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. Snifff -- mmmm, that new airplane smell. This is the worlds newest 747, just a few weeks old. It's a UPS 747-8f Freighter. The aircraft is immaculate, having just left the factory at Boeing to enter service with UPS. UPS was nice enough to invite me onboard the aircraft for an interview and tour with Erik, a long time Captain for UPS.
First, we go through some of Erik's career and talk about how he got into aviation. Then we move onto what it's like to fly the 747, and what makes this 747 different from the 747-400. As we discuss some of those aspect of flying the plane, we start to touch on the details of the cockpit with a basic overview of how the cockpit controls, systems, and autopilot functions work together.
We go over things such as the PFD, MFD and EICAS which are part of the glass cockpit. These systems have been around for a long time, but they're getting more refined and reliable as time goes on. While the displays and controls may look the same, there's a lot more going on behind the scenes. LED screens, faster computers, and more refined algorithms make this and other Boeing aircraft some of the safest in the world.
Erik also talks about the 747-8fs new electronic checklist, which was introduced with the 777 and 787, and now making it into these upgraded versions of the 747, 737, etc.
He also discussed redundancy of the FMCs (Flight Management Computers) as well as where pilots spend most of their time controlling the aircraft, which the Mode Control Panel (MCP) and Control Display Unit (CDU).
We then take a look at the crew rest area for long haul flights, in addition to the cargo area where we run through some of the unique logistics that UPS must go through to load cargo.
It's truly an amazing machine, and I hope you guys enjoy watching the video!
#aviation #airliner #747

[@angleofattack]

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[@leesantos9711]

So glad to see a brand new 747 , hope they never stop making them ! The Queen of the Skies ! Thank you AofA and UPS !

[@angleofattack]

You're welcome!

[@deadly3703]

sadly, i think they're stopping production of the 747 in 2021, the same year the a380 is also stopped production

[@CARBONHAWK1]

These new ones will be in the sky’s till. 2040s maybe 2050 but that’s a stretch.. but we can hope

[@Jessy74588]

747 in general is a really good plane for cargo... but its very inefficient when it comes to fuel burn since there are other (2 engine) planes that can fly the same distance but more efficient such as the A330, 350 and the boeing 777, 787 etc

[@fab8657]

@@Jessy74588 each one of those 2 engines is more powerful than 1 of the 747 tho. Plus the 747 is the best for long-distance cargo transport.

[@daveinstlouis]

Another 16 Dash 8's on order! Thank you UPS for helping to keep the 747 alive!

[@herzglass]

My favorite airliner! I so envy you for this tour. The closeups on the cockpit are pure eyegasm for me. Thanks a lot!

[@masteryoda498]

The Boeing 747, greatest aircraft ever made, it's sad that the passenger variation has died, but there will still be a demand for the freighter version because of the design. And what an awesome cockpit, simple and well designed. Long live the Queen of the Sky. Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@traineepilot57]

Those fire resistant containers reminded me of UPS 6. Glad that UPS implemented additional safety measures to prevent the same incident from happening again. I hope the other cargo airlines will follow suit.

[@SC-sf8xt]

First 747 made is parked at the museum of flight near seattle, the 747 800 of today is a marvel of technolgical evolution since 1969

[@mrpaulgrimm6129]

Worked for UPS 39 years. Great Company

[@mattguthmiller]

I think I learned more in this video than in my own tour 😂 nice work buddy!

[@angleofattack]

Ha! I know. I had stepped out of the cockpit, then asked him to come back for the technical overview. I felt like that made the video.

[@thepilotconnor]

I love going to check these out in the factory and on the flight line. It is a very impressive aircraft. Especially sitting in the cockpit 30 feet off the deck!

[@angleofattack]

Nothing like it

[@AviationNut]

His kids probably call him and say "Hey Dad can you check if my package is on board your aircraft?". 😁😁

[@angleofattack]

Wouldn't that be cool to know, though?

[@SirRawtcha]

I’d swear this guy was in a Matt Guthmiller DC 3 video...

[@bluesp567]

I believe you may be correct. Eric is name as I recall and I do remember him slipping in a "UPS" on one of the radio calls from the DC-3!

[@shep427]

Pretty sure you are correct

[@moiscotv]

I KNEW I KNEW THAT FACE!!!

[@ethanrocket123]

It is

[@dcplyr]

That captain is very passionate about flying, good to see buster brown upgrade their fleet.

[@grandpa1687]

Glad to see they are still building the 747. In my humble opinion; it is the most beautiful and graceful airplane in the world. Angle of Attack, thank you for the video.

[@rudolfabelin383]

Thank you Captain for giving this interview!!!

[@kendallcarlile6133]

ERIC! PIC rated in the DC-3 as well! Good to see him at his day job!

[@herbm8709]

Great interview! You asked every question that I thought of right after I was thinking of it .

[@OHAREAVIATION]

Pretty cool!! I’ve flown jumpseat with UPS on both the 747-8 and 747-400.

[@angleofattack]

That would be fun.

[@leatherwoodjay]

Great info vid. Still enjoying Josh's Alaska vids also. Thanks for the fantastic tour you gave him especially the last Denali vid! Incredible!! You could probably make huge bucks just taking peeps on those tourist flights.....

[@davidsandell7833]

Wow, 763,000lbs landing weight. Absolutely amazing.

[@Enid2Sacramento]

Man, what a beautiful plane!

[@angleofattack]

IKNOWRIGHT?

[@challenger2ultralightadventure]

Large fuzzy dice! The cockpit is missing a set of large fuzzy dice to make it complete! Until it gets those, it's not a complete cockpit!

[@angleofattack]

Peter Toth You’re right! Guess that’s an option UPS didn’t get with Boeing.

[@badsanta69]

Hula girl too.

[@jimmaguire6343]

Plus a chrome chain yoke and maybe foot shaped pedals.

[@mychases.channel]

Cool walkthrough

[@chadhoward07]

i got to see these on the daily😁😁😁. the ups pilots are some of the coolest, most laid back guys.

[@LoneWolf-wu6yn]

Reassuring seeing UPS make the additional storage for fire resistance after the tragedy in Dubai. That was the Captains reference to Lithium batteries.

[@Chavez787]

Gave the video the 747th like 👍🏼😌🛫

[@angleofattack]

Halloween PaPi that’s awesome!

[@Roodj1]

Ahh the nice new look of a new aircraft... sooo different then the Q400 I fly.

[@locoHAWAIIANkane]

There was a UPS 744F that flew in to HNL today from SDF and an hour later, she took off to SYD. Talk about eat and run!

[@brewz1000]

It's cool when you get to talk with a guy who knows his stuff. I'd trust my new rubiks cube shipped from China to that guy any day!

[@dogbird6758]

Thank you UPS for keeping this beautiful airplane in production. United, American and Delta. Why don't ya'll buy a few huh??

[@span1283p]

Would be good if we continue using the 747 to carry people rather than packages but like others say good to see UPS keeping it alive.

[@paulbartels6585]

Fly Lufthansa

[@amfwelsh]

A great passionate 747 pilot

[@angleofattack]

He really was!

[@TBONETIA]

To the 61 people who gave this a thumbs down 👎.... SHAME on YOU! 🙄🤦‍♀️😡

[@fab8657]

just a bunch of airbus idiot fanboys :)

[@Runmikerun1onTube]

Great interview! Thank you!

[@1979dal]

"Ummm" was said 136 times in the making of this video.

[@etnies777]

If you dont say uhm 30 times a minute are you really a pilot?

[@ILC-eo6vk]

@@etnies777 He's a pilot, not a public speaker.

[@jeffg7brj548]

W D Ummm, Ummm, Ummm, Argh!!!

[@davidf6326]

And you were sad enough to count them? ;-)

[@joeyjamison5772]

It's more important that he knows how to handle the airplane.

[@muckelchen123]

one of the greatest airplane ever, hope the will never stop production !For me it is the queen of the sky !!!and also Jo Sutter, the great eng. who designed this tream, R.I.P.!

[@riod43]

The biggest difference between UPS and FEDEX is, UPS is a trucking company that also has planes. FEDEX is an air shipping company that also uses trucks.

[@coeu6457]

Thanks to show us the Boeing 747

[@derekyoung4637]

Great vid man.Good questions too.

[@angleofattack]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@williamhenderson9535]

Good PR and timing for Boeing ! Go UPS! Thanks

[@angleofattack]

Sure enough!

[@andrewm852]

Nice video, great work. Some bad phasing in the audio though.

[@angleofattack]

I cut out the background noise, and it did some weird things. Tough environment. Lav would have been better

[@andrewf9557]

Ahhh that new plane smell!

[@angleofattack]

Intoxicating

[@garypugh1153]

Now for a walkthru tour of my cessna 150 🇺🇸

[@chrisbowpiloto]

Gary Pugh you gonna have to find a midget to walk through that one! 😂

[@juhalux]

AofA, thanks for the videos. You should end all of your vids with your signature call-sign...Cleeeeeeaaaarrr That's your trademark!... The way you call out before engine start. I used to call that too when I was flying helicopters but with just normal clear-call. BTW; I fished salmon in Nak Nek, Bristol Bay for two summers in the -90's , love Alaska! Now happily live in Hawaii. Aloha

[@angleofattack]

What part of Hawaii? We're thinking of spending some time in Maui this Winter.

[@juhalux]

@@angleofattack We live in Oahu. All Islands in Hawaii are very beautiful, you're going to love your trip. Especially when leaving winter behind. Enjoy.

[@chippledon1]

Music editing was just a tad annoying (had to get that out of the way...sorry!) Nevertheless, a great video. Very informative - very interesting. Thanks for posting it!! Btw, I hit the "like" button.

[@nudgenudgewinkwink3212]

I love the crew compartments on airliners for some reason just think they are a clever use of space.

[@deeanna8448]

Beautiful! I am so disappointed that I missed it. I arrived in OshKosh the day after it left.

[@andrewhoward9870]

Cool! Very interesting.

[@utubewatcher360]

The flight Captain looks very familiar????? I believe he was flying a DC-3 on another KZbin flying channel, with Matt Guthmiller

[@utubewatcher360]

Thought so!!! How did you confirm that?? Never got his name@cray mour

[@mattguthmiller]

That’s him!

[@utubewatcher360]

thank you Matt - enjoy all of your videos. Keep them coming @@mattguthmiller

[@bobdonovan34]

I was surprised to see the single cue flight director rather than crosshairs.

[@c_hube3694]

Bob Donovan I was wondering if I was the only one to notice that. Must be a fleet commonality thing within UPS from the overlap when they transitioned from the -200s to the -400s-cuts down on the amount of difference training..? I hated using the single after using the dual cue FD!

[@MarcusLeepapi]

Looking very nice.....Thank you....

[@angleofattack]

Thanks!

[@ronaldhltullmann361]

Very interesting Video with vauable information provided...

[@danniepushkin5849]

I miss you -8F

[@UTube4Junky]

Good video. Eric B is a great instructor.

[@angleofattack]

Sure is!

[@billnicholson2470]

Nice video Chris. Very cool cockpit. I wouldn't want the payment book for that monster. Thanks for sharing.

[@thegeek3348]

reminds me of a nicer C-5.

[@shaunroberts9361]

That was kool. Wow. Huge aircraft.

[@gregc6661]

Nice video, I think UPS is an awesome organization.

[@redleader]

Hey!....isn't that the Dude who flew the PAA livery DC-3 to D-Day??? I dunno...all bald guys look alike to me. But he did say he was a 74 CA. It's great footage over on Matt Guthmuller's site..... Thanks AOA for this..!! so clean so clean....

[@s.leszczynski5966]

Damon Harvey I was thinking the same thing!

[@GurshawnBal]

Yeah it's him

[@tristantriton8115]

@@s.leszczynski5966 same.

[@philmontejano5971]

Very nice bird but miss the cold circular staircase to upper deck

[@ethansaviation2672]

That's been gone for years, even the 400 didn't have that

[@hllboi817]

Just built airplane... still looks like it just came outta the 70s, lol...best part about freight travel, its quiet...still got engine noise but u dont have to deal with passenger comfort

[@rajeshraghavanpm1512]

Already 2 MEL’s on it😜

[@trueblue2124]

Great video - thank you -

[@gibbyh65]

Very nice, I found it to be very informative.

[@kirkknight2926]

I took a nap on this plane when it was 5 days old

[@AviationNut]

From the thumb nail the captain looks almost identical to Martin Brodel. Martin Brodel runs a news channel here on KZbin and LiveLeak. 🙂 Anyone here ever watched Martin Brodel's channel before?.

[@watsonriveroaks2107]

Wow...u asked some really good questions ✌

[@angleofattack]

Thanks!

[@Tjm416]

I’m thinking that I want to work my way up to be a pilot one day, I’m a package car driver now and I want to drive feeder soon but I think I want to go all the way to the top

[@angleofattack]

Why not?! Totally doable!

[@imransharif443]

Very grade beautiful

[@traineepilot57]

That chevron F/D is a bit unusual. I was always used to seeing as a cross.

[@moriver3857]

F/D can be either single-cue, as in the video, or dual-cue, the cross you referred to. Some airplanes allow to switch FD in flight, others you must be on the ground. The dual cue is used more today and has the advantage that it can be split, using only lateral or vertical guidance only, depending on the situation. The single cue is just a carry over from the analog/mechanical flight director days. The dual cue is mostly the default FD on modern avionics. Good day!

[@Bromon655]

People try to find every way possible to relate this to the 737 max, which is really sad

[@angleofattack]

I know, it's pretty lame.

[@Roodj1]

Those containers also help contain explosives if they go off, increasing the likelihood of the aircraft flying to an airport instead of crashing

[@harmzegt8066]

Very Nice to see the new plane. Thank you for showing. Ps: i don’t know where you got the thought we needed music for Some seconds, but that has become A real nuisance over whole KZbin. It does Not add anything.

[@chromebomb]

Imagine being at 747 UPS pilot and your kid tracking their amazon package on their phone

[@kiethlowry2862]

cool interview

[@MRBROWSER2012]

747 is the best jumbo ever built..

[@sam04019491]

Are these CRT displays? I saw a video about upgrading the old 757/767 CRT displays with modern avionics. Is there a plan to roll this type of upgrade to the 747?

[@bertoverweel6588]

Looks a lot like the B777 cockpit .

[@angleofattack]

Yup! really similar avionics now

[@thomashelm6931]

Did he sign off your log book to sit in the first officer's seat?

[@davegeorge7094]

Takes huge reverse thrust to stop a train, same with freight airplanes.

[@TheJoeSwanon]

Almost all of the cargo carriers use older secondhand planes surprise they’re using a brand new 747 Wonder if that’s part of the reason they cost more then fed ex

[@angleofattack]

Like he said, they're thinking long term and "volume". Doesn't surprise me at all.

[@larrymoy4955]

UPS has already taken delivery of 12 of the 28 747-8Fs they ordered. I toured the cargo hold at EAA 2019 and it was cavernous! Amazing the amount of cargo that flies around the world.

[@joo7454]

Tesla should make a cockpit dashboard with one giant touch screen in the middle

[@ethansaviation2672]

No tesla can stay away from these big birds

[@DirtNerds]

did i see a stall by the A-10 at the end?

[@sylviaelse5086]

I have to wonder how long this size of aircraft will be available to cargo haulers, given that passenger operators seem to be preferring smaller aircraft now. It already appears that the 747 will be the last four engined aircraft in production, and I can't imagine that Boeing could continue to run the production line just to supply a few cargo airlines. Maybe the twins could get this big, but I wouldn't want to bet on it.

[@jewpiterjones]

“Like most new airplanes...” oof is that a 737MAX joke? Lol

[@gilliantracy7991]

Very informative video. Music was a bit distracting tho. But thank you! Perhaps I missed it but was this at Oshkosh?

[@aaronbays4]

So can they load freight on the upper deck???? I know the 747-800 passenger version has a HUGE upper deck, much longer than the 747-400. Does the 747-800 freighter have that same extended upper deck??

[@johncatlow3089]

Sorry but where is the interview part with Erik?

[@NonoBelune]

what airshow is that?

[@trueffelsucher]

Where's the part where Erik talks about his career?

[@angleofattack]

I cut it out.

[@kingbrandgaming3892]

Funny how it’s the newest but I’ve loaded this plane more than 10 times while working at ups lol

[@redbaronmodeling]

I only got to see my planes wing in there for 1 second

[@mattg2226]

4 weeks old and already two MEL stickers LOL

[@ldus]

I know MEL is minimum equipment list, but what does it mean when a piece of equipment has a MEL sticker on it?

[@CommentCritic]

@@ldus A minimum equipment list (MEL) is a list which provides for the operation of aircraft, subject to specified conditions, with particular equipment inoperative (which is) prepared by an operator in conformity with, or more restrictive than, the MEL established for the aircraft type. (ICAO Annex 6: Operation of Aircraft).

[@WMAcadet]

@@ldus It means that it doesn't work and is deferred temporarily. Deferral stickers are quite common because the airplanes do not sit on the ground much as compared to the ones flying domestically, some of which sit for much of the day. Still, depending on what is deferred, there is a time limit on how long an item can be deferred before being fixed or replaced, and some things cannot be deferred. I flew the -100 and -200 and loved flying them, but they did not feature a glass cockpit as the -400 and -8F do, and I was domiciled in Louisville. The crews on the -400 and -8F are domiciled only in Anchorage, so it is not a super senior airplane as you might expect.

[@Stl10699]

Ditch the shades

[@kaboomman100]

does it have MCAS?

[@ethansaviation2672]

No the 747-8 program was made before mcas. plus it doesn't need it

[@philmontejano5971]

No 747 8s at United, AA or Delta.

[@alanaahad385]

After the Boeing 737 Max fiasco, I don't think Boeing will make a kill with their other models. The trust in Boeing has been thrown out of the windows, it is an uphill battle for Boeing to gain trust from its customers.

[@brianwinston8627]

Well, Ford did fairly well after the Pinto ordeal back in the 70's.

[@Bromon655]

The 747 has never had mcas. The 737 max is the only plane that had this feature.

[@johnlawrence2757]

I’ll take three

[@aerlial360]

Would you mind replying as to where this took place? Thanks from a huge aviation geek.

[@angleofattack]

aerlial360 AirVenture 2019 in OshKosh Wisconsin.

[@aerlial360]

@@angleofattack Thanks!

[@Stl10699]

So much questioning