A380 Pilot Flares Too Late

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[@bonbondesel]

As a former pilot I find it a shame that the descriptions are intentionnaly false to be sensational and make clickbaits ! No one nearly touched down before the runway and no one risked a tailstrike here.

[@jonathanm9436]

Yes. The descriptions are way off. Almost as if someone else was writing them. Author - we're already here for the clips, not pointless hyperbole.

[@user-mh1vv6qq4q]

Worthless video. Waste of megabytes

[@UnshavenStatue]

honestly the aal 330 was less than 50 meters from the threshold

[@Jukka85]

I'm not even a pilot and this is why i unsubbed a long time ago. Only serves to make people more afraid of air travel.

[@sonovadob]

Calm down guys, yes you are the oh so smart ones who know the intricacies of what makes a tail strike, but you gotta remember the rest of the internet are absolute IDIOTS, and the only way they click is if it has a good title. Any creator is simply playing by these rules, and if you don’t like it then find another internet. ☺️

[@JohnSmithShields]

The word 'almost' is doing a lot of heavy lifting in the captions.

[@MrMonteillard]

The American was really short though

[@paulholmes672]

Yeah, but he greased it either way. The DC-9 was excellent airmanship.

[@stratecaster547]

Its heavy lifting just as well as an Aerosucre

[@CapStar362]

@@MrMonteillard still within the TDZ, so it counts

[@MrMonteillard]

@@CapStar362 nope, less than 300m is a short landing

[@sidewinder666666]

That landing in Anchorage isn't the pilot "overshooting the centerline", that plane was changed to a different runway late in the approach (it was actually on short final) due to a fast-approaching plane behind it. That pilot accepted and made the change with precision *and* style.

[@nbas09]

Exactly! How do you even "overshoot the centerline"?

[@ianboyle1026]

@@nbas09 By turning too far so that you have to correct back to line up accurately. That is, that's what it would be if sidewinder666666's very interesting explanation didn't apply.

[@nbas09]

@@ianboyle1026 When I hear overshooting, it means to me going farther away from the objective so you make a fair point. Thanks!

[@ahmadfarizbinmokhtar7106]

The correct term is “runway extended centerline”. Runway centerline is the center of runway itself. When on approach you’d be on extended centerline. The localizer is an example

[@ianboyle1026]

@@nbas09 No worries. I know what you mean -- I didn't get it either until I saw what was happening.

[@quantumss]

All the landings look good to me.

[@brucemcdonald8529]

And the A380 made a dog barking sound!! 😂

[@ChristopherBurtraw]

That's just the PTU lol

[@u2bear377]

The dog commented on the landing. "Holy Moly, Bloody Hell", you know.

[@senianns9522]

Ruff landing?

[@geeewiz2231]

@@senianns9522 haha you can say that again.

[@fluchterschoen]

@@ChristopherBurtraw Hmm, okay. So who do I phone when my neighbour's PTU is barking all day? The FAA or the Humane Society?

[@pkdavis]

You exaggerate what is happening. Nobody almost touchdown before the threshold and nobody almost had a tail strike. C’mon man.

[@ARedMotorcycle]

Yeah, it's gotten pretty bad. If this channel does it again, I'm unsubbing.

[@shanksamous16]

I agree that the Emirates and Qatar were totally fine, but the back wheels of that American Airlines A330 definitely touched down well in front of the aiming point. It could be a trick of the camera angle, but it only seemed to be a few hundred feet over the runway threshold. Still safe and I'm not one for the added drama either though.

[@g8Words]

Didn't you see it? The United 757 almost had a tire explode. Keep watching that jet for a few more years and it might happen.... almost.

[@HomeyKing]

I beg to differ

[@michaelbond1839]

Stop watching then

[@TheImperialChannel]

*The American 330 seemed to have arrived from Texas; its rodeo yeehaw bouncy landing was a show.*

[@billyponsonby]

I’d have liked 3mins just of the Rio approach alone. Spectacular.

[@eljosende873]

Even better inside the aircraft. Unfortunately, most landings occur from Niterói bridge with Sugarloaf ahead. 25% of them are like that on video, passing aside Sugarloaf then turning left to the runway.

[@eljosende873]

You need to be lucky in the wind direction to get this visual. Also, the aircraft passes Christ The Redeemer almost at the same altitude of it.

[@ninjalectualx]

The full video is linked in the description, they all are

[@mindplanes]

Manchester airport always has the best viewing areas!! That a380 definitely touched rather aggressively! 😮

[@EdOeuna]

I’ve never flown in one yet that hasn’t smashed the landing.

[@sonovadob]

Always loved going to the viewing platform at Manchester - even saw Concorde take off there once... Shame the rest of the airport is the absolute pits.

[@Sarge084]

The passengers wouldn't have noticed any difference, the undercarriage absorbed the landing beautifully.

[@amandamcandrew263]

​@sonovadob it certainly is. 😊

[@Amosandy100]

We need some nice Aerosucre action! I’m experiencing withdrawal symptoms.

[@bassjace]

always love to watch the heavies on final. Sydney has a great plane spotter park on the outskirts of the airport and a few under the approaches on land that buzz straight over the top of you, and in windy weather you can see them dumping rudder in crosswinds.

[@listerofsmeg884]

Manchester is certainly popular at the moment on the channel

[@mindplanes]

indeed

[@prioport]

Sugarloaf Mountain - thats how my wife is calling me ❤

[@inncogneato6341]

Sugarloaf.

[@dwoodkamp4550]

That DC-9 landing must be a former jet fighter pilot landing on an aircraft carrier perfect skills!👌

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Fantastic video!😸

[@Deionburns114]

Awesome video

[@tiemji]

Nice clips

[@paulis7319]

3 minutes of perfect landings (nobody injured, airplane reusable). 🤣

[@RaysDad]

That 737 landing in Rio was awesome!

[@user-fj7wb6ji7w]

The A380 pilot did not land too late. This was due to strong cross winds. Airline companies that have A380 pilots who cannot land are not on their payroll.

[@adamrigby7409]

It amazes me how well engineered landing gear is on planes the weight and force they take is incredible

[@arsenal_fan244]

That DC-9 approach was fire 🔥

[@fluchterschoen]

Lucky nobody was using the zebra crossing when that A330 touched down short.

[@arnesw2647]

Cool!

[@PepiCat]

i love a330s, even during a shaky descent, it still buttered. amazing bird

[@schaerfentiefe1967]

This runway at Rio de Janeiro-Santos Dumont is unbelivably short (only 1323 meters)! 😧

[@maxwellthompson3212]

Best landing I ever had was at Dalaman airport in Turkey its part military airport so when we landed we had to clear the runway as soon as possible as soon as we touched down the brakes where on and we turned off main runway the whole braking reversers thing was incredible really exciting.

[@haameisanaei6481]

The DC9 had a nice landing though!

[@roberthunter6927]

Good flying under challenging conditions. You have to crab like crazy in a strong crosswind. 90% of the danger is not keeping the wings level. A tail strike is much less dangerous than a wing or an engine pod scraping on the ground. And he didn't have a tail strike anyway. It was a bit closer than usual. And putting the wheels on the ground before the stripes? Yes it is a technical violation, but for control in high winds means you have to use a bit more power, so you are not going to stall before the runway anyway.

[@TheOldnic]

The last one pitching up at the end of the clip , you can hear the reverse thrust engage almost before touchdown. Probably the reason he was not concerned, the aircraft slowed quickly letting the nose down and he did not use any valid elevator to enhance nose attitude.

[@dmor6696]

I used to work in an airport as an handler, and one day i finished the work around the aircraft and went to report this to the person controlling the entire operation (cannot remember the specific name). When i got there the captain was there talking with the TL about how hard it was to bring the aircraft down. The winds were pushing them up, he told us. I imagine the oposite is also very possible

[@user-hd1kq2ge3q]

great

[@CapStar362]

The Qatar A350 touched down at the 500 foot marker, that is still a safe landing and not "before the runway". The AAL330 however, that was much much closer to the threshold. The MD80 did not overshoot either, ATC asked him to do a runway change for a faster overtaking aircraft behind them and this was probably one of the most precise short final change-overs i have seen done in a hot minute.

[@GrrMeister]

*I would say most of them **_Touch Downs_** are Pretty Good Watching Swans and Geese in my Local Park in the UK and not equipped with GPS and Sat-Nav !*

[@willlook]

ALl those landings better than four landings with Sunwing on last CUba trip

[@kevinmcintosh9990]

OMG so riveting I was so scared to watch this video

[@nathonn9334]

3 minutes of hard landings

[@martincrittenden465]

Douglas DC 9 i thought done good. (0:55 ) Everyday life of a pilot that battles the elements

[@raulcrudele1]

Man you dont need to use click baits, to gather our attention, c'mon!!

[@jmeyertx]

Looked ok to me. Not sure what the editor saw. A hard crosswind maybe gave the landing a little extra “umph!” But it looked fine to me.

[@richardwhite7227]

Good channel but titles and captions annoyingly clickbaity

[@williamedwards1528]

Yep, never gets any better.

[@graverrrrr]

don't agree, most of them match happens

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@graverrrrrnot really.

[@CptDallas]

757 , not even close to tailstrike. DC-9 still flying? :)

[@varig933]

Yes, dc-9 super 80😂😂 MD-80 mad dog👍

[@dwoodkamp4550]

On which airport is that DC-9 freighter landing? Somebody?

[@e.1145]

how many nose bounces did the a330 have

[@user-mp9rd4hg8b]

The DC-9 pilot who "overshot the runway" was asked at the last minute, on short final, if he could switch to the adjacent runway and he pulled it off like a jet fighter pilot.

[@jarekferenc1149]

And the touchdown was just perfect: levelled wings and smooth transition to rolling on the rwy.

[@justme-hh4vp]

AA A330 coming from south central LA, bouncing down the runway gangsta style!

[@stefanhopf]

Thanks a lot !

[@Twobarpsi]

Carrier landing...A380 style!

[@cesarflores1395]

Cross winds made those airplanes land a little rough …. you should know that by now after so many videos on the subject!

[@dpginthehouse]

The A380 is Giant even when compared with the big a350

[@ruadhscottygirl2480]

Someday, on a segment, you should let your viewers make up their own caption and post it. Would be interesting as heck I bet. 😊

[@DenizM35L]

FedEx B767 just made emergency landing at Istanbul Airport.

[@mattscarf]

There’s a neat video of the recovery as well

[@Twobarpsi]

Not much meat on the bone this week... *Bring back the AeroSucre boys!*

[@magdam7292]

I was landing last month in London in A380 and the pilots were landing with the highest speed I ever saw, it was frightening as the plane was speeding so fast (there are speed limits for landing), we hit the lane so hard, they hardly stopped that plane. It was very uncomfortable and concerning.

[@Sarge084]

The passengers on board the A380 wouldn't have even noticed. As for the aircraft that "almost" landed before the runway, the author needs glasses, it was well after the threshold strip.

[@jjaus]

I wonder if there was windshear in Manchester.

[@Andre_Kummel]

0:48 Those dudes got a number to call, I'm sure.

[@susanwahl6322]

It’s not easy to land with high winds.

[@danio3d8]

this was compilation of airbus pilots flaring too late 😂

[@yakacm]

Flaring at the correct time, is basically the only thing the pilot needs to do theses days, you had 1 thing to do territory.

[@PassportBrosBusinessClass]

0:30 looked fine to me.

[@mindplanes]

Yeah, at the end of it…

[@DisHammerhand]

The A380 and A350 look like balloons to me with the way they float down.

[@karendowns2898]

The hard landings happen quite frequently.

[@atubebuff]

Doesn't the Airbus FBW Computer automate the flare using the radio altimeter?

[@13rdp]

No.

[@gernottimm4549]

Yes. It does. But only when performing Cat 2/3 autoland in dense fog with strong wind limitations.

[@CapStar362]

@@13rdp bzzzzz - survey says - WRONG. It does, but it has to be on Cat 2/3 Autoland under restricted visibility and wind limitations and then yes, the Flight Computers will automate the flare.

[@13rdp]

@@CapStar362 Assuming the question was about the video, answer was no, strictly speaking the answer yes would implies the Flare is always automatically initiated by the FBW, which is not the case. As we like accuracy as Bombardier skipper, one important point is the infrastructure capability for catIII, and you can perform catII or III whatever the visibility conditions are, but I am sure you also know it :-)

[@MiG82au]

​@@CapStar362dumb answer. Clearly the question and answer aren't about autoland, which autoflared even before FBW.

[@torqtorqtorq]

It's a landing-kinda day

[@spiff1003]

Not a too late flare at all! He is a navy-pilot! :D

[@CapStar362]

Navy calls them Aviators

[@marspp]

@@CapStar362that’s right. And they pilot, navigate and then communicate. Unlike the rest of us that aviate, navigate and then communicate. You do know that it’s not only USA that has pilots in their navy, right?

[@CapStar362]

@@marspp bruh, you typed all that over a comment about a formal correction? LMAO

[@CapStar362]

@@marspp and where did i say anything indicating that only the US has Naval Aviators? please do show me where I said this, because you can't, you insinuated all that. please find someone else

[@marspp]

@@CapStar362 yup. In the same way you insinuated that it was a naval aviator. Go have a long hard think about it and you’ll get my point. It’s called irony. Although I suspect you may think irony means “like iron”.

[@yuenbarnby8228]

Its better to flare late than never! Ryanair... 👀

[@Napouille]

Grow up, ryanair pilots are the best in the industry

[@CapStar362]

@@Napouille best at over compressing landing struts

[@yuenbarnby8228]

@@Napouille its a joke relax. If ryanair were bad then the airline would not exist

[@Napouille]

@@CapStar362 then don't fly it and stay on the ground

[@u2bear377]

Ryanair is a low-coster, it cuts on flares.

[@36thstreethero]

These people hardly flying the airplane on approach so they have no idea how responsive the pitch control is prior to touchdown.

[@mrthingdudeman]

The pilots are just practicing their short field landings.

[@wesleycardinal8869]

The first two looked like they encountered sink on short final.

[@paullinkins8121]

Posting a few landings with insufficient flare... then the United 757 -- too much flare!

[@vito774]

That wasn’t even close to a tail strike 🤦‍♂️

[@mindplanes]

He never said it was a tail strike..

[@badbob1982]

“Almost”…. I’ve paid for the full runway, I’m gonna use it.

[@stevejohnson8739]

As a former Airbus plane driver I can't see any problems here. If fact a few of those landings were beauties. If you flew with me last century you would have compressed vertabae.

[@FurrySoren]

I did a double take at "American Airlines A330"

[@wamozart9573]

Either that video is old, or that was a 777. A330's have been retired for several years now.

[@212662486]

Some of these look like good flying to me. What's with the 'almost'.?

[@Shadow__133]

This video is almost overhyped 😂

[@spitzerhall]

Pilots of Emirates can not land a 380 in a regular way! Its my expierience too!!

[@cessnafly9841]

This is going to happen more because the pilot shortage. Most airlines hire any one with the necessary hours but are not the best candidates.

[@horiamorariu]

IMHO, all these examples were only precise landings. Almost at a limit, but precise. Where is the mistake?

[@titanicminion]

whats a flare???

[@lastorianostra8173]

0:53 that looks like an MD-80 my friend!!! Are you sure that we are talking about a DC-9?

[@robertsermon7576]

I believe that is an MD-80 series. The DC-9 is a shorter version of the MD-80. That said, they are family, in addition to the Boeing 717.

[@paulholmes672]

@@robertsermon7576 You are correct that it is probably the MD-80F or MD-88F due to the larger diameter -200 JT8D motors. The inference that the DC-9 was a shorter MD-80 is not, it was the other way around, DC-9 came first by about 15 years. 🙂

[@robertsermon7576]

@@paulholmes672 For clarification, the DC-9 was a product of Douglas before the merger with McDonnell Aircraft. The aircraft was “stretched” 14 feet and was called the DC-9-80, or Super 80. MD-80 series, after the merger, and produced until the late ‘90s or so, as the MD-95. After production stopped, Boeing started producing the 717. All in the family!

[@SkyMogul]

The first two flares were fine. They were low on energy and had too high of a sink rate. This would have been fixed by adding power.

[@TheGospelQuartetParadise]

This channel should let the videos play without the claims... None of the videos here had any evidence of having unsafe landings.

[@I_Like_Balloons]

Emirates: Your fired

[@steveshuffle]

What's happening in Manchester.....

[@mindplanes]

What do you mean??

[@steveshuffle]

@@mindplanes planes landing short and hard

[@kevinfairclough4619]

I don’t know when exactly these clips were taken, but it has been a prolonged, really gusty wind last few weeks in the UK. By my understanding (enthusiast, not pilot) it typically means a little extra knots on approach to mitigate that at the expense of a possible harder landing. Shoot me down if I’m wrong 😅

[@mindplanes]

@@kevinfairclough4619 as a person who is living in Manchester, I can confirm it is rather sunny and no gusts here.😃

[@kevinfairclough4619]

@@mindplanesof course, calm sunny now! But it was windy last week, I was in Frodsham where family lives. Lovely weather this week

[@YesItsMeDes]

Still a 1000 time better landing than any Indonesian airline every achieves.

[@m0r1k]

😻

[@johndoyle4723]

The A380 landing looked OK to me, but what do I know.

[@raymondmassie4898]

I think you’re being very hard on all of the pilots that were filmed landing at Manchester - I call them almost text book, by no means a fail

[@billywhizz6483]

Hmm... most of these landings looked ok.

[@hassanalanazi3031]

Invalid comments !

[@TomsRuns_UK]

*HERE AT 42 SECONDS AGO!!! ✈️🛩️🛫*

[@joeyjamison5772]

I guess '3 Minutes' is starting to run out of material. Not much unusual here today.

[@f04107180]

How does an A380 pilot flare too late 😅🫣

[@KevLaj]

2:43 not really

[@jackever]

Looks like precision flying, not almost anything!

[@fssim6825]

What is up with Manchester 05R 💀

[@mindplanes]

God knows 😅

[@AlaskanCaveMan2012]

Firmly planted, as the military pilot's would say "a carrier landing"

[@yoog]

Do the people that run this know fuck all about aviation. All the landings at what I guess to be Manchester are all perfect. And no that didn't miss the flair you can't it's called out by the aircraft. And none were anywhere near the end of the runway.