First Commercial Airbus A380 Flight Landing in Sydney

[@Jet-Pack]

Great landing. It looks so cool, when you can see the air above the wing

[@LouisPrudhomme]

The landing was so smooth & the atmosphere so great ! Very emotional video, really...

[@dwmander]

Wow...what a quiet plane. Loved the spontaneous cheering!

[@NicoyaSalsero]

Congratulations and thanks a million for sharing this and making history in commecial aviation. Simply an unforgettable experience that will remain your whole life. Once again: congratulations!

[@SingaporeAirlinesSIN]

Congratulations on being part of aviation history Dan!

[@Shakemagroovethangg]

you lucky git! Hope you enjoyed your flight. Great video. The 25th of October 2007 marks in my opinion the 3rd Aviation Revolution

[@KevinAndrew350]

Great video! Congratulations Airbus and Singapore Airlines.

[@Vaughan763]

Rogapol, I remember that, there were 4 episodes or something. The amount of work by France, Germany, Italy Spain and the UK is unbelievable. Well done to airbus. The flaps are pretty loud, but it is the way airbus had to design it due to the size. They had a nice session of applause there, as it was a fantastic flight. I wonder what buzz the pilots must get from achieving something as important as that.

[@MarkLaren]

I love the background music. It goes very well!

[@xxquiker]

The chime sound means that the plane is still on the runway. It is also the same when the plane enters the runway, you get 2 chimes instead of one.

[@TerenceO]

Nice video, like the new music on the A380. Would love to take it soon.

[@an147]

Wow! The flaps go up so fast. I love that sound too. A second SA A380 will arrive very shortly.

[@1530max]

Good stuff. Great footage of the spoilers in action.

[@dkpilot90]

I just love it and hope someday to take a flight on one. Also love the smoothjazz. Totally appropiate.

[@Replay35]

Wow! Very nice video, Gongratulations what a aplaus!! .. You was a part of the historie..

[@bigturk74]

I've seen one of these babies flying over my office in Istanbul the day before. It was beautiful

[@Haloman411]

I like the jazz in the background it goes with the plane

[@KingTriton1837]

No. Its like attending an opera or an orchestra concert, You do well, and you are given applause for it.

[@xxquiker]

Singapore airlines is once again making another aviation history, this is why they are the best airline

[@MarkLaren]

Can't believe it's been almost 10 years

[@KingTriton1837]

Yeah. Come to think of it, I remember back when I was 9 and I flew a airbus A320 from Las Vegas to Phoenix on America West. I distinctly remember that sound.

[@diegomonteirex]

Nice landing and beautiful airliner .

[@MarkLaren]

You are one of the most lucky men on Earth!!

[@jetfreak4]

Jesus..what an enormous wing. I got to fly on a 777 several years ago..this wing is at least twice as thick, and amazingly 60 feet longer! The 747 will still always fascinate me though...the 747 and A380 are both planes that are just out of this world.

[@VolarEsPasion]

There was a party going in there! ;) good video and congratulations!

[@Rogapol]

Discovery channel had a fabulous documentary on the making of this aircraft...we look at them and fly in them, but gee some technology goes into the making of these magnificent flying machines.

[@Chrisrex83]

She's really an amazing aircraft--very graceful. I fly a simulated version on FS2004, and if it's dynamics are anything like the real thing, then it's a real joy to fly

[@rsowder]

Those are actually speed breaks, not spoilers. Spoilers are located under the center of lift on the wing, which sailplanes use. Commercial airliners use speed breaks, which are located further aft on the wing.

[@Gerardius]

The music has not been added by the author of this vid, is the ambient music prior to the landing. I agree with you, is better to hear the engineering masterpiece of the turbines. :P

[@RHCP9181]

wow what a beautiful aircraft! i waas watching one of these videos and it made such a hard landing!

[@serge933]

wow great video, great quality too, that wing really droops alot once on the ground lol

[@goingtobeapilot]

Holy crap, look at the spoilers at 2:17, there are so many of them! It looks so cool.

[@Meuk1982]

Sounds like it was a very relaxing flight

[@TheAirmanYouTube]

Thanks for sharing such a great experience.. I hope I can get a chance to ride on this massive plane =D

[@MarkLaren]

Staggering to comprehend, and rather sad, knowing that this plane, 9V-SKA has actually been retired from SIA

[@ABflyersk8r]

Seat 53.... Wow, shows how big this thing is, this plane is a beauty

[@MarkLaren]

thanks. I was hoping to download this song! :D

[@thekttunstallholic]

hope i get this seat or directly above it on the upper deck on my flight from SIN-NRT. perfect view!

[@bonbondesel]

oohhh Wonderfull video !! A lovely Kiss Landing. A beautiful and elegant machine !!!

[@xxquiker]

O yea also note then the plane exits the runway, you hear another chime. I think its a feature to let the cabin crew know where they are at.

[@musico81986]

Great video! Listening to that elevator music would of killed me if I was on that flight! I noticed braking took a long time! Either the airplane was aiming for the end of the runway to turn-off, or it really needed the braking distance because of 2 reversers. You cut-out the flap retraction! I'll give you +4 overall.

[@MarkLaren]

SINGAPORE AIRLINES WINS ONCE AGAIN AS "THE AIRLINE OF THE YEAR FOR 2008". "For the 3rd time in 10 years, Singapore Airlines has been named World's Best Airline, winning the 2008 Airline of the Year title in the latest World Airline Awards" said Edward Plaisted (CEO of Skytrax). "We extend our congratulations to them for this notable achievement, coinciding with the time that Singapore Airlines was the world's first airline to fly the Airbus A380."

[@n310ea]

Great landing of the A380! What was that jazz song playing over the plane's intercom radio during the approach until touchdown?

[@SuperApple1995]

i like how retracting the flaps is louder than these 4 engines :D

[@orchidroom]

what do you mean, flaps are always used on landing, otherwise it would stall or overshoot the runway

[@cantliff9]

Nice landing!

[@bountyCXVII]

i don't know for sure but i assume that it's the hydraulic pumps used to pressurize the pistons to deploy and retract the flaps

[@shorem20]

Good one airbus. Nice and entertaining video

[@excel230]

The 747-8 is just an upgrade to an existing model. This is an entirely new model.. I still think Airbus will have a hard time breaking even, but the plane is amazing.

[@dtw777]

I also heard it's so that they will not pick up any debris and damage the engines while doing so, because they're beyond the width of the runway. I am not 100% sure on that, but it's what I heard.

[@Shakemagroovethangg]

I think the flaps are already down. And remember, the ammount of flaps is governed by the height above sea level (of the airport) the weight of the aircraft, runway length etc.

[@slipknotsoadown]

read it on the web... the first flight had seats auctioned off

[@ecw0647]

Nice video. Kind of makes a mockery out of no electronic devices during landing and takeoff.

[@planemadmatt]

Did you put the music on or was it already playing? What a beautiful aicraft...I hope to fly on it soon!

[@BAflyer12]

I was on that same flight. I won first class tickets on that flight from a contest.

[@starsoffyre]

I saw the A380 singapore airlines parked at terminal 3 of changi airport. It is really big.

[@xxquiker]

the cloud thing on the wing is air air condensation. Its very normal and not harmful at all

[@endeavourandpanda]

I wish good luck to the cabin crew pilots and the aircraft its self for a great sucessful future!

[@homsiz]

if im not mistaken i think it had something to do with saving wieght by eliminating reverse thrust on the outer engines...although im not sure.

[@joemccormick]

Were they actually playing music on final haha? That's awesome.

[@goingtobeapilot]

Well, they are the ailerons too, but in this case they are being used as brakes to slow the plane down... do to the pilot activating the spoilers... aka speed brakes.

[@flyeroftheyear4444]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SINGAPORE A380! One year to this day

[@banstaman]

also to save weight, because Airbus proved that the A380 could be stopped with spoilers and brakes alone, however the FAA requires reverse-thrust.

[@Edwiness]

Are you sure about that? There didn't seem to be much vibration but the flaps when they closed after touchdown made more noise than the engines on take off!

[@saifultrains]

very nice and clear video :) Lucky guy

[@Jigsaw407]

I know... but it could still have been the A380's first commercial crash. My point is: a landing was only successful, when the aircraft (especially a huge and heavy one as this) has successfully slowed down. There is video here on youtube filmed from he cabin, where you can hear people clap after touchdown. And then you can hear them scream, because the aircraft went off the runway.

[@boyzroks]

i bet you that the pilot was holdin his breath, heart pumping super fast when he landed. notice how careful he was at landing! nice vid anyways p.s.lucky u, u didnt get busted at all for videotaping! how did you do that?i wonder how my dad stilll calls us when hes in the middle of taxing to the runway, he might say "quick, you talk to me and ill listen" i would ask,"y?", then he would say "shush, the flight attendents coming near me. next thing you know, a girls yelling at him :D

[@svscared]

Hope to be flying in that soon

[@Jacky_Nguyen7]

Its the first commercial (passengering) flight of a A380, hence Singapore A380, First to Fly

[@KushalDave]

wow nice catch

[@Mikelaren101]

I thought they didn't diliver them yet, where do they usually land/fly, im assuming they only do long distance high capacity flights?

[@ylw]

That was a pretty hard landing.. What's with the music? Anyway thanks for posting this video. Is it very quiet? 53K is pretty close to the engines.

[@iloveLEGO24fan]

i like that "boom boom" noice on 2:36 and 3:35but awesome video!!!

[@youtrein]

nice landing!

[@auzziemax]

oh i understand omg i gt a keyring that has the A380 on debut flight from sydney but it took of and landed at sydney

[@Sterlingjob]

Carbon brakes are more efficient when they are nice and hot plus they wear alot less when they get upto temperature.Pilots are told when taxing to brake hard when coming onto stand etc as the brakes will wear alot more if they are dragged!! Plus it saves weight and makes it less complex!

[@pear406]

I thought the current a380s in operation were only equiped in a suite-like seating configuration. in this video it almost looks like you're in economy. :')

[@Tanzzy01]

smooth landing!!

[@roberthart1336]

Awesome vid

[@suncleTV]

awesome...really awesome...im extremely jealous with u being a part of an aviation history....lol

[@lockstocknl]

You mean the A320-100 (first version, no wingfences) is better then the A320-200 (main version, wingfences)? That is a very odd thing to say by a pilot. Especially because wingfences are different from winglets.

[@Beliath1993]

u guys are so lucky; i really wish to fly in a a380

[@Aviation380HD]

Love the pilot!

[@Schaschlik345]

@Airportchris2 You dont have to be afraid. The a380 is a topmodern aircraft flown by the best pilots. Thrust me, its a million times saver then going by car or bus! And in case of engine failure, you dont crash like a stone, Aircrafts, even such a big one, can glide for a very long distance. Plus: You can land with only 2 engines running very well.

[@thomascook2k7]

I read somewhere that the A380 produces 30% fuel emmissions per passenger compared to the 747!

[@OriginalDaVe]

Hm, flaps aren't used when landing? That's obviously quite different to most airliners.

[@planemadmatt]

Ok...Thanks!

[@Dirtjim]

great vid. whe the flaps retract they sound so odd i dont know if i like it or not....almost sounds like a fire alarm

[@TheAdarshbhowon]

hey was this music being played inside the plane or is it u who has added it???

[@rpg481]

nice video

[@kuntingkunto]

The A777? Never heard of it.

[@OriginalDaVe]

Actually I just watched the end of the video and quite clearly it is the flaps retracting. Spoilers were retracted as it left the runway, as they usually do.

[@bernhardthomas]

It seems to be very silent inside the cabin! What a bird ...

[@n310ea]

I like how the wing bows down as the plane loses airspeed on the runway after touch down.

[@shadddey5]

looks like the flaps going up look closly at the flaps at the time of the noise

[@PlaneAF876]

less pressure on the runway than many other jets b/c it has 4 more wheels than a 747. Composites also save weight.

[@wesselg2]

Does that thing always land that hard? It's not really good for te fuselage...

[@MarkLaren]

How much were the tickets?

[@SpencerStaudinger]

whats with the alerions?

[@gingmo1]

@fejic sounds like you know that sort of music well