A380 Hits Wake Turbulence On Takeoff

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Lufthansa Airbus A380 wake turbulence encounter
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Boeing 747 cockpit go around
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Boeing 767 cockpit view Canarsie approach into New York JFK
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Bell 407 helicopter precision landing in tight space
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[@landingslowly]

that wingflex is insane

[@CptDallas]

Nah, B-52 can flex beyond 8 ft

[@MG101]

Not really

[@monkeydluffy2063]

@@CptDallasyou forgot to add "once"

[@alfnoakes392]

@@CptDallas A B-52 designed (with same wingspan) and built in 'modern times' ie with composites rather than metal construction would have surreal 'flex', indeed would need significant wing outrigger undercarriage (think U2). Would be interesting to see a simulation of such ...

[@FaustoTheBoozehound]

​@@alfnoakes392the BUFF does have outriggers

[@desmond-hawkins]

This last clip is the helicopter equivalent of handbrake-parallel-parking right into tight a spot for a car, very impressive.

[@hilman94]

fast & furious producers : write that down..!!!

[@craigbmm4675]

hahaha .. weeeeeee .. spin it baby

[@ScottPankhurst]

basic tail rotor input, nothing special.

[@Gonken88]

Impressive to a layman maybe. You could land a jumbo fucking jet in there.

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

Thumbs-up for no click-baity title!

[@b1lleman]

yeah.

[@jayerjavec]

You mean perfectly OK T/O of LHA?

[@HolySoliDeoGloria]

@@jayerjavec True. Well, there was some wake turbulence. At least the title wasn't "gets slammed by wake turbulence."

[@PhotonBread]

@@jayerjavec “perfectly OK” and “hits wake turbulence” can be one in the same 🤷‍♂️

[@PhotonBread]

That helicopter landing is incredible. Some of the best pilots on Earth

[@TexJester-no8th]

I once watched an air ambulance come in to land on a freeway after a HORRIFIC wreck. Raining, winds gusting 50+, trees at the edge of the right of way on both sides. This pilot came in, circled twice, and set it down like it was a calm day. Truly AWESOME skills there!!

[@jim2lane]

Yeah, he needed to really mind his situational awareness on that landing. He only had about 15-20 feet on his right side before that lamp post and fuel tank. A big gust of wind from his left right before touchdown could have turned that into a really bad day

[@armatian]

@@TexJester-no8thWhen unstability is normality, extra long vectors wont matter so much, but gusting still makes it impressive.

[@jimsanders4412]

Maybe a bit of military experience???🤔

[@warren_r]

I used to live high up in a condo building, and could look down at a rooftop helipad for a children's hospital in the middle of a busy city. Every day where was a helicopter landing, and it was always seriously impressive. Medical, of course, has its own challenges over and above the usual helicopter aviation. Cheers to the pilots and everyone else involved. The rest of us are lucky to have these people around.

[@Qwertyuiop_memes10]

Wow, The bell 407 pilot is very skilled, amazing!

[@MeppyMan]

Fun to watch but nothing special for the pilot.

[@Chris_at_Home]

I had a job where I would go to drill platforms and mountain top communications sites mostly in the Brooks Range with some just a flattened spot on a steep ridge. Many of the pilots I flew with over 20 years ago called the 407 the sports car of small helicopters. We’d do some cool maneuvers. I’d fly a few times a week mostly in the summer.

[@MeppyMan]

@@Chris_at_Home the Hughes 500D was the one I always considered the sports car. So much fun to fly.

[@Chris_at_Home]

@@MeppyMan Never got a ride in one of those. 206, 407, 212,412, Bo 105, Super Puma are the ones I’ve been in. Also would get transported in various types of aircraft. The life of a communications tech in Alaska.

[@MeppyMan]

@@Chris_at_Home nice! I think the only one I’ve been in (just as a passenger) from that list is the 212. I’d never seen a 207, rather unique model. The 500D has 5 blade rotor with direct controls (no hydraulics) and so is very responsive and nimble. Only a single engine though. Used a lot for deer hunting in the hills of New Zealand when I was growing up. Oh and Magnum PI :)

[@velodjk2975]

I caught myself leaning to the right at the beginning of that 767 JFK landing.

[@waitotong9590]

Reminds me of the Kai Tak approach

[@fluchterschoen]

My nan was doing exactly this too! But we took her to the ER and it turned out she'd had a catastrophic stroke. 😐

[@limeyfox]

@@fluchterschoenmy cat had one of those this morning, now she’s curled up sleeping it off

[@pauldzim]

There's something weird about that video. The plane is moving around a lot but the camera doesn't seem to move with it??

[@pkpckls]

@@pauldzim It's an effect caused by the image stabilisation feature on the phone or camera it was shot with. See also /watch?v=7EXDyHSRxpE

[@scpvrr]

I really liked the cooperation in the cockpit for the late go around. The pilot had his memory items at the ready and wouldn’t let his friend fail.

[@theachilles96]

It's a training exercise, you can see the comments on the video on how bad the captain was

[@samuelgarrod8327]

It's sop.

[@aerodaan]

It's just SOP

[@christopherbedford9897]

In other words everyone did their job?

[@pilotusa]

That clip looked like a simulator to me.

[@klamin_original]

Everytime I see an A380 I’m immediately in love again. Luckily I got to fly on A380s six times in my life, boy is this a beautiful and well made aircraft

[@MBO_Bama]

I flew on one yesterday back into the UK, an amazing piece of engineering

[@ryan1111111555555555]

The first thing I messaged my friend after my first A380 flight was just "What a f*cking machine."

[@3DProjectsRC]

That helicopter pilot didn’t even hesitate when the aircraft was brought around. It was a beautiful and smooth manoeuvre! Amazing skills by the pilot

[@mattball2700]

That moment of cowling flex on the A380 - that was surprising!

[@williamwilliam728]

As student pilot I was coming in for a landing behind a Bombardier Dash 8 - Q400. I was with my instructor in our Cessna 172. All of a sudden we went from a straight and level flight to an almost inverted. Whoa, baby. I mentioned that we must have experienced Wake Turbulence from the Dash 8. Even with the separation mandated, that invisible turbulence is still ready to make your day turn ugly very fast.

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Bell 407 pilot, HOLD MY COFFEE, Nailed it!

[@LaczPro]

This video is pure A380 goodness. That wing flapping around, perfection

[@juanrodriguezjr451]

That a380 wing turbulence clip was intense!

[@duanebrimhall2556]

At first I couldn't figure out how wake turbulence could affect an A380. It was answered when another A380 took off before the second one

[@mita6010]

One of your better videos. Many thanks.

[@gta4everrr]

That Canarsie approach was spectacular.

[@pilotusa]

Someone should add nightime clips of the River Visual to Rwy 19 at DCA and the Expressway Visual to Rwy 31 at LGA. Those are some real eye-openers.

[@steveguy7165]

It's so cool when the door and wheels don't fall off.

[@BariumCobaltNitrog3n]

That was very intimate when the pilot flying put his hand on the other pilot's hand to move the throttles.

[@ChristopherBurtraw]

Is it just me or is that Challenge 747 captain doing a disproportionate amount of the workload? Yoke, radio response, flaps, calling gear up, putting gear up, etc - FO only helped with activating TOGA.

[@abiboy2412]

Agreed. Also, i wonder why the go around. Couldn't see any reason on the runway.

[@jjxtwo1]

FO is flying the plane. Captain has hand on yoke for some reason.

[@ChristopherBurtraw]

@@jjxtwo1 that was my suspicion, but the camera makes it so convincing.

[@pkhkp]

@@jjxtwo1 on yoke + on throttle over the FO's hands for some reason. Very disturbing

[@Kitt_the_Katt]

If you look on the bottom right of the screen there is a flight that was about to cross the runway

[@tokencivilian8507]

Great runway lighting on that next to last clip.

[@aerodaan]

Good airmenship and flying skills presented here

[@Troubleshooter125]

Very deft, Mr. Chopper Pilot!

[@simpilot001]

A380 is the wake turbulence

[@craigbmm4675]

hahaha those are beasts

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

Shout out to LA Flights Live, and Peter the host....the home of the 'One more plane'. That A380 wake turbulence was impressive, but there was a similar situation on the same stream a few months back that had the second A380 rocking back and forth several times! It was truly wild. As a Paying member of LA Flights live, I invite you to come and hang with Peter (the amazing host) and the rest of us from LAX, and several times a month SFO. Streams are Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays....with surprise streams thrown in. Thanks for reading this....hope to see you there!

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Great video!😸

[@elemerplanespotter]

great video!😍🙌

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

What a nice landing on the bell 407

[@3MinutesofAviation]

Indeed!

[@miker4430]

Outstanding video!!!!!

[@Stanley_Ellis]

The 747 go around looked like “Love is in the Air”…

[@barbarajeffries]

Excellent one today!! Thank you 3 minutes 😄 I loved the 380wake turbulence and the wing flexing. The helicopter made a perfect landing.

[@TexJester-no8th]

I know the wings and engine mounts are designed to flex - it's so they don't break in this kind of turbulence. But it STILL scares the crap out of me!!

[@ErhanGaming]

If you search KZbin hard enough, you'll find a wings stress test at a manufacturing plant, the wings bend up insanely high before it even comes close to breakage. It's wild.

[@ErhanGaming]

Type aircraft wing flex test into your search, you should find like a 43 second video by Insider. I don't want to link it because I feel like KZbin will flag my comment as spayum mayne.

[@Robert_N]

@@ErhanGaming I believe it's 27 feet for a B747. Crazy.

[@bikeny]

I'm with you on that.

[@meeramohideenaboobucker7565]

Koo​@@ErhanGaming

[@WingWarnings]

Nice capturing

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

I love the GO AROUND pilot, leaves no doubt he is in charge, and knows his stuff.

[@Chris-ho4ki]

Yeah, too in charge. Get your hands off my thrust levers bro

[@boringpolitician]

@@Chris-ho4ki - What? No, he's supposed to do that! That way both the pilot and co knows for sure that the thruster is set to max. BTW - simulation, not for real.

[@visarr]

@@boringpolitician I saw this full video elsewhere on YT and there was a debate as to whether it was appropriate or heavy-handed (so to speak). One never knows who is really a pilot here on YT, but I got the impression from the back and forth that it was a D-move to do that.

[@lbowsk]

Wrong times two. 1. The little c captain was completely over the top with his "help". All of the non pilots are so jazzed about how quickly he jumped on the throttles so quickly. Yet while he was jumping the gun doing that he missed the First Officers call for Flaps 20, which is the FIRST thing he's supposed to do on a G/A. The is no rush to jam in the throttles like that, particularly if the First Officer already selected TOGA on the throttle switch. If you watch carefully, the FO is selecting TOGA as the captain is jamming in max (or nearly so) thrust. The Auto Throttles are already commanding a programmed amount of thrust for the GA. Besides, the airplane only requires a half a shove to get it flying. Adding too much thrust in a Go Around is a sure way to screw things up. Since he took so long to call positive rate, the gear speed is possibly an issue as are the Flap speeds. Plus, underslung engines produce a lot of pitch up moment and this can really get you in a tight box, particularly with a low altitude level off. He was too busy on the tower frequency. There is no rush to call the tower. The rule is Aviate, Navigate, Communicate. And there is no reason to shout like he was doing. It's distracting and raises the tension in the cockpit for absolutely no reason. And this was not a sim. I won't even address his hand being all over the yoke for all of it. @@boringpolitician

[@emergencylowmaneuvering7350]

Turnback 180 Landing on copter at end. Talented Pilot.

[@spacetek2049]

Excellent!!

[@davidsavage6227]

Oh goodness, that A380 handled it like a champ.

[@tiemji]

Nice set of vids

[@deagen2026]

dude that a380 has 3 ailerons plus the spoilers and still gets hit by wake turbulence

[@Pbairsoftman]

The hell are you talking about

[@thezood]

@@Pbairsoftmanhe is talking about that an a380 has 3 ailerons plus the spoilers and still gets hit by wake turbulence.

[@joostvhts]

​@@thezood the hell he talking about!

[@thezood]

@@joostvhts ailerons, turb wakulence and things

[@jean-pierresteenberg]

@@joostvhts he is talking about that flying building has 3 ailerons plus the wings attached to main wing and still gets hit by wake turbulence.

[@Mondaventure]

747 Captain’s hand was pushing the throttles before I even heard the ATC call 💯

[@FineNaturalHairROCKS]

Very interesting video!!! Flying is so incredible to me 😍

[@Ayden2008]

That 767 approach is insane

[@linedanzer4302]

Peter from the L.A. Flights channel gets the best 380 footage out of LAX. I was watching the live stream when UAE's 380 took off first. It was exciting to see the Lufthansa 380 crab in the wake of the UAE 380. *No tailgating guys!*

[@ryan1111111555555555]

The captain on the Challenge 747 is absolutely brilliant, even though FO is pilot flying the Captain has complete understanding and control over the situation, he spots the need to go around early and instead of telling the FO to do it he physically puts his hand on the thrust to make sure it gets done, then on the climb out he proceeds to prompt the FO into giving him the commands whilst simultaneously configuring the aircraft, great pilot

[@OPEN_FOR_TRAVEL]

Awesome 👍

[@Junker-JeuFwf9599]

Wonderful

[@travisyarbrough4033]

That JFK was crazy !!!!! That was skill.

[@ockertbrits6907]

Glad the A380 is making comeback. Best flight experience in 35 years of air travel.

[@sailaab]

All respects to the non fixed wing aircraft crew who have so much mirw potential risks and comparatively far less margins of error and not much protection like the handsome experience of some fixed wing crafts. Great compilation as always🤍👌🏼💙 That A380 PAX must either be a frequent traveller or have🦾 nerves of steel to not only not get perturbed by those wings flexing like that.. but also recording it all with a steady hand.

[@evaluateanalysis7974]

One in 12 (or 8%) upticked. I don't think I've seen that much approval on any video before!

[@planeguyy]

I was just watching some of your videos and now I saw that you just uploaded

[@iqless7313]

That's a good story, and you told it well.

[@planeguyy]

it’s not a story@@iqless7313

[@sammyhill69]

​@@iqless7313with such enthusiasm.

[@siedel2694]

holy shit that 747F F/O was not ready for this

[@AlexIsModded]

That helicopter landing was sexy!

[@morrij01]

A380 wake turbulence is way underestimated. In the early days of the 380 we had a 767 14NM behind one on approach and the pilot had to pull out of the approach because he was being tossed around too much.

[@Absolute_ZEN]

СПАСИБО БЕСКОНЕЧНОЕ ПИЛОТАМ СЛУЖБАМ АВИАЦИИ И ВАМ )))) С ЧЕЛОВЕЧЕСКИМ УВАЖЕНИЕМ ))) Infinite thanks to the pilots aviation services and you ))) With human respect ))) 🥰😃🥰🥰😍😍😍🤩🤩🤩😇

[@jB-uw8fi]

Wake turbulence from the outside looks like nothing. Inside it feels like you’re about to jump over Normandy.

[@paulreilly3904]

Bullshit.

[@tm3xyz]

I recently landed at JFK on a flight that used that Canarsie approach. At the time, I didn't know it was "famous", it was just alarming. Never been on a plane that banked so low over such a densely populated area, the camera doesn't do it justice.

[@thardyryll]

That Canarsie approach looks like most of my landings in X-Plane.

[@bikeny]

It was nice to see from the cockpit perspective. Not always a great view from the back of the plane.

[@TheCOZ]

Helicopter pilot is a boss!

[@davidoldham1946]

I was on a propeller driven commuter aircraft and we were following a 757. This was when they were relatively new. We got a little too close and yee haa! Our plan was bounced around violently, I thought we had done a barrel roll...LOL. A few weeks later I saw were the FAA had issued a bulletin that any aircraft following a 757 had to maintain a significantly greater distance because they had not realized just how much turbulence they put out.

[@kimiraikkonen4226]

That 767 was completely offcenter

[@GA-ik6pi]

Got to say I love EK A380

[@TonyTube407]

Aerodynamic elasticity!

[@RFS_shorts_YT]

Just wondering, where do you find these clips?

[@Alelostar-jg1fk]

The helicopter pilot 😎👌

[@BigEightiesNewWave]

Challenge? Where every takeoff and landing is a Challenge, YIKES!!!

[@seanmoriarty2]

Amazing how slow it seems when landing view from cockpit. As a passenger looking out side window you think, slow the heck down, feels way too fast to land. Do we have enough runway etc..

[@Pilot_sey]

emirates in NEW ZEALAND it is clearly from the cloud shape that there is moderate severe turbulence🔥

[@pilotboy2612]

Yes! I saw that too. Seems like mountain wave with lenticular clouds. Awesome.

[@eskelorenz1876]

What was the reason for the go-around of the 747?

[@ge2623]

They left a passenger's handbag where they took off from and they had to go back and get it.

[@hilman94]

@@ge2623 err.. you know it's cargo right? 😁i believe not a passenger, but the owner wife's handbag...😅

[@ge2623]

@@hilman94 Gotcha. 👌

[@AfonsoGalego18]

I may be saying something stupid, but please correct me if I'm wrong. The captain of the Boeing 747-400F who performed the go around, from what I saw, is clearly the PF (Pilot Flying) and the first officer is the PM (Pilot Monitoring). However, after the call to perform the go around by ATC, the captain proceeded to go around, as well as retracting the flaps and landing gear. In this situation, these last two tasks should have been performed by the first officer, right? It's just a small detail, but now I'm curious...

[@pilotboy2612]

To me it looks like the the FO is pf. The captain says "positive rate" and waits for the pf to reply "gear up".

[@ahmadtheaviationlover1937]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ WOOOW THE A380 is one big beast of an aircraft

[@setapart2serveministries]

Turbulence is the scariest feeling for me while flying.

[@user-eo2ci9md9e]

B737: Stop flexing your big wings A380, it's not cool. A380: 0:48

[@jacopom2778]

Bro, I can’t even imagine how much force it takes to shake that thing so hard

[@dianericciardistewart2224]

The Challenge Airlines B747 with the 'go-around' at KIAH (at 3:00) was Captain Boeing!! (He has at YT channel as well.) 💕✈💕✈

[@nealsausen4651]

Does this channel post any “Lighter-Than-Air”videos?

[@sarbaazchabahar]

A380 is a beast.. it does not care😅👍✈️

[@ed6012]

A go-around with FP in the right seat......but PNF also hands on the controls while retracting the gear.....very, very weird

[@ScottiStudios]

What do you mean? Can you explain? I though that whole situation looked odd but didn't know why

[@MXedos]

MentourPilot said they sometime place their hands lightly on the yoke just feel the yoke and the aircraft.

[@neelghai]

The Captian on the 744 at 1:36 is @captainboeing. He has his own KZbin channel

[@PapaSchlumpf78]

Why did the 747 have to go around? Can anyone explain to me?

[@ltrillium1000]

helicopter pilot skills

[@jaanty2787]

Helicopter landing was you playing a drone that's how he played with the helicopter insane super talented pilot

[@aurtisanminer2827]

1:00. Those lenticular clouds can be a sign of high winds.

[@tasaab]

That Carnsie approach is almost as “bad” as the famous checkerboard of years past.

[@hakimyasin9508]

Why was there no proper time seperation?

[@swipekonme]

can some sensor looks miles ahead and prepare the craft for turbulence, shouldn't be too hard, over a safe place like sea or desert, it could even shoot a conical ice structure that rapidly vaporizes

[@Matt.Thompson.1976]

Shout out to LA Flights Live, and Peter the host....the home of the 'One more plane'. That A380 wake turbulence was impressive, but there was a similar situation on the same stream a few months back that had the second A380 rocking back and forth several times! It was truly wild. As a Paying member of LA Flights live, I invite you to come and hang with Peter (the amazing host) and the rest of us from LAX, and several times a month SFO. Streams are Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays....with surprise streams thrown in. Thanks for reading this....hope to see you there!

[@VTSteve]

Why don't they allow more time between take offs?

[@nitzer280]

I forget the names of the clouds in the background of the A380 wingflex but if I remember correctly, they typically mean violent winds are in the vicinity.

[@pilotboy2612]

Yup. Lenticular clouds iirc

[@nitzer280]

@@pilotboy2612 yep that's the name!

[@kafka27]

Airbus FTW

[@richardjohnson455]

Isn’t the minimum separation between the two A380’s taking off supposed to be 3-5 MILES? Why so close?

[@hamentaschen]

Dude. Shalom. Thank you!

[@israel_started_it_ALL_in_1948]

too many times... is there a bank angle alert this close to the ground?

[@jerryyang8046]

What is Canarsie approach?

[@hellothere111]

Why did the AF go around?

[@MichaelGAMING99]

1:05 If I saw the engine moving like that Id be scared to death💀

[@just_a_quick_ride]

I'm here for the guys ready to pounce on any comment that suggests that pilots have showed skill or that engineering is in any way impressive.

[@bigonicha3225]

Never seen the engines flex in turbulence like ever that would be super scary for me.Was that during landing tho or was it taking off

[@se-kmg355]

Looks like they are on approach, so it is during landing. And nothing to worry about, the wing and engines are all designed to move like that.

[@bigonicha3225]

@@se-kmg355thanks for the info mate appreciate it

[@PartTimeLaowai]

To get a true idea of how insanely large the wings are on an A380, you need to google around for a pic that shows a human worker standing on one 😮

[@martinkirugi254]

I miss aerosucre moments of fame in this channel

[@omarladjimi5937]

This is nothing ! Almost 10 degrees bank angle !

[@RichardLeo-mf3zb]

Can you imagine how much worse the turbulence would be in a smaller aircraft compared to an A-380.