Can a 747 PILOT fly a GLIDER? Behind the Scenes with CAPTAIN JOE

Great day flying with Captain Joe in an Arcus double seater glider.
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[@StpBks]

I'm retired now from 747's I was briefing some young aviation cadets that "the engine is only there to cover up your mistakes. Flying a glider makes your mistakes glaringly obvious." Then a youngster raised his hand and asked, "Captain, why do you have four engines on your airplane?"

[@joefung2504]

The most different is the GA fly by the Trust the pilot only needs to fly the plane always maintain at the Horizontal Level, the glider is flying by the momentum to catch up the speed on the lift or thermo, so the glider pilot must always to keep the nose down to gain the gravity to avoid the speed stall .

[@knowledgebyte]

There are four engines on this plane, two for flying and two more to be sure, to be sure.

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Stefan ma boy! What an honor it was! Thank you so much for your time! I'm excited to get launched into the air again with you soon :) Stay as humble as you are and maintain that professionalism you have in the cockpit!

[@zbynekchmela7778]

That moment you got airsick (is it? like seasick) clearly shows what of a different experience it was. Sorry for you can’t get longer flight, but it was very educative moment. Did you even imagine this can happen to you?

[@Sharkacy]

nice

[@vsznry]

Nawice

[@ThaignWL]

the smile on his face when he is flying is all you need.

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Thanks buddy :)

[@Blob_Studios]

Speaking as a young glider pilot myself, I also get sick when sitting in the back without being in control for too long. As long as you've complete control yourself, airsickness won't really appear to most people. On top of that, filming and having an eye on the camera causes instant sickness for most people which is the reason we advise first-timers not to use their phones. :)

[@oselini]

That happend to me.. now I'm waiting to do a second fly and see how it goes. If I will not get sick I'll do the school for getting the licence (finger crossed). Do you suggest some medicine? Should I eat something? The day I went sick my stomach was totally empty. Thx!

[@tinchote]

@@oselini It should make a huge difference when you are the one doing the flying.

[@oselini]

@@tinchote i hope so.. next time i won't do any filming :-) and I'll ask to be in the front seat

[@realulli]

Joe didn't film, he was flying. ;-)

[@hennievangalen3789]

'Back to basics' the smiles of Captain Joe ! Priceless.

[@Bobi-ow6ou]

Captain Joe is such a nice guy, like to see you having fun in a glider, have a wonderful Easter bless you

[@johnyves1246]

Gliding for years from my early teens layed the foundation of my entire aviation career : I beat the Air Force selection and became a fighter pilot and later took on a commercial career and flew all the 747 series from the dash 1 to 8 . I can assure in retrospect that gliding made me a better pilot. I had several complete engine failures and I never had the sense it was catastrophic .

[@skizzofly]

@flywithcaptainjoe , Stefan, what joy to see my two favorite YT pilots fly together with a glider!!! :)

[@SteFly]

Thank you so much 🙏🏼

[@CyclingMikey]

Yup, if you are going to get airsick, it'll be in a glider or an aerobatic plane that's most likely to make you spew. That was a great video! As a young pax-rated glider pilot of 17 years in Harare, Zimbabwe, I often got to take up British Airways flight staff. We used to keep their Flight Staff Recreation Club Bijave glider, and could use it when they weren't. It was a good way for me to get in cheap or free flying as a teenager. Very funny to be 17yo and P1 over a 747 captain, which happened reasonably often for me.

[@alcampbell5831]

What a treat! 2 of my favourite pilots on youtube in the one video. Both always very informative and entertaining.

[@SteFly]

Thank you very much 🙏🏼

[@fredpilot2765]

Danke Stefan, ich hab auf das Video lange gewartet gehabt. 👍

[@CasTheMan_]

Great as always!

[@markmartin9346]

Flying gliders since I was 15 and had a 35 year career with the airlines. I instruct in gliders and I like when airline guys join our club. Airline guys only use rudder when engine out and kicking out the crab on crosswind landing. However, it's fun to watch them try to keep the glider from yawing all the time. Any little bank necessitates using rudder and that is hard for them to control. So we go yawing thru the sky.

[@paalmiso]

love to see that you've met Joe, he seem such a nice guy, i've been following you two for a long time :)

[@BrianDias007]

Good to see even a professional can get sick on a glider flight x Keep up the good work both of you.

[@TreinMachinist]

Love the video!❤

[@gilnemesis3547]

Hi Stef, obviously you have a very good knowledge on clouds that makes you so competitive, congratulations, you really deserve your title, thanks for sharing !😊😊😊

[@srinivasnyayapathi9083]

Seen it also on Capt Joe's channel too.... well done both of you.

[@don_alex_97]

Wow, Awesome video! Two nice guys!

[@arhamkhan8869]

Well now i know what my hobby will be when i grow up. Thanks stefan

[@StephanNeuserBostel]

I was fortunate enough to have my first flight (at age 62) in a glider a couple of month ago here in Down Under. I was feeling quite seedy as well, but managed to keep it down - just ;-). Having a flight simulator at home (MSFS) I have spent many hours gliding using my VR goggles, and it really helped when my pilot handed control over to me. He barely believed me that I haven't flown a real glider before 🙂. A quick comment in regards to towing: in Australia, and in some other countries, the glider stays below the towing plane, not above. My understanding is that this should help prevent 'pulling up' the tow planes tail, sending it inadvertently into a dive.

[@MuhammadArshad-sd4fl]

wow nice. In the field of airplane CAPTAIN JOE is my favorite one .

[@planeadventure]

Sehr cooles Video und schöne Werbung für den Segelflug! 😎 An das Gefühl musste ich mich auch erst gewöhnen 😅

[@user-eq3qk7vv9h]

B52 pilots visiting us at raf marham, england had a hell of a time( but a good one) flying precise enough to stay in the air. good times had by all!

[@PavloLukashuk]

Stefan, an incredible master of non-motorized flight! 👍 The master of air currents, relying on which he soars like a bird!🤔

[@NevContractor1]

I believe Augsberg is where my friend Mark Liczbinski learnt to fly gliders from the age of about 13. He then progresses to Lufthansa, where he became their youngest ever pilot at 21 I think. I also flew gliders from there on a few occasions, our teacher was an old Me110 mechanic. I also remember the F104 Starfighters on the airfield, and standing right next to them while they had their engines tested.

[@johnp3268]

„Thats what we always look at …. :clouds“ can’t imagine a better way to describe us glider pilots

[@user-eq3qk7vv9h]

Or birds

[@Rudi-xh3il]

ich fand den airliner spruch gut nachdem joe sagte, dass ihm die kurven nicht gut tun... Viel Erfolg dir dieses Jahr noch bei Wettbewerben etc, deine Videos motiviernen mich immer schnell in der Ausbildung weiter zu kommen um den Schein zu bekommen!

[@dennisk5818]

I knew I had recognized Joe's voice, but when I saw him in uniform, I realized that I've watched his channel. It would be interesting to fly glider with a 747 pilot, considering the manual flying that's required.

[@davidalhoff7190]

Hey Stefan are you now also jumping into the Cockpit of a 747?

[@gzk6nk]

I remember taking an airline pilot for a flight, not in a glider (I stared my flying in gliders in 1976) , but in our dH Chipmunk. As we climbed out of Liverpool John Lennon and turned left over the Mersey estuary in the climb out, I gave him control. "It's not climbing very well" he complained as we staggered skywards at about 300 feet per minute. "Try pushing left rudder to get the ball in the middle" I replied. With just 145hp and 2 occupants the Chippy is not overpowered, but centering the ball gave us 800 feet per minute.

[@bkailua1224]

Having flown both 767 and gliders. Most airline pilots have adverse yaw problems at first in a glider. Also can be easy to get airsick.

[@The_Modeling_Underdog]

Stefan: "Great flight. Great thermals." Joe: "Great vomit." Just kidding. Loved the video, guys. Very lighthearted. Cheers.

[@oshadilakshini2878]

YOU'RE AMAZING🎉THIS VIDEO MAKE ME TO WATCH AGING & AGING🙂BEST MOTIVATION👌BEST OF LUCK❤I LIKE TO SEE YOUR SMILEY FACE🥰KEEP GOING WELL🛩️

[@mindsoulbody]

CAPTAIN JOE! Surprised to see him.

[@n1vca]

This is also me fear when having to make endless steep turns in thermal winds to maximize gaining altitude getting motion sick and needing these bags for reverse eating 🤣 I am very confused with your airfield ... it was not Augsburg and from the distance it looked like North of Donauwörth but then it wasn't that either?! Thanks for sharing - I personally think glider pilots are the very best pilots because they have to have a perfect feeling for aerodynamics and energy management in order to make it down not being too fast and not too slow, though the speed brakes will probably give you a wider range to compensate for quite some margin or error. On motorized planes you can always do a go around if you mess up, here you have only one chance. Respect! I really want to try a glider flight this year and see how I can cope with it ... since I live closer to Königsdorf I consider trying it there also because of less air traffic, but occasionally I am also flying with a befriended pilot at EDMA, so maybe that is an opportunity with the Augsburg glider crowd, which I know is south of the field?

[@lorenzimarco]

Hi Stefan! Any chance you are coming for a flight in the Dolomites soon?

[@user-vj8rq9qp6z]

Hey Stefan! 😁

[@hikkks]

LOL. My two favourite youtubers together :D

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

I appreciate that :)

[@SteFly]

Thank you :)

[@mitseraffej5812]

In my country of New Zealand there is a vibrant gliding community. Recently they published some safety statistics and according to them the sport caries five times the risk of death than riding a motorcycle on our roads.

[@user-mn5ny6rv8q]

Круто!!!!!!

[@EleanorPeterson]

For the Incredible Hulk, this beautiful glider would be a DLG.🤭 (Sorry, that's a not very funny radio-controlled modeller's joke. DLG stands for 'Discus-Launched Glider', which is a model that's flung into the air from a flat field by grabbing it by a wingtip, spinning round, and letting go. A really good launch can exceed 70 metres, which gives plenty of altitude from which to start hunting for thermals.)

[@tbas8741]

IMHO - ALL Pilots should be required to get a glider license before they get any plane license or fly any plane like it used to be in ww2, As the skills learnt in glider are key survival skills as proven by a few Commercial jets which had lost engine power & without the pilots being Former Glider pilots they would have most likely Crashed instead of landing.

[@terryallen660]

Assembling it by hand with those kind of connections? i wouldn't trust it haha I'd want full welds or something on mine

[@alwishy2696]

Did he Barf up Stefan ?🤣

[@83nav]

He did, watch Captain Joe´s upload. 😉

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

yes I did, and I'm proud of it ;)

[@SteFly]

Have a look at Captain Joes video ;)

[@alwishy2696]

@@flywithcaptainjoe 😂 Good lad ! it’s always good to have a clear out

[@alwishy2696]

@@flywithcaptainjoe What’s your record altitude drop due to turbulence in a passenger aircraft ?.

[@ralph9099]

Can a GLIDER PILOT fly a 747?

[@DrzewieckiDesign]

Seeing cpt Joe vomiting is so reassuring 🤣

[@Aitch-Two-Oh]

You hold the wings on with sticky tape? OMG 😱

[@amirhasanbasic2193]

Haha same video, nice gonna watch it again 😂

[@SteFly]

It’s not exactly the same video ;)

[@amirhasanbasic2193]

Great video as always Stefan, one question about the emergency parachutes, are they obligatory equipment? I had a discussion with someone from Germany saying you don't have to wear them. I always have my parachute on and we always say that it's uncomfortable without a parachute but is it regulated as obligatory when flying, I couldn't find anything on EASA part-FCL

[@SteFly]

@@amirhasanbasic2193 Thank you! It is mandatory to wear a parachute for training flights and for competition flights. So for normal flying and XC flying it is not required but everyone is using a parachute. For example for the next world gliding championships in the USA they have the requirement that the parachute needs to be repacked within 180 days (not 360 days as manufacturers suggests).

[@CyclingMikey]

@@amirhasanbasic2193 When I flew gliders in Zimbabwe, we also had a normal practice of wearing parachutes.

[@amirhasanbasic2193]

I was really surprised that it is not made mandatory by the regulators

[@oecherclips2711]

very nice to see a glider beeing rigged. any idea if i can find gfh (glider flying handbooks) online? sorry if ia ma mistaken with the abreciations, i am quite tired. ok after i ve read my last sentence i am almost asleep

[@planelover245]

MBBSG i am a member Stefan.

[@cloudpandarism2627]

should be no problem at all since the 747 is basically a fat glider with lots of seats 😜

[@cloudpandarism2627]

just finished watching. sad to have such an amazing experience kinda ruined from a proper barf session. sagt mal wird das irgendwann besser wenn man öfter fliegt? oder bleibt das für immer so das einem ab und zu kotz übel wird? ich würde den beutel randvoll reihern. als paramotor pilot kannich nicht länger als 30-45 min fliegen. dann brauch ich ne pause weil es sonst mittagessen auf den strand regnen würde 🤢🤮🤪

[@ThermalWave]

​@@cloudpandarism2627für die allermeisten wird es mit mehr Erfahrung besser, vor allem der kürzlich zurückliegenden Erfahrung. Also am Ende der Saison besser als nach der Winterpause. Selbst steuern, vorne sitzen, gute Lüftung, nicht zu warm, leicht essen etc. hilft auch alles.

[@dkjens0705]

Nothing can touch the efficiency of a modern glider. I flew hang gliders for ten years in the 80s and 90s, speeds were kept between 25-40mph or 40-65kph, only the Wills Wing Ram Air liked to stretch its legs at 60mph or 100kph but it was a pig to fly. To see a modern glider cruising along at 130kph and probably a 40-50 to 1 glide ratio says somethiong about efficiency.

[@tomcharles8786]

..incredible...I gained my ATC Gliding wings in 1961...winch lift...RAF Kenley aerodrome.....Slingsby T31....never forget 'CISTRS'......

[@brunogt1982]

Joe send me 🙌🏼🙇🏽👌🏽

[@12tman12]

What's the point of ballast, so it doesn't take off too quickly on the tow?

[@mrelytra]

A bit extra weight allows gliders to fly a lot faster while maintaining their usual glide ratio. Sadly that comes with the cost of a lower climb rate in thermals, but as long as the thermals are strong enough, it sure is worth it to have some water ballast.

[@brentc5422]

To increase wing loading…allows the glider to fly faster at the same glide ratios versus empty. Must be dumped prior to landing to provide slower approach/landing speeds.

[@12tman12]

Cool thanks, really interesting!

[@goforit7774]

What propels this glider?

[@stephencrowther524]

Gravity

[@Tom-or2bm]

Ist das schon der neue Segler ??

[@hansbuhlmann4913]

Nö...

[@SteFly]

Nein 😅

[@BastianRoser1]

And now: Can a glider pilot fly a 747? :)

[@tinchote]

If you mean the controls, absolutely; I've known several 747 pilots that were also glider pilots, and they all said that control-wise the 747 was very easy. The thing is that flying a 747 implies knowing and using a lot of systems and procedures and conventions.

[@DanFrederiksen]

Strange that gliders want extra weight. And I can imagine getting sea sick because a glider constantly turns.

[@davidstuart4915]

all power pilots should first qualify solo + a few hrs before learning power and not just for the obvious reason!

[@mariosouto2668]

Can a glider pilot fly a B747?

[@licencetoswill]

dont let a 747 pilot do the landing flare, you'll still be 15 metres in the air...

[@jimdean5333]

Why not let him attempt to l;and

[@monostripeexplosiveexplora2374]

Zum Ausgleich auch einmal Bergfalke fliegen, nicht dass der sich an die Bequemlichkeit gewöhnt!!

[@78779]

But can a glider pilot fly a 747?

[@imrichlesnak6002]

Yeah Glider with pulse engine ❤

[@Pramix]

The airline pilot getting sick in a glider....

[@orangmakan]

Depends on the pilot. If he is fat he can not.

[@choppergirl]

As a passenger, I would say he or she better be able to fly a glider, or I'm getting the phwck off this plane. In fact, he should have started on a glider. If you skipped glider school, and never learned how to fly the wing, you FAIL as a pilot.

[@dunnkruger8825]

CAN A SEMI-Truck driver drive a Porsche 911? CAN a Harley rider balance a Schwinn? CAN a bourbon drinker quaff wine? REALLY dude, don’t we have something else to do?

[@randomguyinanglider]

Well looks like he can’t,don’t you have something else to do?