Kos Island (KGS) | Airbus pilots + cockpit view | approach and landing on runway 32 | 4 cameras | 4k

[@danielwin6275]

Really the one of the best cockpitvideos out there on KZbin. And now we know even a church can be important for taxi😀👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you so much for the great feedback!

[@andoniskappas8901]

Hello captain, nice to see the MORIX transision in real life. I was born in kos island and im flying the MORIX transition frequently in the simulator.I've learned many things from your videos, thank you very much!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your very personal feedback! I wish you lots of fun with your simulator!

[@ΑΝΝΑΜΑΡΙΝΟΥ-υ8ψ]

Nice video! We love Kos Island and mostly the smooth flights like this one!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your thoughts! Have a nice day!

[@maxwellthompson3212]

Flying into Kos this September 2024.. looks like a glorious approach in .. the Greek islands always look amazing from the sky.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your feedback! I agree, the Greek islands always look amazing from the sky!

[@scaramonga]

Lovely crew, and so nice to see these pilots enjoying their jobs x Thank you.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and thanks so much for your friendly feedback! Yes, you are right, we really enjoy our jobs!

[@Sakeus]

Great job. Nice location. Will check it out later in a sim :) thank you for giving me idea for destinations where to fly to.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good feedback and have fun in the simulator!

[@Wuthuhn]

Es macht einfach Spaß, euch zuzusehen ! Und Ihr habt ein Glück , immer perfektes Wetter 😉

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Das höre ich sehr gerne! Vielen Dank fürs Zuschauen und das gute Feedback! Einen schönen Tag noch!

[@svenpipjorke122]

Tolle Videos, super Qualität. Weiter so! Grüße aus dem OCC

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank fürs Anschauen, alles Gute und bis bald!

We go there every year. Great video . Smooth landing . Great pilots. Id love to fly with them .

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the very kind words! I hope to see you onboard soon!

[@mikedelacruz9531]

Enjoyed your video very much. its nice to how you pilots fly. and your locations.. many thanks guys.. mike in the Highlands of Scotland

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for sharing your feedback!

[@philos3080]

Great job and thanks for sharing!👋🏼

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the feedback!

[@aaroraisanen4650]

That's a beautiful approach!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching!

[@j.lang87]

Great insight into a brilliant job

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the good feedback!

[@pamelabewley1685]

I want to fly with you guys, seems so joyful! Love the video!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the great feedback! Yes, we like very much what we do.

[@rrocketman]

Πολύ ωραία παρουσίαση ευχαριστώ 👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the great feedback!

[@hailzgeoff]

Thanks for uploading these videos - I'm really enjoying them, and the quality is excellent. One thing that I found interesting is that most of the tyre rubbering from landing aircraft seemed to be at the end of runway 32 - and very little at the end of runway 14. Is that because of the prevailing wind, or are there air traffic reasons ?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the great feedback! Good observation. Due to the prevailing winds, most landings are done on runway 32.

[@PCEngineer2007uk]

Nice work!!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks!

[@kjeldsennejunker7831]

Wieder ein tolles Video - vielen Dank fürs Teilen! I liked the debrief :) Habe ich das richtig verstanden, dass in Kos der Controller Approach, Tower und Ground in einem ist? Viele Grüße aus Rio

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Ja, bei den kleineren Flugplätzen werden oft Ground und Tower sowie ggf. Approach von einem Lotsen bearbeitet. Das kann jedoch auch variieren und zu verkehrsreichen Zeiten wieder auf mehrere Lotsen wechseln. Viele Grüße nach Rio!

[@shaddowbright]

Thank you for this amazing uplodad. I love planes, I love flights and I still dream of being a pilot. Must be so exciting flying others straight into their vacation island or back to their home town. Well, I'll never become a pilot - at least, next year I'll make it to the flight simulator assisted by a flight intructor. 🙂

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for watching and for sharing your personal feedback! Yes, flying passengers to their vacation island is always a very rewarding task because everybody on board the airplane is very happy.

[@marioheim8883]

Hallo. Mal wieder ein einfach nur tolles-Video! Eine Frage habe ich. Du arbeitest sehr häufig und stark am/mit dem Sidestick. Ich dachte die Korrekturen erfolgen bei Airbus (auch) durch die Steuercomputer. Reicht das bei Thermik/böigem Wind nicht aus - oder macht es auch einfach nur Spaß. :-) Ich denke da an Pilot Induced Oszillation... Beste Grüße

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Vielen Dank für das Lob! Letztendlich fliegt man den Airbus manuell nicht anders als ein konventionelles Flugzeug. Wenn man als Pilot anhand der Instrumente oder auf Basis des Blicks nach draußen sieht, dass der Flieger beginnt vom vertikalen oder lateralen Anflugpfad abzuweichen, muss man korrigieremd eingreifen. Ziel ist es, möglichst nur minimal bis gar nicht abzuweichen. Das fordert gerade bei Thermik oder wechselnden, böigen Winden oft sehr viele Inputs. Natürlich kann man auch überkorrigieren. Dann hilft es, den Stick mal kurz neutral zu belassen und zu schauen, was der Flieger macht. Pilot induced oscillations sind Schwingungen um eine oder mehrere Achsen, die als Ergebnis von extremen Überreaktionen auftreten können. Ich habe das im Flugzeug noch nie erlebt. Hier noch ein paar Infos zum Airbus-Steuerungssystem: Kurz vor dem Aufsetzen wechselt der Airbus in 50 Fuß in den Flare Mode. Dabei merkt er sich die Pitch-Attitude und fängt in 30 Fuß damit an, diese über einen Zeitraum von 8 Sekunden auf - 2 Grad zu ändern. Hier muss man dann als Pilot mit einem klassischen Flare gegensteuern, um eine ordentliche Landung zu fabrizieren. Bei einem konventionellen Flugzeug ist das Steuerhorn direkt mit dem Höhen- und Querruder verbunden. Beim Airbus sind mehrere Computer dazwischen. Mit dem Stick kommandiert man G-Load und Rollrate. Die Computer haben die Aufgabe, den Flight-Envelope zu schützen und dafür zu sorgen, dass keine aerodynamisch zu starken Ausschläge an den Steuerflöchen gemacht werden oder man zu langsam fliegt. Egal, wie stark ich am Stick ziehe, mit ausgefahrenen Klappen, lässt er nur +2g maximal zu. Es gibt etliche weitere Protections, die die konventionellen Flugzeuge nicht haben.

[@marioheim8883]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Danke dir für die ausführliche Antwort!!! Hab gar nicht gewusst, dass Airbus im Flare-Mode automatisch die Pitch-Attitude verringert. Ich denke mal dies wird zum Verhindern von Tailstrikes gemacht - sonst müsstet ihr da ja nicht gegensteuern. Ich finde es jedenfalls auch noch sehr gut, dass ihr scheinbar viel manuell fliegt. Total interessiert wäre ich mal an einem (seltenen) Circel-Approach - wie in Samos... Guten Flug euch weiterhin bzw. gute Flüge.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@marioheim8883 Die Idee hinter dem Flare Mode ist wohl, dass sich die Steuerung und damit der Flare bei der Landung in etwa so anfühlt wie in einem konventionellen Flugzeug. Ein Tailstrike ist trotzdem möglich, wenn man fest genug am Stick zieht. Circling Anflüge werden meist schon vor dem Start zum Visual Approach, wenn es der Verkehr und das Wetter zulassen. Hier machen wir das in Samos: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV7biox-d9ibr9k Und hier in Funchal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jmrOnZmpl8eVZsU

[@zowai4660]

Hello Captain! I noticed that you engaged the manual brakes very early. Is there a reason? Thank you for your answers!

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

That's correct. Please watch also our debriefing at 14:51. Prior the landing, we calculated the landing distance. There are 3 options for the calculation: Autobrake Low, Medium or maximum manual braking. We decided us for Autobrake Medium which gave us lots of margin. There was more headwind as calculated and we did not waste much distance during the flare. So we changed to manual braking and used less braking than Autobrake Medium would have done. That saved brake wear and made it more comfortable for the passengers. The runway also has an upslope which helps in decelerating the airplane. Finally we had to use only very little braking to slow the plane down to taxi speed.

[@zowai4660]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks a lot !

[@ParisRome]

Thank you Captain. I have one question. When you disconnect the AP do you also disconnect the auto throttle?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

That’s a good question. In general, I would say no. I also like to fly manual wihout autopilot but with the autothrust on until touchdown. If I decide to do an approach with autothrust off, sometimes I switch the autothrust off at the same time I switch the autopilot off. But at other times, I wait until about 1000 feet above airport elevation to switch the autothrust off. Airbus recommends to switch off the autothrust latest at this altitude if a pilot wants to land with autothrust off. Reason here is that the pilot shall become somehow comfortable on moving the thrust levers and the forces needed. The Airbus thrust levers do not move as long as the autothrust is on. This is different from Boeing and some other airplanes.

[@ParisRome]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos Thanks a lot Captain, good explanation. If I can, I'd like to ask you another datail. In a Airbus, is it possible to land with AT active or it is mandatory to disconnect it always? Rob

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@ParisRome Again a good question. With the Airbus, you can keep the autothrust on during the landing. The Airbus even has the „retard“ autocallout. This is the time when Airbus suggests you to think about putting the thrust levers in the idle detend while initiating the flare. Sometimes you have to retard earlier than the call, sometimes it is better to do it a little later. The levers have to be at idle for touch down. Airbus recommends the use of autothrust for the whole flight.

[@mark46ification]

Windy island...i was there twice and both landings were like on the rollercoaster

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I was in Kos several times. Most of the time it was windy. But the wind was usually a headwind from North or so. Due to the rising terrain prior to the threshold there always may be turbulent air near the runway. My only rollercoaster-like approach was into Samos several years ago.

[@TN_-qp7eg]

Love your videos. Is it possible to write the registration in the description below next time?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thank you for your feedback! For privacy reasons, not all details of the flight are published. Maybe we can release the registration in future videos. I will check that.

[@ianlawrie919]

😂 past the church and on the right 😂👍👏

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I always love to see the church at the airport.

[@watanabeyedam9479]

Oh wait it seems like this plane don't have steerings on both captain's and fo's side? Idk if it's called steering or not😅

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

The Airbus has 2 sets of controls. One for the captain and one for the FO. Each set includes a sidestick, rudder pedals with brakes and a tiller, which is used for steering on the ground. Let me know if you have more questions.

[@watanabeyedam9479]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos i see..but actually what i meant for 'steering' is the yoke(i just googled that haha) that i usually see in the videos.. so it's my first time seeing the sidestick

[@watanabeyedam9479]

@@ApproachandDepartureVideos is it easier to control the plane with the sidestick or yoke?

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I got it. It has 2 sidesticks. The videos highlights the sidestick of the pilot flying. The sidesticks are not interconnected like the classical yokes in "conventional" airplanes. That means that the sidestick of the pilot monitoring does not move at all.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

That's a good questions. I would say it makes no difference at all.

[@historyjea8275]

Sadly I can only do plane sims, I will never be able to fly a plane in real life because I have red-green colour blindness/anomaly/deficiency. Shame😢.

[@StepbroMalte07]

Wow thats tuff man. But a simulator can really be good. There are many people out there who cant be a pilot and doesnt have a sim.

[@historyjea8275]

@@StepbroMalte07 I guess thank you.

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

I am very sorry to hear that. Thanks for sharing your situation. It sounds like that being a pilot is and always was your big dream. So It must be really hard for you that it is not possible due to the vision issues.

[@martinpawley647]

Thank-you Captain,for showing us all just what it's like to fly an A320 👍

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

@@martinpawley647 Thanks for watching the videos!

[@skill692]

The Island of Gyali you refer to is used for the mining of pumice stone see the link. Fantastic video by the way , en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyali

[@ApproachandDepartureVideos]

Thanks for the additional information!