Airbus pilot falls in love with vintage jetliners - Caravelle and Boeing 707

A passionate Airbus pilots explains the systems and procedures of the SE210 Caravelle III. The Sud Aviation Caravelle was the first short haul jet airliner and was introduced in 1959. Sud Aviation later became Aerospatiale and Airbus which is why the Caravelle and the Airbus have a special relationship. The designation of the hydraulic systems (Green, Blue, Yellow) is still unchanged after 65 years!
Update OCT 2021: Consider donating for the resurrection of the Caravelle simulator to bring it from Germany to Sweden. Find out more here:
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This video was made in a real Caravelle III simulator built from the Air France Caravelle F-BHRU "Poitou" from 1960.
New project presentation: Lufthansa Boeing 707 simulator D-ABUD.
To all active 707 pilots interesting in helping me:
www.707jet.com...

[@Majk369]

7:56 thats the most badass fan spool up ive ever heard :D

[@nynphose]

The fact that they could access the throttle cable from the lav... that is mind blowing. Very interesting aircraft not well known in the US, thanks for the video.

[@juarezvivo-sc2qi]

En este tipo de aeronave los pilotos tenían una carga de trabajo impresionante. En los aviones de hoy, la carga de trabajo se ha reducido dramáticamente hasta un punto en donde la automatización ahora toma decisiones, que bajo mi punto de vista, le resta autoridad a los tripulantes. Son maravillosos los logros de la tecnología actual y la automatización, pero me parece que se están excediendo los límites y creo que los diseños del futuro deben reconsiderar muchos aspectos y no dejar todo en manos del software para reemplazar el juicio humano y mucho menos resolver problemas de diseño con software, como sucedió con el Boeing 737 MAX que llevó al desastre en que se ha convertido.

[@paulhurst4327]

Hat off to you.

[@jjaus]

Fantastic. I would love to fly that Caravelle one day.

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Well worth it!

[@ELPaso1990TX]

That was amazing! I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of your video on the Caravelle cockpit and really look forward to seeing the Boeing 707 cockpit restoration progress. Would be great to see some videos of the 707 restoration. It’s just so interesting seeing all those old gauges and how the systems worked.

[@adrianvarro]

Absolutely fantastic,thanks so much for sharing,whish you all the best,clear sky and good luck for all your future endeavours .

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

Marvelous 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼i I wondering every second 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@laudennn]

incredible video -- thank you so much!

[@finlayfraser9952]

Thank you, marvellous. Now I have an idea of how to fly the AFG Caravelle in FS9.

[@stenic2]

Can't wait to see the 707 sim

[@Michael.Chapman]

Awesome to see your project reach this fantastic point!... Thank you for demonstrating to another generation the way the Caravelle truly operated!

[@martin.B777]

Epic! The less automation, the better!✈️

[@sundar999]

Thank you for an inspirational and fantastic video! Your presentation was excellent!

[@adamgs619]

That was an excellent video. I've always loved the Caravelle but had no idea about these details. Well Done!

[@katrinelineiriksdottir4726]

Amazing project, love the Caravelle and looking forward to fully functional 707 sim. Keeps those legends alive!

[@Bob_cool84]

There 's a Caravelle sitting in Avignon Caumont airport you can visit it on appointments,everything is there even the smell in the cockpit, that was such an experience as i love myself steam gauges aircrafts which required real flying skills,that 's when humans were in charge of the machine,not like the opposite nowadays, i was amazed by such the low clearance on the windshield,at that time there must have been some serious navigation skills involved...i was amazed with the switches and gauges ,such a small cockpit..thx for your work and experience share.

[@Bob_cool84]

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[@PU2TRG]

Congratulacion! Fantastique! merci pour votre film.

[@juk-hw5lv]

So epic and very informative. I wish for a study-level Caravelle for some home pc flight simulator

[@yvesbajulaz]

Amazing work :-)))

[@andrewi95]

A living piece of history ❤️how awesome, I couldn’t imagine the takeoff procedures without it

[@David-lb4te]

1:04. It is not a 'myth'. The two designs started exactly the same, but the Caravelle evolved independently from the Comet during the development of the aeroplane. For the same reason the 737 windows are not the same as the 707, but started the same. As did the 727. Also, the control wheel follows the deHavilland design in shape, also with offset column, and was maintained.

[@user-kz4ze4lv9n]

Really, really interesting and well done 👍🏻

[@Olivier_NGR]

Amazing! Congratulations and thank you!!🤩😊🙏

[@LeifDjurfeldt]

You should go and check out the caravelle at arlanda sweden

[@tedstriker754]

I remember seeing Airborne Express Caravelles flying freight in the late 70's & 80's. I was flying 727's in those days. Since they flew at night they were easy to spot sitting at airports all day long. The Martin 404 had brakes like that. Almost too sensitive to use. Very little pedal pressure and they were almost full on. That Caravelle had low thrust engines. No wonder it had that big wing, or it wouldn't have gotten off the ground. I remember the F-28 had 10K thrust engines, more than the Caravelle. And it was a lot lighter.

[@Ricovandijk]

Hi Nils! Thanks for sharing this video! Good luck on the 707, I'd bet it will be as good as the Caravelle once it's finished. All the best, Rico en Etty.

[@antonmothes3160]

amazing project! and as a Beatles geek - unbelievable that you found John Lennon's ticket!

[@Nunocaioba]

Amazing cockpit!

[@guysterges1382]

Absollutly great work and explanations !

[@sjonnies6768]

Amazing job you doing!!

[@guillermodolan5131]

Great job mate!

[@citysim7375]

Nils, you truly inspired me to build a simulator myself. Hope to see you again soon in my Bobby or your next project.

[@maxflight777]

It wasn’t completely “steam instruments” … Perhaps a half way house , but I loved all my time on the 757. Monarch and Thomas Cook. Happy days !

[@Itapirkanmaa2]

The cockpit windows are still identical to the Comet. They did not change anything in the cockpit windows, even in Comet version 4.

[@flycaravelleflightsimulato758]

Hello, they did. Only prototype 1 and 2 had original Comet windows. You can see the structural changes with the naked eye ;-)

[@jesusrojas7579]

Best of the Best, forever.

[@Joliv23]

Fantastic! As pax I flown sometimes in Caravelle of Cruzeiro do Sul in Rio de Janeiro to POA, sometimes POA-RIO. Great, beautiful and good aircraft to fly.

[@ExpliCar]

Muito legal! Parabéns!

[@Cholera-jb2kg]

Very nice, thanks for that video and thanks not to be arrogant as most other LH-Pilot videos!

[@RoamingAdhocrat]

Can't wait to come back!

[@cosminogloocosy1154]

Super-cool! Respect, Sir.

[@ricardovillanova3944]

Excellent! Very nice restoration. Are the sims available for "rent" to enthusiast (pilots)?

[@icebluecuda1]

I still fly jets with instruments that vintage as well as Collins Pro Line in an RJ. I love both. Thanks! Can you show how that standby horizon works?

[@1218omaroo]

Excellent work and video, thank you! I'm still surprised that the cockpit labelling is in French. Given that English was more or less the universal language of the skies by the end of the 50s (and officially standardised much later in 2001) I would have thought that cockpits would also follow that principle.

[@brunodavidferreira5781]

How was noise the Caravelle cabin ops..

[@johncantwell8216]

I noticed "LSI" printed on the autopilot turn knob. Was the autopilot built by Lear Siegler Inc.?

[@messerschmittbolkow5606]

Thats Lufthansa salary well spend!

[@pascalcoole2725]

Verry nice video. Interesting details that do raise questions here. - Only one DME, Still IFR approaved ? - Does the WX actualy work ? (Just comes up in my mind to make a simulator for that) Furthermore: - Overspeed sound same in Fokker-F27 (althoug much louder) - The takeoff procedures are highly unusual and remind more like a B47 than a 'modern' jetliner I wonder if i could adapt to these procedures. Nice project to work on, to bad you live so far away, been a simtech in the past.

[@PEPcessna]

Any News on the 707 you mentioned at the end?

[@edwardrodgers9383]

We know who you get your good-looks from - your mother!🌹

[@flycaravelleflightsimulato758]

haha, thank you :-)

[@a.nelprober4971]

That attitude indicator is a spatial disorientation orgy waiting to happen. I feel like this plane was designed by checklists. Everything seems to counter intuitive contrary to the ergonomic cockpits of even the 707/727

[@renatocortelletti]

The reason for me is becouse the airbus pilot are not a real pilot but an sistem operator unfortunately. To fly .the Caravelle you have to be' a real Pilot !