[4K] - Full Flight - American Airlines - Airbus A319-115 - MCI-ORD - N9012 - AA2051 - IFS Ep. 607

[@StonedUp1]

These full flight vids are more entertaining to me than full length movies. Keep ‘em coming!

[@sla31]

Always more on the way! I'm glad you enjoy them so much!

[@StonedUp1]

@@sla31 Much welcome!

[@DrBearAviation]

This cold start with exhaust smoke is really special and impressive. I never saw this before.

[@AvStevieStevenJamesDrums]

Awesome cold start with the exhaust smoke 👏🏻

[@aritz_fab19]

Love the engine start smoke, it reminded me 4 years ago, when we started our engines in a A320 and it was -21 Degrees outside, was surprised how much smoke went, then realized the effect of the cold start.

[@robertkobrick4634]

Looks like the pilot landed at OHare and then decided to drive the plane down to St. Louis....has to be the longest taxi I have ever seen.

[@Cerlxz]

For real

[@Cerlxz]

Wow lots of United planes tho

[@sla31]

Haha, we definitely go the FULL tour... You can thank an occupied gate, and ATC having nowhere to park us out of the way.

[@marcbyrnes293]

Best clear shot of the planes shadow on takeoff that I've ever seen XASS

[@ecastel1977]

That's the best and accurate comment!

[@trainwreck413]

And riding these planes ain't for the weak. You gotta have nerves of steel to fly and stay prayerful to get to your destination. I flew to Texas thru Spirit Airlines and it was great.

[@RaY_77W]

I love the A319-115! Such an awesome spec with those over powered CFM56-5B7 and sharklets! If you didn’t know, that spec of cfm56 has up to 27,000lbs of thrust on takeoff, similar power to the CFM56-7B27 that you find on some 737-800s and -900ERs. A pilot told me that it feels like a sports car of the skies. I guess you could say this A319 spec of the 757 of the baby buses😂🔥

[@aviation_tus]

Awesome takeoff! Very low thrust departure, one of the lowest thrust takeoffs I’ve ever heard an a319 perform! Beautiful exhaust on engine startup, I could only imagine being there in person. Enjoy the TUL maintenance tour skylite!

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend! I'm just now getting caught up on stuff. It was a fun day at TUL the other day!

[@aviation_tus]

@@sla31 glad to hear it!

[@TheFamilyman7]

Interesting rime ice accumulation on the slats that began at 1:10 and remained during that excruciatingly long taxi. Guessing your gate wasn't available yet. If you saw on an airport diagram the taxi route your flight was given to the gate, you'd be stunned.

[@sla31]

You are correct. We got this lovely extended tour of ORD's taxiway system due to our gate being occupied. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@BroadwayLTDProductions]

@@sla31 That happens at ORD all the time. So annoying!

[@robmetcalf8878]

This video broke 3 records. 1 longest taxi. 2 longest time leading edge flaps are down post landing. 3 longest convesation between 2-3 people. Dunno how anyone can talk constantly for 1.5 hours straight!

[@CkEMnstr-gr2ro]

Anyone else notice the nice layer of ice building on the leading edge of the flaps?

[@philipcovington1985]

Wow that's quite a lengthy taxi to the gate, I know some of these taxis to and from the runway are fairly long but this is a really long one I know it's not the pilots fault but it seems like ATC landed them on the furthest runway out and they had to taxi 5 or 10 miles hahaha to gate . Love your channel and I'm a huge aviation funatic keep up the great work. 👌✈️✈️

[@sla31]

We definitely had the full tour on this flight haha. You can thank our gate being occupied and them not waiting us to just park and block other aircraft. I'm glad you're enjoying the channel my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@gregthegroove]

On a BUTTER scale of 1-100, this landing was a 500! That was a nice greaser of a landing. 👏🏻

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

I thought this was a current video, snowing in Aug, should have known after the cold start up. But I still watched it. Great Video

[@sla31]

To upload every day, it means I fly a lot. Sometimes videos it in the wings for awhile before I get them posted haha.

[@MichaelBrown-qn9hi]

That's alright, as I said " I am going watch them anyway", sometimes I crank up the sound and listen for mechanical sounds(ie) takeoff, flight controls, landing gear, reverse thrust and braking.

[@scottbridge9391]

Wow... good views of Mark Twain country. The nice thing about this flight: no jetlag!

[@airbusmikey831]

I enjoyed the long taxi to the terminal.

[@sla31]

A full tour of the airport in Chicago 😂.

[@airbusmikey831]

@@sla31 Are we there yet!

[@airbusmikey831]

@@sla31 Thank you for the tour of ORD.

[@drdanmorris]

Interestingly, the arrival taxi at KORD was quite long, but it was much longer than it actually needed to be. You passed your destination terminal (3, concourse H) on taxiway A (heading west) at 1:41:31 in your video, and continued taxiing on taxiway A past terminal 3, and then past terminal 2. You then did a loop via taxiways SS and T and came back east towards terminal 3 again, joining just outside terminal 2. On your video you eventually return to stub A15 (for concourse H) 5 minus later - although there was clearly a pause in the video, so the actual wait was presumably a bit longer. My guess is that the gate (H10) wasn't available when you taxied past the first time (maybe due to late departing company traffic) and so the pilot had to taxi to a relatively quiet spot to wait until the gate was free. Anyway - thanks for all the cool videos - it's great to see the actual departure/arrival/taxi procedures that are used in real-life. I get great enjoyment from "re-flying" some of your flights in X-Plane. I'll do this flight one day, minus the extended taxi!

[@sla31]

You'd be correct my friend. We landed, and due to the de-icing going on at the terminal, our gate was occupied. ATC didn't have a place to put us where we wouldn't block traffic, so we got an extended tour of the entire airport. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@norbertk.1473]

Ja, @@sla31, auf diese Weise hatten wir den Flughafen ausführlich kennen gelernt😀 in this way we had got to know the airport in detail😀

[@sandwichbreath0]

That's a funky beat on the safety briefing -- couldn't help bopping along, ha. Have they always had that music? I don't think I remember it on your other AA flights (or my own some years ago)

[@sla31]

American has had this safety video for awhile now, however it's getting pretty rare. It was introduced years ago when American had plans to outfit their entire fleet with screens. That plan soon changed when they backtracked and started taking screens out of planes. So, now it's pretty rare you get a domestic flight with the screens where the flight attendants can use this video.

[@sandwichbreath0]

@@sla31 Ah, that makes sense.

[@68dart]

Awesome , Thanks Skylite 😀

[@sla31]

Thanks for watching my friend!

[@turbofanlover]

So, they decided to land in northern Illinois and just drive the rest of the way to O'Hare, I see. ;) Seriously though...I think that's the longest taxi that I've seen on your channel...and maybe even in the history of KZbin...haha.

[@sla31]

You can thank an occupied gate and a line of planes behind us that didn't want to stop haha. We definitely got the grand tour of ORD.

[@miriccomchenry]

Love your Airbus content really enjoy it .🔴⚪️🔵

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend!

[@mahdiakbari2290]

i love early morning flights

[@gerativa123]

One more video about full flight in my life! I wanna thank you what you always do!!!!

[@theresacaron4238]

I wonder why they did not retract flaps and slats after landing exposing those to potential damage on the ramp. I guess there is a first time for everything.

[@sla31]

So, if you look closely at around 1:10:00 and onward, there's actually ice accumulating on the leading edge of the wing. I could be wrong, but I believe the procedure, when that happens, is to leave the flaps and slats extended to make sure it all gets removed when de-icing the aircraft for the next flight.

[@jay-s2g8p]

Hi I'm a big fan keep up the great videos

[@sla31]

I'm glad you enjoy them my friend! Thanks so much for watching!

[@jay-s2g8p]

I wanna be a delta pilot when I grow up for the 737 max 10

[@TonyPajamas24]

@@jay-s2g8p you can do it!

[@jay-s2g8p]

@@TonyPajamas24 thank u

[@nemiaidid]

Mandatory thumb up for consistently great videos. Had a bit of a chuckle when I saw that those All Stars kiss that barrier in front of you. Bit too crampy but at least not a long-haul flight.

[@sla31]

Haha. I HATE bulkhead seats. As someone who is fairly tall at 6' 2" I don't understand how bulkhead seats are consistently touted as some of the best seats on a plane. I avoid them whenever possible, and only took one here because it was a short flight. Yo can't stretch your feet out, there's not storage under the seat in front of you, and the stupid tray table in the armrest, that you have to bug the person next to you to open or close is super annoying haha. Anyway, I'm glad you seem to understand from your comment haha. As always, thanks for watching my friend!

[@AlexOhioo]

I miss Chicago

[@typhoontom]

Awesome as usual. Was it snowing? In August?

[@WashedAimerJayden]

This was recorded in March 💀

[@sla31]

I've seen it snow in May around Kansas City, but never August haha.

[@AviationandGamingProductions]

Love watching these flights!

[@sla31]

I'm glad to hear it my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@johnbernardini5444]

Wow, Longest Taxi from the landing runway to the gat at O'Hare, Nice Ride :-) :-) :-)

[@sla31]

We definitely got the scenic tour on this day haha. Thanks for watching!

[@ernestjohnson9464]

Awesome video sir 😎!! Thank you!!

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend!

[@FL350Aviation]

1:16:44 omg! the Ice started to form up on the flaps !!!!

[@sla31]

Good catch my friend! This is likely why the crew never retracted the flaps and slats as well.

[@dodginthis]

Love these full flights. Hope to meet you one of these days!!

[@sla31]

As much as I fly, you never know when we might bump into each other. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@luisalvarado8351]

I'm waiting for you to do a full flight to SJU👍

[@sla31]

You and me both haha.

[@WashedAimerJayden]

Do a flight from aus to San Juan before the flight is suspended in November

[@WashedAimerJayden]

Austin to San Juan

[@Pablo_Chapo]

Love how you capture the best views of the wings keep up the good work 🤌

[@skysaviationandshorts]

Beautiful!

[@javloggs2322]

Which runway did you land in ORD

[@marcbyrnes293]

Funny, I actually really like the existing KC Intl terminals and didn't see the necessity of the new midfield terminal for but obviously I'm not the one making the decision here ....

[@sla31]

MCI's terminals are unique and historic, but sadly they're just not very economical for today's world. In a different time, they worked perfectly, but 9/11 changed a lot, and they're now horribly inefficient. As someone who flies a lot, and see airports all over the world, even with my bias given MCI is one of my home airports, it's become clear to me in the last decade that MCI needed to make a change. Needing multiple security checkpoints in each terminal, not being able to provide adequate restrooms and food options post security, and the terminals being separated and passengers having to leave security and re-clear again if they were connecting to a different airline were all small parts of why the design had failed in the modern era. Also, just think about the nightmare you have to go through if you fly out of terminal B and back into terminal C? Now your car is in the B lot, but you need to go to the C lot. So, you have to take the red bus to the other terminal, then grab the blue bus. Or grab a blue bus, then wait at the transfer spot in the middle of nowhere for another blue bus. Getting to your car takes long enough in economy lots without having to deal with that. It's sad to see the old terminals going away, but it was time. Thanks for watching!

[@TheTallMan50]

7:13 Whoa! What's with the smoke? Stewardess get me off this plane!

[@sla31]

It’s actually completely normal, especially in conditions like we had here. That is, cold air temperatures and being the first time the engines are run for the day. It was around freezing at this time and the plane had sat overnight, it was a “cold start” which typically creates more smoke as the engine is firing up. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@aviationcentral6742]

Thanks for everything Skylite love the content!

[@jakuveku9597]

7:02 If I saw that I would be terrified because I would think the engine is on fire

[@sla31]

No need to worry if you ever see that in person. In cold weather, it's very common for engines to produced a lot of smoke as they start up. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@captainjaf7611]

How do you always get lucky with clean windows? When I film I always get crappy, scratched and dirty windows 😭

[@sla31]

A lot of it's luck haha. Some of it's just avoiding certain types of planes that tI know will likely have bad windows. CRJ's as a whole often have bad windows. 717's are also notorious for having faded plastic. I also travel with a microfiber cloth to help clean off anything on the inside of the window. Of course, I can't do anything about the outside. It's luck of the draw. That all said, there's some flights you never see on the channel because the windows are bad. I just don't every post them.

[@captainjaf7611]

@@sla31 yeah I flew last week and the windows were just awful so I never posted it so I feel your pain 🥲 thanks for the tip 👍

[@kayciwittl]

Do you prefer to sit at the front or in the back ?

[@sla31]

Well, that depends haha. I often have different goals of what I want each flight to look like. So, my seating preference changes a lot. As far as comfort goes, I'd always prefer etc be in the front haha.

[@Qjay242]

Can you go the Bahamas

[@sla31]

I've actually looked at flying there recently. Nothing booked yet, but it's on my list.

[@bostonbruinsgirl37]

Where did that green dot come from is that from a lazor or from something else

[@sla31]

I don't t think it's a laser, but it is a reflection off of something. It might even be a reflection off the lens of the camera. Back a long time ago, before I wore black gloves to keep my hand from reflecting, you'd often seen something like that in my videos. At that time, it was the reflection off my wedding ring.

[@nateye2450]

Just a question: have you ever done any flying to, within, or from Canada? I think it would be cool to see some Canadian flights some time in the future. Just a suggestion

[@sla31]

I have flown to and from Canada. But never within Canada. I have some videos into and out of Vancouver and Montreal, but that's it. I do plan to feature Canada more on the channel in the future. Unfortunately Covid kind of hit right when I was poised to do WAY more international stuff, and I ended up having to do domestic only for awhile. That's changed again though this year. Hopefully I'll get to Canada more soon.

[@nateye2450]

Good to know. Covid really ruined a lot of peoples travel plans. I’ll have to check out those vids, I like seeing my home country from the sky! Cheers from Nova Scotia Canada

[@bigpunisher9366]

Is this recorded recently?

[@sla31]

This was filmed in March. Since I upload daily, 365 days per year, I have to keep a lot of footage in backlog. Sometimes that means videos get posted several months after I actually film them.

[@ChesterPlay380]

The smoke is normal when the pilot turn on the engines?? it is because the temperature is too low?? amazing video!!!!

[@sla31]

It is normal yes. Especially when it's cold outside and it's the first time the engines have been run that day. Which is what you had here. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@ChesterPlay380]

@@sla31 thanks for your time to respond my message! BTW I love your videos! Thanks for share your flight experiences

[@Warcrazyness]

07:02 smoking time

[@ramathorn82]

Pilots didn’t retract flaps. Flaps were full. Free tour of O’Hare lol

[@sla31]

We taxied at O'Hare for almost as long as the flight haha.

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

Great fly! Which US airline do you fly the most frequently?

[@sla31]

This year so far, it's Southwest with 22 segments. United is currently in second with 17. That said, it varies by year. American is typically the airline I have the highest status with. By the time this year is over, Southwest will probably still be in the first position. Also, for your previous comment, about being cheaper to fly or drive. I had a whole reply typed out. With all kinds of scenarios and calculations, and you must've deleted your other comment. Because when I went to reply, my long, calculated response just disappeared haha. I'm not typing that all out again, but the bottom line was.... No, in every scenario I calculated, it was cheaper to fly than drive. Even on a short trip from Tulsa to St. Louis. It was ended up being almost twice as expensive to drive.

[@ffenixx_]

Don't know SOP's but did the pilots forget the flaps? lol

[@CkEMnstr-gr2ro]

The leading edge of the wing started to develop a layer of ice. I'm not a airline pilot but im assuming they kept them down so it would freeze them together or so when they taxi out for takeoff and get de-iced it'll get all the ice off that was developed on the exposed areas when the flaps were out.

[@sla31]

As C00k1EM0nst3r mentioned, staring around 1:10:00 and onward, ice was forming on the flaps and slats. So, I believe it's standard procedure at that point to leave them extended for proper de-icing on the next flight.

[@chrissysviews]

I am going to admit something! At the part during the outbound taxi when all of that smoke came out, that reminded me of a time in Atlanta- Hartsfield international Airport when I freaked out in the plane seeing smoke coming out from the area of the wing/engine! 😮😅🫠🫠 does anybody know what that is? Wow because the first time I saw something like that I was scared I actually was about to call over the flight attendant but I didn’t want to make a big scene I was just holding onto myself hoping everything was going to be OK and it was! 😅😮‍💨😮‍💨 I couldn’t believe it though ha ha. It was a flight from Atlanta, GA to Panama City, Panama 🇵🇦 to go see my mom and family!

[@sla31]

It's very common for aircraft engines to smoke when starting, especially in cold weather when it's the first time they've been started for the day. Everything is cold at that point, and they generally create more smoke then. This was this aircraft's first flight of the day and it was just above freezing, so that's what caused it in this particular situation.

[@chrissysviews]

@@sla31 I wish I would’ve known this a couple of years ago ha ha oh my God because when I saw that happen the first time it scared me! By the way I enjoy your channel a lot! It inspired me to record during takeoff and landing on my channel. Hopefully I’ll get to go to other cities and record the scenic takeoffs and landings. Cheers! 😌