100 km per hour wild winds! Amazing Landings Melbourne Airport

[@JustAThought155]

Wow! Some of those planes were gorgeous and were handled so well in such strong winds. Smooth sailing with those pilots!!!

[@DjsAviation]

Insane video! The winds were seriously nuts for the entire morning. Well done on staying upright!

[@Schony747]

So glad we were on the car park level below the top as well!

[@ferrariscuderia4290]

That A380 landing looked smoother than a butterfly landing on a flower. Awesome video!

[@somebody4244]

Fantastic! I once took off from Heathrow in such strong winds that the plane felt like it had tipped on its side, it was terrifying, the curtain had come entirely aside to reveal a steward/attendant with his eyes closed and praying. I cried when I saw that lol, I thought if he’s scared then this is pretty bad!

[@Schony747]

I had a bad landing into Oaklands one night. The flight attendant was more scared than the rest of us.

[@FSXNOOB]

A380 looks like it's landing in slowmotion :O

[@iatsd]

take off and landing, they always look like they should fall out of the sky. The fact that it's an A380 being pushed around lets you know it is *very* windy!

[@AviationNut]

iatsd There is a documentary that i watched about first 747 flight, when the pilots were landing the 747 for the first time one of the people that was in contact with the pilots over a radio actually kept telling the pilots to check their air speed about 5 times because it looked to everyone on the ground like he was about to fall out of the sky any minute. lol Any big plane like the A380 or 747 looks like it's flying so slow when you look at it from the ground, especially when landing.

[@florinbaiduc]

true, it's quite rare to see that big bird being in the slightest disturbed by winds...

[@RonBand01]

Did you notice how long the nose wheel stayed off the ground after touchdown..indicative of heavy winds and a strong lifting body.

[@joesterling4299]

They're also landing into 100kph winds, so the ground speed is that much slower.

[@HDMelbourneAviation]

Wow, that was some hectic conditions to be flying in! Brilliant captures as always mate, you definitely caught the best footage of yesterdays action! Liked!

[@Schony747]

Thanks Matt. Level 6 was definetly a winner that day!

[@ViperNg1990]

I simply love how the back row of the A330 main landing gear , touches down first. As i believe the pilot could feel the "touch" through the pilot seat to their assess before they gently lower the nose to place the nose gear down while deploying thrust reversals at the same time. Truly magnificent.

[@danielzambra1991]

8

[@tballa8556]

true. that was real nice

[@bryan3550]

Oh wow! The guys at the pointy end earned their keep today... I bet there were cheers from the passengers (between heaves into those cute little bags) once they hit Terra Firma! Nice Work Mister B. 👍

[@Schony747]

Thanks again B.

[@enforcedwig]

I was hoping someone was out there today and uploaded some vids. If you've got any take-off ones upload em' too! I think it's great to see these beauties effortlessly lift and seemingly float up and away in these conditions.

[@Schony747]

I've got plenty of that as well. Let's just say the rotations required were shorter than usual on that day.

[@AhedKarmoul]

China Airways pilot is a professional.. What a smooth landing in such conditions!

[@Ran-he5ij]

it wasnt a manual landing it was assisted by the ILS

[@nunyabidnss9094]

I think the other pilots were pros as well. ....

[@TWCobra]

BS.

[@TheBlackBOXMX]

either way, the final touchdown is usually done by the pilots..

[@stingyaviation]

Ikr

[@Harry.C]

thanks to lots of typhoons in Taiwan every year for China Airlines to practice......CI's landing is awesome! You can go find how CI and BR do their landing in typhoon in TPE......you will be amazed

[@Schony747]

Nothing would amaze me with typhoons and all the airlines would get lots of practice I bet!

[@terryofford4977]

Different sized Aircraft, differential wind gusts, some of the comments appear to show complete ignorance of the facts that Wind Gusts, loading of the aircraft, landing characteristics are all different, these are amongst the best airlines and crews anyway and the wind was NOT across the runway but straight down...great video however, I wish there were more like it. Thank you.

[@Schony747]

Yep I agree. These are some of the best crew in the world. The China guys dis an exceptional job.

[@Vpmatt]

Hats off to the ladies and gents making these superb landings.

[@wloodasek]

100 km per hour wind ?? are you joking ?? It was max 70 km/h wind

[@gillesbeaujour4646]

China airlines pilot is just exellent! I never ever saw a smooth landing like that in that weather conditions there was no smoke !!!!!!!! BRAVO

[@UnknownShadowXD]

I can't even land that nicely with no wind in FSX

[@danielmorgan3590]

saehere lol not even with the first outdated flight simulator lol

[@Final_Turn]

Real life is easier than FSX 😀 I fly in level D as well, its easier comparitive to FSX Or Xplane !

[@martinsworld8678]

@@Final_Turn Yeah I noticed that when I jumped up from flying simulators for 1000s of hours to when I started PPL in the Cessna 182, it was easier to fly real life, especially landing.

[@Final_Turn]

@@martinsworld8678 cheers ! Two thumbs up 😎👍👍

[@planegaper]

@@martinsworld8678 true enough, as you have feedback and a full field of vision, did the same on a cherokee, practiced on fsx a ton before my first lessons, and found it easier to land than in the sim, even in a cross wind.. feel is everything, having the vibrations, and pressure on the controls , and rudder, feeling the trim come up right, I was way more confident in feeding in rudder trim.. Almost telepathic once you get used to the handling.. most good aircraft are.. flying in a busy pattern, and atc , that's where you earn you money..

[@davefrommelbourne1237]

Wow. I was waiting an upload from today's treacherous weather. The A380 was one wobbly approach.

[@Schony747]

Thanks for watching it.

[@fomec7767]

You should have named this video : Smoothiest landings in Melbourme. The strength of the wind is not the issue, only crosswinds and winshears are. In this case the wind was right facing the aircraft, so no problem!

[@mutazal80]

Beautiful coverage. Thank u for filming this

[@Schony747]

Thanks for looking 😀😀

[@ymmlspottingteam]

Terrific mate! Really great to see some footage from what was a hectic day! Liked!

[@FlyingAsia]

Great compilation mate! These pilots are skilled and CI's landing was the smoothest.

[@Schony747]

Thanks. CI was great. I've given a sub. Your Changi stuff is great.

[@FlyingAsia]

Thank you and I've done the same, looking forward to your Australia plane spotting videos too!

[@mastacheifa1182]

I doubt that the winds were 100 km/h (62 mph) and you are still filming this perfectly fine.

[@Schony747]

Filming perfectly from a car park with plenty of cover from the wind. If I was on the other side of the airport, the tripod would have been all over the place. Thanks for taking a look.

[@mastacheifa1182]

Nice, I tried taking a pic of a plane in some 20 kt winds before. Unsteady af

[@peterclarke945]

Schony .... best ever, or at least as good as I have seen !!!! To the flight crews on ALL these arrivals ...... GREAT WORK ........

[@Schony747]

Yep great work. It'd also sone of my best video. I was pretty happy with it. Thanks.

[@lindalaw8368]

Cathay Pacific made a superb landing! Well done!

[@Schony747]

Classy airline CX.

[@VicTransportExpeditions]

1 million views! Congrats Schony747!

[@Schony747]

It took 3 years but it got there!

[@goytabr]

Beautiful landings, no question, but 100 km/h is already hurricane speed and the airport would simply be closed if the wind were that strong, especially "persistent" wind. That tree in the beginning, for example, could be uprooted with less than that. There were some up draughts and some crosswind, but at ground level you can see that the trees on the other side of the runway are almost still. Plus, most planes shown were A330s, a model notorious for its large winglets. Winglets are great fuel savers on cruise, but they also make planes a bit wobblier on landing when there's crosswind.

[@Schony747]

Wind speeds were pretty horrendous that day and if not 100km were not far away from it. Certainly made some great viewing for the short time I was there.

[@GaryNumeroUno]

Wow, that China airlines must have been full, they have even had to tie people to the outside of the cabin!

[@loret5172]

GaryNumeroUno ahah the best

[@indahouse7321]

Yeah that's like trains in India, but they're on the next level

[@eli_man3811]

GaryNumeroUno you made my day

[@shaliu6538]

I really like that painting on the aircraft body!!

[@jasonjackson3114]

Yeah it's a sub economic class. For passengers on welfare and so- on

[@kompressor01]

This video was brought to you by Airbus.

[@nazaky4715]

LMAO

[@insi5078]

are you saying airbus is bad cuz their not they are equal

[@juniorglm4575]

@@insi5078 i don't get what you are trying to say here

[@773-o2n]

@@insi5078, all the landings recorded were airbus

[@deankoutouras2180]

in si what? Lmao

[@darrenmiles-morland8038]

I remember that day (29th July 2017) very well. I caught up with some friends of mine for lunch in Williamstown (the bayside suburb in western Melbourne where the Yarra River meets Port Phillip Bay, for those of you who don't know where Williamstown is located). Williamstown is quite notorious for its howling gales, and the wind there was so strong and bitterly cold that day that you could hardly stand up on your 2 feet. This made something as pleasurable as walking around the streets very unpleasant. It was probably worse in Williamstown that day than what it was at Melbourne Airport.

[@Schony747]

It gets very windy out this way. It used to be every so often but now even 50km plus winds is a regular occurance for the Airport.

[@SonicbusterX2000]

Great stuff Schony747! I must say the China Airlines crew executed the best landing outta all the planes there.

[@V8CHRGD]

The Qantas A380 was the best imo.

[@Ninja_Revenge]

cathay is the best

[@R28-y6y]

V8CHRGD a380 was bounce

[@feikemanting5258]

but if you look at the front wheel it bounces sooo, i think that china airline was probably the best, because he placed the butter on the runway. (but a380 was good aswell)

[@tjhaverland4276]

SonicbusterX2000 That's because the Plane is Landed by the onboard Computer, NOT the Aviators!!! 🤔🤔🤔

[@TazziDevil737]

I would have preferred to see some of the smaller aircraft such as the 737's dash 8's and saab 340's as it would have been an eye opener watching them come in against 100km winds!

[@Schony747]

+Christian Micallef Actually the small aircraft handled everything surprisingly well. It's the A330d that got thrown around like tin cans. I can upload some of the smaller stuff as well.

[@Schony747]

I've uploaded the smaller stuff I have

[@CaptainPops1]

yeah..the small ones rock'n'roll a bit better 😆😆😆

[@juliecasey5196]

Awesome footage of the landings

[@Schony747]

Thanks for looking 😀😀

[@Bruce-yv9tm]

the china airlines a330 landing has got to be the second best landing I've seen ever, regardless of the weather conditions! probably the best landing I've ever seen is of a US airways a330 in Manchester.

[@Schony747]

The general concensus through all comments it China AIrlines did a great job. The Qantas A380 wasn't half bad either.

[@franklin3460]

I was flying out of Melb that day! Glad I didnt see your video then! Thankfully our plane go up up and away without any dramas!

[@Schony747]

No dramas getting up. Planes didn't need a great deal of runway to takeoff however.

[@hazptmedia]

Wow one million views great job

[@Schony747]

Yeah it took years but that's a milestone.

[@lvsluggo007]

At least the gusts seem to be along the runway vs a crosswind as I didn't see much crabbing going on with the landings... Winds like that across the runway are the *really* fun time for pilots

[@4armand4]

what a skilled a380 pilot !! nice footage :)

[@Schony747]

+AK_Aviation Photography Thanks. All pilots did particularly well that day.

[@timorvet1]

Coming into Melbourne one night some years ago on a Compass flight (that's going back!) with very windy conditions, the aircraft felt like it was floating and wouldn't loose attitude. I noticed we were to high coming over the threshold and along the runway. I knew if it didn't get down soon we'd run out of bitumen!!. Suddenly the pilots opened the taps and we climbed back into the air. The look on some passengers faces was one of horror and fear. I tried to calm the guys closest to me saying the pilots had it under control and this was a normal procedure for a very windy high approach. Had to gulp when some time later a very nervous Captain came on to apologize for the go around!! One good thing that came out of it for me was we got a grandstand view of the city whilst waiting to land....

[@Schony747]

I had a pretty hairy landing into Oaklands on night. The flight attendants were more frightened than most passengers!

[@kuantize]

Some great piloting there. Nice video.

[@fauzirahman3285]

I would speculate that ground effect plays a significant part in helping stabilise the plane at the last moment before touchdown, though it is still pretty incredible to see the massive A380 floating off the runway for a moment before finally touching the runway.

[@Schony747]

Yes pretty standard from what other comments show but still skillful non the less.

[@gashersb9612]

Good vid,gave it a 👍, will watch again....some bloody good pilots around!

[@Schony747]

Yes they don't get paid the big $ for nothing 😀😀

[@yewenyi]

I rode my push bike once in those winds to our farm about 60 km north of the airport. It took me 4 ½ hours to ride to our farm and 70 minutes to ride home.

[@Schony747]

Wouldn't surprise me 😀😀😀

[@CN-dv9nj]

Hello. Greetings. Yes about the pilot's. The Qantas, IMO, gets the gold star. I was born on USAF Base. Flight Farms. Air Arms. Wing Wins. Super Saves. Aim High.

[@melblevins8419]

Great shots. Enough to put me off flying.

[@Schony747]

I've had worse but this was stomach churning

[@pierremsquared]

Well done Pilots in Command! Bloody good flying!

[@mtsilvagt]

Peter Mainstone-Mitchell Bloody?...no no no!!

[@pierremsquared]

Leopoldo Chatz Mata Er, Leopoldo, you clearly don't know Australian English. In the sense I've used it "bloody" means "extremely". It has nothing to do with "blood"!

[@chap6595]

Cathay Pacific A340-900 (B-LRA) - I think you mean A350-900 Great video! NIce shots!

[@Schony747]

Thanks for watching. I've updated the decription.

[@airplanefanvideo]

Beautiful Video 😋 Big Like and thumbs up 👍

[@raymondgoubet]

We can see at 3:17 that the wind is almost parallel to the runway, so the cross wind component is small, so easier than full cross wind, especially they always land against the wind!

[@quocphu01]

Do you use a tripod? And what camera? - love to start my own at adl airport with my p900

[@Schony747]

I use a tripod and Panasonic HD camera. Have a look at Melbourne HD aviation. Matts channel is great and he uses tripod and a similar camera. Good luck with the channel.

[@pamandrobtrust7624]

Great footage. Enjoyed thanks..

[@Schony747]

Great. Thanks for having a look. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@bibiamenazaneera7467]

Could anyone of you find the difference between the reverse thrust of (5:05) and (1:27)? Both are A330

[@tonychen1062]

Different engine manufacturer has their own different mechanism in the reverse thrust function. Every model of commercial jet provides several certified engine type as option for customers to choose.

[@bibiamenazaneera7467]

@@tonychen1062 But bro the model is same A330

[@TeemarkConvair]

interesting how the 330's roll on the aft truck for a relatively long time. thanks for the vid

[@Schony747]

Thanks for having a look. The A330 is one of my favourite Aircraft as well.

[@terryofford4977]

Top Airlines, Top Pilots, a simple formula.Great landings all of them.

[@Schony747]

That pretty well sums it up.

[@redrock1963]

The QF looked like it was hovering at one stage. The Chine Air pilot did a great job.

[@barriedouglas7272]

11 out of 10 for all those Beautifull landings.

[@Schony747]

And 13 out of 10 for skill

[@jcisking752]

Wow great footage!!!!!!!!!!.nice job

[@Schony747]

Thanks for having a look.

[@Robochop-vz3qm]

wow yeah, that's some real stick and rudder flying right there. skill. as always the background land at Tullamarine is brown and dry.

[@Schony747]

Always very dry. One of the reasons why the airport was built out there.

[@enjoy77787]

awesome landing qantas👍😍

[@Schony747]

Yep and why I choose to fly with them.

[@demendez]

impossible, the title is wrong, cannot land at 62 mph (for security). The landing windspeed for security reasons is limited up to 40 - 45mph depending the airport and the aircraft model

[@زنكي]

Great spot for filming...

[@Schony747]

T4 is great except for the car parking expense

[@RosieG2010]

Hey there!! Can you tell me where you are located in the airport? Is it easy to access? Thank you 😊

[@Schony747]

T4 car park level 6. It's easy to access as it's a airport car park. The only downside is the cost!

[@abualifah82]

big respect to all pilots

[@IrishDave]

wow, some great skill shown by all pilots... still wouldn't fancy being a passenger on a day like this.

[@Schony747]

Not as bad as some airports but pretty insane for us.

[@goxaviergo11]

Woohoo I live in Melbourne and it’s safe to say the winds here are catastrophic! Especially in winter!

[@Schony747]

The winds are pretty bad all year round these days instead of the usual October November as you would know yourself.

[@JorgeLopez-lw9zj]

Do the a380 thrust reverses work only in the middle engines ??? I've seen the 747 using 4 of them but never seen an a380 using 4

[@Schony747]

It's actually a design with the A380. Only two engines use the reverse thrusts.

[@TheBlackBOXMX]

amazingly smooth landing on the China Airlines.

[@Schony747]

As someone else pointed out, they land in these conditions everyday.

[@bazza945]

Q A380, nice landing, no tyre smoke!

[@Schony747]

Yes all very professional landings indeed.

[@Tammyperry1]

Freakin Amazing at how they land them birds in 100 per mile winds.....very professional...WOW!

[@pablocgvd]

Tammy Adams it’s 100 kilometers per hours, not miles. If it was 100 miles per hours, no planes would land

[@louithefly]

1 mil views! Good work!

[@Schony747]

Yes one of more better performers. Thanks for looking

[@marks6491]

The smoothest landing is when there is no tire smoke because the pilot uses the wind to touch the tarmac like a gentle kiss. The smoothest landing i ever had was in an Air Canada Constellation in 1969 when we landed in extreme winds and rain. It was so smooth, we didn't even know that we were already down. Maybe it was those three tailfins....LOL

[@Schony747]

Yhe worst I had was in a Southwest 737 into Oaklands. The flight attendant didn't fill us with confidence either with her concerned announcments!

[@MiG82au]

A wet surface lets the tyre skid more while spinning up which reduces the longitudinal shock at touchdown. You can really grease them on when it's wet.

[@gavinwells9989]

What video editing program did you use? Looks nice!

[@Schony747]

Corel Videostudio Ultimate X10. It's very easy to use as well.

[@williamsplanespotting8469]

great vid mate I was just wondering how much zoom you need to spot the 34 arrivals from t4

[@Schony747]

not sure of the exact zoom but at times my Panasonic camera was on it's full 25 times zoom.

[@gettahir123]

100km/h is 54Knots and its well beyond operational capability and safety standards of any passenger airliner. May be 54 knos were at 200 feet or above but form last 100 feet to touch down Surface winds seems to far less thats why planes are allowed to land.

[@antsky371]

Nice one!

[@nicgeld]

Depends what direction the wind is from. Says it was from the NW so the planes would have landed on RWY 34, making most of the wind a headwind. The tricky part is when that wind is mostly crosswind, which would be above the airliners’ limit. For example, a Boeing 777’s crosswind limit is 38 kts.

[@gilliantracy646]

Great video thanks!

[@Schony747]

Thanks for having a look.

[@g1ggzy]

Taiwan's China Airlines landed the best in your video! Great video by the way, thank you!

[@Schony747]

Thanks for looking. All pilots did a great job that day.

[@transportvlogs2841]

Amazing video! How did you keep you tripod and camera steady?

[@Schony747]

I was using a tripod and and was undercover at the T4 car park. This is one of my best efforts. I'm normally not that steady with the tripod.

[@lucaskowalski]

From where was this filmed? Great footage!

[@Schony747]

Level 6 Terminal 4 T4 Car Park.

[@TB-wn7vy]

Were those landing roll outs very short due to the headwind and thus slower approach speed (ground speed)? They seemed really short for those big birds, but my perspective may be off. Either way, superb video and really nice landings to observe, thanks very much for uploading this!

[@Schony747]

The wind ws pretty well head on which explains what you just said.

[@tordator]

Great video. Just it was uploaded on july 28 and bad wheather was 29th in description

[@Schony747]

Definetely uploaded on the 29th. I'm not sure why it says that.

[@mohanadhussein3534]

The A380 landing was outstanding.. I would like to be on board with that pilot 🌹

[@Schony747]

Everything was outstanding but the A380 was exceptional!

[@mohanadhussein3534]

@@Schony747 Correct 💯

[@tanneradamson5977]

How was this posted one day before it was filmed?

[@Schony747]

KZbin do some interesting things. I can't explain it.

[@_MSD75_]

It's crazy seeing those huge planes buffeted about by the winds. There would have been some stomachs in mouths on those planes. I used to work at London City Airport, where planes have to battle high winds all the time. We used to watch in amazement at some very close calls as the smalls planes came in to land.

[@adelejellybelly2010]

What a beautiful landing by China Airlines given the conditions.

[@Schony747]

Considering they land in Monsoons, this woyld be fairly routine.

[@phillipmckie4913]

Yeah but it is a headwind, making it even better for landing and remember all airbuses have auto land features.

[@gemertfreak]

best pilots in the world from cathay pacific

[@Schony747]

All Asian pilots did a great job that day.

[@dougwyton6112]

What camera are you using to film?

[@Schony747]

Panasonic full HD camera with an external mic. HC-V785. www.panasonic.com/au/consumer/lumix-cameras-video-cameras/video-cameras/hc-v785.html

[@Aviation_Videos]

How do you know it was 100km winds ? Or was it just a guess

[@Schony747]

+Avalon Airport Spotter Weather report but I don't think the winds were that strong. Makes a good headline though!

[@airlinetraveller]

Amazing capture!

[@Schony747]

Thanks!

[@asthalis]

very smooth landings, it seems those big planes don't weight anything at touchdown !

[@Schony747]

Very smooth and very professional from what I saw.

[@wildaaamn]

gusts at around 55knots but still did a smooth landing.. well done

[@smaze1782]

Wow, you know the winds are strong when even the Super is getting kicked around. Well done, pilots.

[@pekenjos]

ALL the pilots did a great job!!

[@mukundthorat5672]

100 kmph winds are not allowed by and airliner ..these are strong winds but limitation of almost all airliners is around 40 kts.

[@crunchmcm8780]

1 million views, that's so cool.

[@Schony747]

My best video. Nothing comed close!

[@murrmiaow]

Did the China Airlines' thrust reverser deploy prior to forward wheel touchdown? 😳😳😳

[@syakirshah6170]

A350 make it looks so easy

[@Ran-he5ij]

ILS approach is what they used

[@dalewong7643]

An ILS approach in this conditions are still challenging, as they still took over the controls and land the plane manually. If you mean an ILS autoland, they didn't. You wouldn't want to autoland in this conditions, as human still land better than computers in conditions like this. Take this video for example: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mH7EpY2uhLpmas0

[@riyadhraslan]

Damn... these pilots are extremely talented

[@Schony747]

Yep. Some of the best in the business.

[@williamreid2053]

Where was your location at Melbourne Airport?

[@Schony747]

Terminal 4 T4 car park.

[@steveatherton5723]

Hi mate. Where are you standing to get this footage??

[@Schony747]

Terminal 4 T4 car park. The only downside is the parking fees!

[@DJSbros]

Do pilots get nervous landing in conditions like this?

[@tsar2057]

No maybe

[@MTAviation]

stunning