Ground Effect Flight Test On The 777

This video shows how much ground effect affects the 777, and airplane with a very large wing span. It just keep flying down the runway!

This video was taken at the 2004 Avsim.com Flight Simulator Convention in Denver, CO. The person speaking in the video is Captain Frank Santoni, the chief test pilot for the 777 Program, a position he has held since 1996. He gave a wonderful presentation showing some of the many flight test performed on this amazing airplane. Sorry for the lousy video and sound quality. It was filmed from an old digital camera at the projection screen.

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[nicenow25]

what does he say about the pilots at 0:37?

[kurtsnyder]

@nicenow25 He says "somewhere in here the pilot has to think about going around."

[ShadowWorks]

How is it possible that a plane doing 500mph could skim the lawn at the Pentagon and hit the wall only a few inches above the wall if ground effect is real?

In this video the planes cockpit is way up in the air, yet the Pentagon claim the nose of the plane when right into the wall?

You must be mistaken in this video?

[kurtsnyder]

I'm not sure what you're driving at. Ground effect is a scientific principal that has been around long before 9-11. Also, a plane going 500mph and one that is right above stall speeds have markedly different attitudes.

[ThreeCharlieKilo]

Very cool! I went to the 2006 conventon in D.C., I loved it! =D

[kurtsnyder]

Those conventions are a blast! Especially when I got to fly 2 hours in a 737-500 Level D sim at United Pilot Training Center. Wow!

[crapper1]

looked like when he recovered he almost skinned his tail

[TarrytownBillionaire]

Ground effect is really an issue when debating the facts concerning 9/11 and the Pentagon. watch "National Security Alert" from Citizen Investigation Team! and please watch all the vids from pilotsfor911truth. Do not believe the media, wikipedia, wikileaks ormost of the weblogs. Please investigate - this is important

[nicenow25]

@kurtsnyder so why is that funny?

[shyguy191]

I laughed at the going around bit at the end!Great video thanks.

[elyohcsrev]

you are 100% correct...either the plane was high enough to fly, in which case the hole would have been up in the air, OR it was lower, in which case the engines would have hit the grass. Can't have it both ways!..but .. interesting that some idiot give your comments thumbs down. Lukily for Bush and co. there are mostly just sheep out there.

[WhyNotTruth]

Here are the facts: The plane that supposedly hit the Pentagon was a Boeing 757. The official story says that it flew inches from the ground, at 500+ MPH before impact... so why is the lawn untouched??

The ground effect of a 757, going that fast, that close to the ground would be massive and would have done significant damage to the lawn. The video they released shows that what hit the Pentagon WAS inches from the ground. Therefore it is simply not possible that it was a 757.