A380 Can't Park In Thick Fog

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[@TheColinChapman]

the German Luftwaffe Airbus is an A350-900ULR. Since the plane has a seat capacity of only 59, it can reach nonstop ANY airport on earth. It can fly Berlin-Auckland nonstop.

[@LMO169]

According to the 10+01 Konrad Adenauer wiki article it's one of three A350-900XWB. No clue what the difference is or what that even means

[@Palmstreet-u7x]

wow never knew that,

[@Dr.FirebladeSC59]

OnIy 59 seats? Needs way more seats to bring more young maIe "refugees" to germany for "cuIturaI enrichment"😂😂

[@vibecheck663]

@@LMO169 The only difference between the ULR and the XWB is that the ULR uses its software to disable...uhh...something that I don't remember, meaning that it can fly further distances because it doesn't have to worry about whatever it is that they've disabled

[@IBaehrtisI]

@@Dr.FirebladeSC59 your racism and you do not belong in the aviation community

[@TexJester-no8th]

The Harrier through the fjords was incredible! Drifting at one point, nearly inverted at another ...

[@Timmycoo]

Ya they should put that on the video to recruit people.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

Drifting?

[@stuka101]

Ye its called inertia ..

[@flyingmyles]

Stunning A350 there! Who doesn't love snow? It's the best 3 mins of the week

[@AnimalisMD]

I'm not a fan of snow when I have to shovel it for the umpteenth time, but I'll admit the scenery was stunning.

[@flyingmyles]

@AnimalisMD you need one of those small snow removal machines 😄

[@AnimalisMD]

@@flyingmyles I've got a decent sized snow blower. It's just hard for me to push it with a bad neck and leg. thankfully I have great neighbors who help.

[@flyingmyles]

@AnimalisMD you must live somewhere really cold! It's great to have such wonderful neighbours

[@dadgarage7966]

It's always remarkable to witness an unladen A380's relative nimbleness.

[@garyb6219]

The jet going thru the fjords, I like the little dish on the dashboard that holds change for the toll-booths.

[@robertkeddie]

Shouldn't that be troll booths? 😊

[@Black_imposter8]

a380 spawned from nowhere

[@Eclimations111]

No replies? I'll fix that

[@synchc]

That was pretty surreal.

[@Achusathira-gm5ix]

Rfs

[@curtisdaniel9294]

The ride thru the fjord was great! Would like to see more of that! 💙👍

[@PaulParrish-c3m]

I just love those a380s 🙂

[@Timmycoo]

Okay that last one got me. I was like "that's not so vertic... wow that's a huge plane" lol. Such a beautiful thing of engineering.

[@cherylo9207]

WOW that A380 take off was a rocket launch 🚀🚀🚀

[@wayne-lj4in]

Gads can it be as steep as it seems?

[@MattH-wg7ou]

1:50 the Bundeswehr has 3 of these A350s, and I saw one on the ramp in Canada a few years ago. Beautiful jet!

[@johndoyle4723]

Loved the Norwegian fjord and the steep climb of the 380. The 380 really is a magnificent beast, sadly not many airlines can make use of them.

[@michaelmeyer2725]

I've flown on an A380 several times. Such a nice plane to ride in.

[@Mrslancelot]

Woww this a350 looks so nice😍

[@BaSiC47]

Too bad german politicians are clowns.

[@markcardwell]

That 380 rotation and climb was sic

[@stevenlennie]

Amazed that the Harrier is still being used.

[@kren1101]

There's only one squadron with 15 planes left. They'll be replaced by the F-35 next year

[@mkvv5687]

@@kren1101 I used to love watching them taxi along, twenty feet off the ground. Cool planes.

[@RoverAirlines]

That A350 🤩

[@LasPlaneSpotting]

The A350 looks amazing Thanks for sharing

[@fluchterschoen]

*I wonder: now that the A380 is discontinued, will all new airliners be bungalows from now on, or will we ever see another multi-storey aircraft launched onto the market?* And btw, I totally understand the plane driver's problems trying to park that A380. I drive a Honda Accord Tourer and it's a nightmare finding a space.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

I heard the next single isle is short but 15 stories high, with floor 16 the top. (They skip the 13th level).

[@fluchterschoen]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 haha. You know, I grew up in no. 15 in our street, in Scotland, we would have been no. 13 except the tradition was to omit that from every street. Whether the future is bungalow planes or 16 storey skyscraper jumbos - that remains to be seen...

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@ Scotland? Man, I figured you were in some German speaking country with that name. 😂 Every time I have an overnight in a hotel and I’m on the 14th floor, I’m like, why even try and fool us? We know it’s the 13th floor. 🙄

[@michaelfoster-qw2tw]

One thing I greatly appreciate is that you never bury the lede!

[@counterfit5]

The Harrier isn't retired, it's pining for the fjords!

[@dwalisson]

That A380 was unbelievable! :O

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Well done ! Accurate titles ! No misleading BS in relation to airshow or testing flights.

[@AirspotterUK]

It's very common to need to park an aircraft in the fog. Sometimes, the stand guidance doesn't pick up the aircraft correctly, so it must stop for safety. On occasion, I have to walk out onto the taxiway to marshal aircraft in cases when the pilots cannot see the guidance or it stops working. It's Great fun.

[@13699111]

The military flight in Norway was worth a few watchings

[@em1osmurf]

was talking to a former navy pilot many years ago, asked what it was like shifting from military jets to a civilian job. "It's like going from Indy cars to driving a bus."

[@jhmcd2]

In the US its very rare to park without a marshaller. I actually prefer it to the automated systems. They have a tendency to wait till your too close to say stop. At least the few I've used.

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great video!

[@iamagirl9938]

That a380 takeoff brought my heart to my throat. Such a magnificent giant in the skies. Sad to see it go so soon.

[@shreeveda]

I thought marshalling is a must, specially during foggy conditions. That too for the biggest aircraft.

[@billbrockman779]

I think there’s always someone marshaling in an airliner.

[@Ilikeplanes-z4n]

The best part about his videos is that none of them are clickbait videos

[@iyoka797]

Perfect! As usual.. ))

[@cubano5107]

I love ur videos

[@ge2623]

Flying in a fighter jet is one of the things on my bucket list.

[@VipapkStudiosOfficial]

The last one quite scary!

[@skyserf]

0:08 A regular occurrence in Delhi around this time of year.

[@STRspotteryt]

Nice!

[@dwaynebrietzke]

Every airliner no matter the size is marshalled in to park, no matter the weather. At my local airport Dash -8 turboprops are marshalled in.

[@CerberusTenshi]

Exactly. Though some modern airports have automatic guidance systems. Still, the title makes it sound like that's the norm, not the exception.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@CerberusTenshithe automated system is pretty much the norm outside the US.

[@CerberusTenshi]

@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 At new airports or those that have recently been through renovations. And above a certain size. Regional airports don't have the money for the system. A bunch of marshallers are way cheaper.

[@HenryBro-m3o]

0:29 Me and my friend watched this part together and we’re thinking how could the pilots see?

[@TescoRoadman]

That A380 steep take off was better than the 777x one

[@yk456k]

Imagine the other planes getting marshalled through the fog at the same time

[@felixx321]

Damn Harriers got aileron. WOuldn't have thought it those things seem heavy

[@TheImperialChannel]

*Can land itself in fog, but can't park on its own in fog.*

[@WhiskeyGulf71]

Lands itself using the ILS, how would that work going from the runway via numerous taxiways to the gate ?

[@EdOeuna]

@@WhiskeyGulf71 - Painted lines on taxiways, coloured lights, illuminated signs and, in the 380, they have some built in moving map thing.

[@arnesw2647]

Cool

[@덕항-a330]

The Brilliant Role of Mashaller

[@markbuckingham3631]

You are marshaled in everywhere….don’t make it look out of the ordinary.

[@bbbnuyyyy]

seriously.. “gRanDmA a380 nEeDs heLP pArKinG” yea all planes are guided into parking gates

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@bbbnuyyyybut there isn’t always a human marshaller.

[@EdOeuna]

@@markbuckingham3631 I’d say >90% is electronic guidance with the odd man standing on a step ladder waving his carrots around.

[@atcontroller87]

Wow - A 380

[@OMGEEREAL]

i though the a380 was gonna hit the people when the video sped up 😂😂

[@akelagold]

All planes require a marshaler when approaching a gate regardless of whether it is foggy or not.

[@MAXWASHERE137]

In what world is 2:48 3 minutes

[@Lauriedriver]

Does it really matter?

[@rharris1336]

@@Lauriedriver someone get this guy his 12 seconds dammit. This is a travesty of justice. 😂

[@aliyuabba4575]

😂 we need that 12 seconds back

[@DeweyCheatumNHoweLLC]

Last week they were over by a total of 8 seconds. Want an IOU for the rest?

[@barryo5158]

Got old about three years ago.

[@JohnSmith-cb6sw]

At 1:30 why is the gear still out? Brake cooling maybe?

[@yellads]

How does that A380 not stall on such a steep take off or is it basically acting like a rocket?

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

Le Bourget Airshow. Basically, that A380 is *empty.* I've watched the demo routine live, twice. At the time, there wasn't even any seat in the cabin, just empty water tanks for weight testing runs. Just like any airshow demonstration flight, the point is to impress the potential buyers, with an aircraft that does incredible things. If you observe the rotation, it only takes a slight pitch up for the aircraft to get airborne. That means the rotation speed is waaaaaaayyyy above the normal value *at that weight.* Basically, demonstration pilots are keeping the aircraft on the ground to accumulate excess energy (kinetic), to be able to perform that steep high attitude climb, and somewhat conserve some to continue climb in a turn. Very impressive, it's the whole point of an airshow. And don't forget: those 4 engines are meant to make that aircraft fly and climb normally at *maximum take off weight.* Not to say the A380 could climb like a rocket, but it only takes a few seconds to accelerate significantly. "Stall is almost out of reach." (and those pilots are very experienced)

[@yellads]

@@StephenKarl_Integral Thanks, seems like a very short run before rotation? But I guess its weight is about 25% of normal? So like driving a truck without its trailer lol

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

@ I don't have the exact numbers, from what I remember talking with Airbus, diversion airports were Chateauroux, Toulouse and Hamburg (just enough fuel to get there, after the show if something goes wrong). No passenger, no cargo, cabin equipment roughtly the same weight of equipped cabin without galeys. No lavatory dumps either (saves some tons). When pushed to the limits (brake on TOGA), the A380 could takeoff in about 600m run (2000ft). That runway is about 9800ft (we can tell they didn't pushed it that far). So yeah, a driving truck without trailer, but rather the truck with engine(s) tailored to pull 90 tons, not just 30 tons... The amazing thing is, they reported the slow pass was at a speed of 108kts... much lower than the average landing speed of usual airliners. Those wings, they have incredible lift ratio.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

@@StephenKarl_Integralit’s not to impress potential buyers. 😂 the buyers don’t care about that part and are not impressed by it. It’s done to entertain the crowd. They won’t keep it on the ground beyond rotation speed. Just that it’s so light, it almost jumps off the runway.

[@samuelgarrod8327]

That was over the fjords. Not through them.

[@PfizerRN_NavyReserveCaptain]

CAT III Autoland for the A380. Maybe they should have installed a camera just behind the nose wheel for parking?

[@WestCoastAce27]

Or LIDAR since cameras fog up too? In the future if all ground equipment and planes had GPS they could have a system that automates the movements. Plane would have the exact coordinates of the gate and slowly move to it.

[@PfizerRN_NavyReserveCaptain]

@ Have you ever seen the system they have at Heathrow, Dubai International and Al Maktoum International? Safedock X and Safedock Flex by ADB Safegate uses lasers and radar that tells the pilot exact location at the gate +/- 3.9” (10 cm)

[@bbbnuyyyy]

a simultaneous runway takeoff isnt a formation takeoff..

[@jamesnichols7507]

The click bait for the self park of the SQ A380 was most likely caused by some issue with the Visual Docking Guidance System (VDGS). If the VDGS can’t pass many of its self checks and it decides it can’t safely park the jet then as we just saw a marshaller is standing by ready to takeover. Most likely the fog impeded the VDGS from properly identifying the A380 it was supposed to park.

[@grimmrad]

That German plane is the equivalent to AF 1

[@loganj.2329]

Edited ..it just glitched into the frame.

[@iceman9678]

AV8 gets a +1

[@paulawilson1234]

3 minutes of Aviation is getting shorter every time???

[@Teri_Berk]

2.45 rounds to 3 minutes.

[@민성우-d1w]

Where are you from?

[@민성우-d1w]

🇰🇷

[@youarebymyside]

A380 is such a gorgeous beast. However, click baiting name once again. :/ Could you please stop?

[@fujiwaramichaelm6686]

So when there is no fog, airplanes parking don't need a Marshaller?

[@AeroMan56]

Not all the time

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

Maybe a little misunderstanding: Some gates at some major airport has a docking system, an "automated mashaller". It's a device, sort of screen at aircraft cockpit level providing distance and alignment for an incoming aircraft to park at that gate. It appears 3minOfAv believes those devices are everywhere, that marshallers are something of the past. Reality is, (human) marshallers takes precedence over such devices, the later more often than believed *unreliable,* they are useless in fog or pourring rain, blizzard, they don't exist at taxiways (where follow me cars with marshaller are very common). Also appears 3minOfAv doesn't know pilots can (and will) stop halfway upon entering a parking spot, to ask for a marshaller; it's not a problem, at all, other aircraft won't have clearance to cross until aircraft is properly parked. A marshaller is always there even if there is a (seemingly working) docking system: A slight glitch, and better not rely on that machine, marshaller always take precedence. This do happen, relatively often. Though, I don't think 3minOfAv thought aircraft could park themselves (other comments on the matter), but I get the sarcasm :)

[@EdOeuna]

@@StephenKarl_Integral - I’ve never asked for a marshaller in my life. Electronic guidance works fine, even in backwaters of Africa.

[@bukstopshere]

Airlines always use marshallers.

[@warrentrout]

Nope

[@Qwertyuiop_memes10]

Hello, i havent commented for a while sorry lol

[@Lauriedriver]

🤷‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️

[@haroldhumerickhouse7904]

Underwhelming.

[@EdOeuna]

I doubt that the A380 couldn’t taxi in the fog thus requiring marshalling. More like the electronic guidance failed and required marshalling.

[@rtbrtb_dutchy4183]

That’s what I was thinking too. I used to fly the 747SP and always had to stop and switch to the marshaller. The SP isn’t the -400 and you would pull too far forward if you used the electronic one.

[@JunoBrannick]

Women drivers

[@eugeneostrander-iw2np]

ALL aircraft park with a marshaller

[@EdOeuna]

@@eugeneostrander-iw2np - nope. I’d say >90% of my parking is via electronic guidance.

[@eugeneostrander-iw2np]

@EdOeuna I worked at IAD for 20 years and was a USAF air traffic controller for 8 years - there was always someone directing the pilot when to stop . In the case of heavy jets sometimes the marshal was on a rolling stairs or other elevated location where he could see pilot AND stop Mark at the same time and pilot could see his crossed batons to stop . Many times I saw a parking operation STOP SHORT because a marshaller had not arrived yet OR didn't have a pair of batons . This goes for "RJs" to 747s , 777s and 380s and everything in between .

[@b1lleman]

Harrier thing looks fake.

[@mkvv5687]

Yes. And everything fake is real. Interesting times.

[@CaptRohmer]

Planes can park themselves now? I guess it’s been 20 years since I worked at the airport

[@Black_imposter8]

first

[@Lauriedriver]

Wow!🙄🥱

[@Black_imposter8]

@@Lauriedriver im not begging for likes or whatever, i just fucGkin did it for a fuckiGn reason I DONT FUCKGIN CARE ABOUT FUCVKING LIKES OR SUMSHIT

[@colinhooper1933]

🥇🥇🥇

[@jamesmills4794]

First🎉🎉

[@Lauriedriver]

No one cares.

[@Black_imposter8]

@@Lauriedriver literally true

[@Ang3lefn]

I'm da first like

[@Lauriedriver]

And?

[@Ang3lefn]

Tf do you mean amd

[@WestCoastAce27]

Better safe than sorry with the A380. But does make me wonder if future generations of aircraft will have precise ground movement systems like Tesla’s FSD

[@Hawkertempest1]

Tesla and safety don't go well together.💩

[@End_Illegal_Apartheid_israhell]

fog

[@Lauriedriver]

That’s right…fog

[@zhaojunsen6770]

airbus learning all the bad habits from boeing

[@ge2623]

How so?

[@zhaojunsen6770]

@@ge2623 the vertical takeoffs lol

[@StephenKarl_Integral]

@zhaojunsen6770 How come ? I've watched live those A380 at Le Bourget Paris Airshow, twice, in 2005 and 2007. I haven't seen any Boeing do better than the A380 "vertical takeoffs" before... Correct me if I'm wrong, but seems to me it was Boeing learning bad habits from Airbus (yet, no Boeing crash on a vertical takeoff at some airshow I'm aware of..) Side note: "vertical take off" is overratted. Photo lens make them incredible, but seen from the side, they are much less impressive.