

[Lesofski]

Feet about the deck

[LogWiz]

my favorite job in the world

[reptilejack24]

what airline do you fly with ???? because every video u dothe plane all ways has a blue nose???

[CathayGuy]

Wow what a perfect day and landing ; ). I was recently in Hong Kong and, every day there was low visibility with a low celling as well.

[Ihit2run2]

why is it rare to land on thsi runway

[TheJohnd24]

its how many feet they are in the air they are counting down

[Cjprace]

Beautiful my friend :)

[1982FMJ]

i suppose the downside to being a pilot is you miss out on stuff going on down on the ground. you don't always see alot up there. At times its mosty clouds. I have to admit its a great way to see the world but from a different view point and a different perspective. It's still beautiful though. Canada must be a beautiful place to be a domestic pilot

[TheMicwasherChannel]

i have a question, when the autopilot is on during the fnal approach, is the descent rate being controlled by the autopilot, or is it the pilot keeping it on the glideslope? i've always wanted to know... And would the normal final approach around 700 fpm?

thanks :)

[323tiim]

smooth

[FsRulz]

You are surely a pilot! u record so many landings. anyways

if ur pilot

Great job u do :)

[onenutmonkey234]

@jackboot1996 nope.

[onenutmonkey234]

@jackboot1996 ?

[jackboot1996]

@onenutmonkey234 oh sorry wrong person but will sub u anyway!

[onenutmonkey234]

@jackboot1996 hahaha ok

[steelersfanhawaii]

I have a question (I am not a pilot, just an aviation enthusiast): After the aircraft touches down, what units are the numbers called out in when someone barks out 100, 90, 80, etc... Are they knots? kilometers per hour? or miles per hour?

[fede4123]

@ steelersfanhawaii

son pies de altura......

[fede4123]

@ steelersfanhawaii

[fede4123]

@ steelersfanhawaii

son pies

[onenutmonkey234]

@steelersfanhawaii It looks like kilometers but i can't be sure.

[SuredT]

@steelersfanhawaii Knots. Commercial aviation works with knots. General Aviation in the US works mostly with miles per hour. Gliders in Europe work with Km per hour except in the UK of course ;-). So pretty confusing sometimes when I fly in one of the three aircraft types.

[stratocruiserfly]

@SuredT . In the real aviation (Commercial) works with KIAS around the Globe

[sam9524]

@SuredT YOU FLY? WTF UR pilot? :)

[mxriderbg]

@SuredT Aren't these units the meters touching the ground?

[Welkenaamisvrij]

@SuredT The 100...50...40...30 etcetera are not knots are they??? I always thought it was the altitude in feet...

[mylife1221]

@Welkenaamisvrij I thought so too... :S

[stonedcrab]

@Welkenaamisvrij It is altitude in feet above the runway

[RippedWookie]

@SuredT GA in the US also works with knots. I know of a few older aircraft that work with MPH but that's only really seen in cars nowadays.

[AirlinePilotZJ]

@SuredT Which Kai Tak?

[godzilla74114]

@AirlinePilotZJ looks like the new airport in hong kong.

[CaptainArt777]

@SuredT General Aviation pilots in the USA work with knots, not miles per hour. According to my dad and my neighber, a 30yr GA pilot. He says all pilots work in knots, not mph.

[Sanjacsouth]

@SuredT In the United States most of the older general aviation aircraft use Miles per hour. However newer aircraft from the 1980- to present use knots. Knots are used is like miles per hour except that it calculates for the curvature of the earth.

[Gian092]

@Sanjacsouth lol what? knots = nautical miles per hour and that's all

[Nintenkid91]

@SuredT We mostly use knots in GA stuff here in the US now.

[acacentrala]

@steelersfanhawaii - This is altitude in feet.

[rambocivilairpatrol]

@steelersfanhawaii thats the GPWS and it is telling them that the nose of the plane is 500, 100, 50,40,30,20,10 from the ground.

Happy Flyings :)

[stratocruiserfly]

@steelersfanhawaii : it means the Altitude in feets before an touchdown. A B747 have an Touchdown speed about 160 KIAS with Full flaps (25 or 30) KIAS = Knots In Air Speed.

[elijahdjali]

@steelersfanhawaii it is indicating the altitude by feet

[tigranthegreat2]

@steelersfanhawaii actually thats the speed in miles per hour, or knots, mostly knots

[jehu1960]

@steelersfanhawaii that is feet, height of aircraft

[Winterinkanada]

@steelersfanhawaii

It's the height over ground in feet.

[Chime64]

@steelersfanhawaii

It's the height of the aircraft prior to touchdown!

:)

[elemenophreak]

@steelersfanhawaii

No, it is the altitude from the ground in feet. It is a computer modulated voice telling the pilot so that he does not have to concentrate on his altimeter when landing. He can look at the runway and land visually and the computer tells him how high he is off the ground so assist with the flare prior to touchdown

[spyromatt]

@steelersfanhawaii also u cud hear the gpws before touchdown

[bucsrock225]

@steelersfanhawaii If your speaking about the automated 500, 100, 50, 40, 30, 20, 10 its actually your altitude. Use to be called out by co-pilot, now automated.

[realazy]

@steelersfanhawaii Those numbers are altlitude amount between runway and the aircraft. They use in references to the pilot to monitoring the plane's descending rate and decide the time to idle the throttle.

[GerSimX]

@steelersfanhawaii its Feet over Floor and not see.

[bigturk74]

oh, new hong kong airport.. I thought it was video of a Kai Tak landing, which would really be cool.. I mean this is cool too but I really would love to watch a cockpit video of a kai tak landing

[choppchopp007]

u gotta love this plane lol

[fernousdu972]

excellent video

[maxflyingcowboy]

the rwy seems to be so small under this giant queen

[OneFireworks]

Haha, hij is zelf piloot in een boeing 747, althans in zijn filmpjes bij klm.

[Rafal102able]

How is visibility during the landing on this video?

[delacerdaa]

Id love to go to hong kong.

[davlyn20]

I love the braking reversed throttle sound :)

[PielsG00d]

I just have a quick question.

At around 0:25, it says minimums.

what does that mean?

I've heard from people that it means reduce throttle to idle but im not sure.

Maybe I can get a pilot to help me (:

[actionpackbob]

@PielsG00d Hi there, every approach procedure at an airport has a minimum altitude they can fly to in bad weather. Eg. If the weather was foggy and the airport has a minimum desicion hight (DH) of 200 feet above the ground, the pilots have to make a 'go-around' if they do not have the runway in sight at that certain altitude. The computer alerts the pilot to reduce the workload and help prevent accidents as it has been known in the past for crew to forget the specific DH an hit certain objects

[PielsG00d]

@actionpackbob So when it says minimums, that means you're at the correct altitude?

[actionpackbob]

@PielsG00d Its the LOWEST altitude the pilot can fly in bad weather and it varies from airport to airport. If at that altitude he has the runway in sight he can land, if not he has to make a go-around.

[speedofsilence]

@PielsG00d no, it means that you have reached the decision height which depends on the type of cat landing you do (e.g. 200ft for a CAT1 approach) . If you are not visual with the runway, minimums means the lowest altitude you can get, so execute a missed approach by giving full throttle for a go around or just land

[Airundermywings]

Do you have a max speed at which you can turn off the runway?

[wbilinho]

que amanteigado o pouso

[Rafal102able]

Great landing SIR

[cyyz1993]

this is so much better than the stupid fs videos, why do people waste their time with that stuff? haha

[AirSimming]

@cyyz1993 because a lot of people do not have the ability to become real pilots due to no money or physiological and educational disadvantages. For some others it is just a hobby.