A beautiful sunny morning, no wind no clouds, as my British Airways 767 flight from LHR lined up to land into Toronto - I was expecting a text book touchdown, but no! Huge BANG!.. overhead lockers popping open.. stuff flying about everywhere... people screaming... As the plane turned off the runway, an impeccably manicured British voice on the PA: "Ah, ladies and gentlemen, this is the captain. As you may have gathered, we've landed."
@andretrujillo6 жыл бұрын
@reverse thrust 😂😂😂😂
@onemoremisfit6 жыл бұрын
The captain decided he'd sip his tea whilst allowing a cadet in training to make what should have been an easy landing in the ideal conditions ... "I say, old boy, you've caused me to stain my uniform!"
@h8GW5 жыл бұрын
I'm assuming British understatement humor is supposedly calming after such situations.
@sleepwarrior33865 жыл бұрын
just for reference, we dont only drink Tea. Sometimes coffee
@liesdamnlies33725 жыл бұрын
How typically British.
@CJWJR6 жыл бұрын
An aviation joke that I read several years ago: After a very hard landing, the captain of an airliner was bidding the passengers farewell as they exited the plane at the gate. As a passenger in her 80s reached the captain at the exit door, she said, "Sonny, may I ask you a question?" "Absolutely, ma'am," he replied. She asked, "Did we land, or were we shot down?"
@shelleys77085 жыл бұрын
CJWJR That's the best one i've heard LOL
@ThePhluff5 жыл бұрын
Where's the punch-line?
@georgeohwell99795 жыл бұрын
The theatre seats are empty
@binorobin5 жыл бұрын
😂😂👍
@Miku-uw2sl5 жыл бұрын
Oof
@willlasdf1234 жыл бұрын
I feel like I've had two flavors of let's call "rough" landings. 1) I flew Navy 2) I fly Spirit / Ryanair
@michalsoukup10213 жыл бұрын
1) YOu mean the controlled crash and gear abuse?
@ViSijGames6 жыл бұрын
Plot Twist: A 737 was on short final but needed to go around, because Mentour was standing on the runway making a podcast xD -Awesome job Mentour, very informative! :)
@ViSijGames6 жыл бұрын
Haha true that! Just for the banter :p
@aflyingchapati43956 жыл бұрын
He ould have seen the plane and gotten off the runway genius
@insylem6 жыл бұрын
It almost looks greenscreened. We know that he got proper clearance to be on the run way and would not commit an Incursion
@benjaminnevins52116 жыл бұрын
Uggh, you wouldn't believe the things that you find with a mower on a runway.
@Samjones112036 жыл бұрын
Viktor Sijpkens - Aviation bit of a short and thin runway for a 737. Haha
@cowboyd56735 жыл бұрын
I experienced a firm landing once, the captain came on and said “Ladies and Gentlemen, I just want to apologize about the rough landing and say. That was not the pilots fault, it was not the copilots fault, ladies and gentlemen that was the Asphalt.”
@FunTimeWithLeo Жыл бұрын
LOL
@aqimjulayhi87986 жыл бұрын
One of the reasons for a hard landing is a pilot standing on the runway explaining hard landings. Haha. Nice video, Captain!
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
That would be reason for a go-around, I would hope.
@jetlongextra6 жыл бұрын
Hard landing makes flying more fun.
@danf26 жыл бұрын
Haha, hard landing giggidy
@Torniojaws6 жыл бұрын
That's why it is called a cockpit :D
@khaldounmnb51976 жыл бұрын
Not true. Captain's belly is softer to land on than the runway.
@jroar1235 жыл бұрын
Any landing that you can walk away from is a good landing.
@hmcredfed18364 жыл бұрын
i would say all can walk away from, but yes.
@jaysmith14084 жыл бұрын
Does hobbling count?
@robertlinscott15514 жыл бұрын
My flight instructor said the exact same thing. My father who owned the plane always told me to at least retrieve the navigation radios. LOL
@user-ky6vw5up9m4 жыл бұрын
Not true. You could have internal bleeding on the brain.
@jroar1234 жыл бұрын
Ian McGreevy : True but who is looking at Ex-wives?
@richtrost26764 жыл бұрын
We were flying into Portland, Oregon years ago, might have been a DC-9, on final, flared, bracing for touchdown. My wife is a nervous flyer, especially tense about landings, when it felt like at the very last instant they caught a headwind gust and absolutely greased the landing. My wife was so impressed she mentioned it to the cabin attendant as we exited. This was before locked cockpit doors and she received a "Thank you" from one of the flight crew. Made her day!
@jettdad45076 жыл бұрын
A few years ago I was on a Delta flight and they made a very nice smooth landing in Atlanta. The pilot was standing at the door greeting the people as they got off. So as I came up I said, "Either that was a nice landing or they fixed that chuckhole at the end of the runway.' And he said, 'Yes, I usually do better with my eyes closed.' :)
@DVineMe4 жыл бұрын
Never had anything but smooth landings at ATL to be honest. But then again I've only been flying there recently to avoid ORD (the airport itself, not the landings). Love that comeback though. Wish they'd give us more of that pilot humor in flight, would makes things a lot more entertaining lol.
@ralph17p4 жыл бұрын
You're dropping 100 tons of metal and rubber onto concrete. A better question would be, how the hell do soft landings happen?
@mayganphynix82673 жыл бұрын
good point.
@GlennDavey2 жыл бұрын
You're supposed to gently rest the airplane onto the runway at the slowest speed possible, like an old man sinking into a warm bath. Not "flying" the plane onto the ground.
@deadmikehun2 жыл бұрын
Airplanes luckily, have wings
@GlennDavey2 жыл бұрын
@@mayganphynix8267 No it's not. Bernoulli's Principle, remember we learned that in science class? Or do you not have them in your country?
@AnoraJohnson Жыл бұрын
@@GlennDavey Why be so rude?
@DenisOkan6 жыл бұрын
Dear Mentour! Thanks for another interesting video! May I add just a couple of clarifications? 1. Many 737NGs are equipped with an ACMS system. If it is installed, pilots can easily get the G value from the corresponding MCDU option (MENU button -> ACMS). The ACMS menu works differently on different versions, the way of getting a G info is also different. Bytheway, some ACARS solutions will also print a postflight report in wich the landing G can be included. 2. "2.1g and above" doesn't necesserilly mean a hard landing. It is just one of criterias specified in AMM as a reason to perform a Hard Landing Inspection. 2.1g (or 2.2g for airplanes with a 16 frame FDR) is only applicable if a normal landing has been made, which means, that the a/c has landed on main wheels first (with bank not more than 2 dgrs). If landed on the NLW first it is mandatory to do a Hard Landing Inspection. In the AMM no G is established for bank angles more than 2, therefore, pilots have to judge, was the landing firm, or normal... If any doubt - I fully agree - report about possible hard landing. Safe flights!
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Awesome points! I’m just referring to my own fleet. Thank you!
@RahmanSajid6 жыл бұрын
Captain Joe had said some very nice things about you in his very first live stream Petter! I really appreciate both of you inspiring other pilots like me and Aviation enthuses. Keep it coming :) Merry Christmas to your family and have a very happy new year mate
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Ahh, that’s great to hear!
@mmarczuk19766 жыл бұрын
can you make a separete video on difference between mayday and pan pan pan. What are the criteria for use of them . Regards Martin
@laurentiupopa50016 жыл бұрын
does anyone know what happened to captain joe, he hasn't posted anything for a while...
@skagerstrom6 жыл бұрын
Wasn't he about to quit his current job? Maybe busy applying for a new one? :) Doing tests, training for any eventual new types will probably be more importent than the channel. Understandably.
@laurentiupopa50016 жыл бұрын
Roger Skagerström he didn't quit his job, AirBerlin went bankrupt...
@stracepipe5 жыл бұрын
Back in the early '70s my Mum saw a Vickers Viscount bounce on landing at Stansted. A wheel came off, bounced down the runway and demolished a small building at the end of the runway. We also landed very heavily, when we went to Gibraltar. The pilot apologized and said "I need to do a bit more practice before I land here again". I think Gib is pretty difficult. It's quite turbulent and there's a whacking great rock that you need to miss.
@thatsmallcessna83005 жыл бұрын
Not to mention a short runway, weird airspace restrictions, and a highway crossing the runway.
@DVineMe4 жыл бұрын
Don't know how difficult it is, but it certainly has the weirdest runway ever.
@srinitaaigaura Жыл бұрын
The rock creates some specially potent rotor turbulence which has caused many a nightmare for many a pilot.
@stracepipe Жыл бұрын
@@thatsmallcessna8300 before we landed we had to circle while the police cleared a car accident that had happened at the lights.
@theelectricmonk39096 жыл бұрын
I always found landings at Jerez (Spain) to be the hardest of all, that was with Ryan Air. Hardest landing ever was into Manchester, I forget the airline, but he really planted it (it felt like). Given that even the Stewardesses looked a bit surprised, I'm surmising that was not just a "firm" landing... Got the proper response after complimenting a Virgin Atlantic crew on a "greaser" of a landing in Florida: "Any landing you can walk away from is a good one", followed by "And if you can use the aircraft again, it was excellent!". Even though I already knew the refrain, it still made me chuckle.
@furqy38494 жыл бұрын
Air Koryo: we have the hardest landings. Ryanair: *hold my yoke*
@jamsya4933 жыл бұрын
fnd123 nah I feel like they don’t hold the yoke at all during landings
@stormchaser31152 жыл бұрын
I fly a lot and get nervous, your videos are so helpful. You are a saint. Thank you so much from the bottom of my heart.
@TheNiteNinja196 жыл бұрын
Hard landing, soft landing, just get it on the ground safely is what matters to me.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Good thinking.
@mikkykyluc58045 жыл бұрын
@god I mean, landing a plane correctly(textbook) is to put it square on the touchdown marker, which will usually make it a firm touchdown. Which is the safest, though also less comfortable.
@liesdamnlies33725 жыл бұрын
Any landing you can walk away from...
@aviawavy17175 жыл бұрын
Long as my ass.don't hurt
@blackvulcan1005 жыл бұрын
Yes but what concerns me am I getting on an aircraft that has just had a hard landing from the previous flight.
@Farlig14 жыл бұрын
“Why do hard landings happen?” Ryanair: “yes”
@bh17754 жыл бұрын
Tomáš Modrovský 😂
@Zeezar20064 жыл бұрын
Lmao🤣🤣🤣
@TS_Mind_Swept4 жыл бұрын
I was about to say..
@florinciobanu11634 жыл бұрын
Mentour is a Ryanair captain
@njaygaming8574 жыл бұрын
hahaha what the
@petruzzovichi6 жыл бұрын
You are simply a wonderful professional gentleman. You have great command of the English language and you have a Captain's Presence. I live in northern Idaho and likely will never have the opportunity for you to captain one of my flights or for me to meet you personally, but I nevertheless have, as many do, great respect, admiration and appreciation for your. I wish you nothing but the best and hope for a long, productive and contented life for you and your family, PJV in Idaho
@Dinara1up5 жыл бұрын
We need more people like Peter on the internet. Very wholesome, i hope you're doing great peter!
@glasser28195 жыл бұрын
it's unfortunate airline crews dont get better payed. With his top karma Mentour will be reincarnated with million-miles frequent flyer privileges 👍🏻
@joannazhou15875 жыл бұрын
Peter, you are a gentlmen in your own right. Best of luck to you.
@yanparent29906 жыл бұрын
During my PPL, my CFI once said in joke: if the ELT doesn't start, it's not a hard landing lol. But tbh, landing a plane is not easy. It took me time before achieving a good landing, but all come with practise
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha
@avamendez12726 жыл бұрын
Lionel Lucario it's like dancing, you practice until the motion becomes automatic🛫
@losttownstreet34096 жыл бұрын
The same flight inspecter which brings spare landing gears (not singular!) to the practice area? Any person need time and practice until the motion going automatic. That may be a reason why you go from cheap planes (with practice tires) to pricier ones (with standard tires).
@ralfbaechle6 жыл бұрын
It's a good landing if you can walk away from it. It's an excellent landing if the aircraft can be reused right away.
@broke1236 жыл бұрын
I remember a very firm landing on Ryanair coming into Dublin airport earlier this year. I'll bet it was a tricky landing for flight crew it felt like a windy old day coming in, the lower we got the more up and down, side to side we were getting. I don't doubt landing gear are designed to handle some serious punishment.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
They can take incredible forces.
@cozzinie5 жыл бұрын
A cheeky SouthWest pilot came on the PA after a particularly bumpy landing and said "It's not the aircraft's fault, it's not the pilot's fault, it's the asphalt...." ...Mentour, I dare you to use that one!
@ihato85354 жыл бұрын
You mean tarmac?
@user-ky6vw5up9m4 жыл бұрын
@@ihato8535tarmac is not used anymore. It is also a health hazard.
@gerdne54786 жыл бұрын
Just some days ago I experienced a very firm landing, like you showed at the beginning of this video, probably even harder and nobody was laughing (if felt as if we "jumped" into the air again and had then a second touch down after 1-2 seconds). I thought "oh, how dangerous for the next flight, if that landing caused some micro fractures somewhere in the plane and nobody noticed it". I thought "there should exist an automatic instrument that detects too hard landings". I'm happy now to know, there are such instruments. ...I think you forgot to mention some circumstances, that can increase the likeliness of a firm landing: if the runway has a depression/swale/lowering (sorry I'm not english) shortly after or at the end of the touchdown zone and if the approach was not perfect like at my flight (obviously coming too high) the touchdown ends in the "depression" - a lower point and on an upward runway part.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
True, those are good points.
@josedacunhafilho4 жыл бұрын
I once heard from a commercial pilot that US made planes were designed to withstand hard (or 'firm') landings because so many US captains were former navy carrier pilots, used to slamming down a fighter jet on a carrier strip. True or not, it makes sense. I also read modern planes need to take a hit while landing so all electronic software 'understands' the plane is on the ground. Also makes sense. As a Brazilian frequent flier, I recall the old VARIG international flights that most captains landed the plane as softly as possible, and according to the 'performance' he or she would get a round of applause from the bleachers back there, which, depending on the smoothness of the touch down could become a full blown cheer with whistling and all. I have to say it was a lot more fun than smashing down on the tarmac.
@esahm373 Жыл бұрын
Probably not true (the slamming down Navy jets stuff). Just doesn't make sense.
@henrychan7206 жыл бұрын
NOTAM for that little airport: airport is closed due to… pilot standing on runway explaining hard landings. Lol very nice video though.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Hahaha, the RC airplanes could wait.
@LandNfan6 жыл бұрын
I flew as a passenger from Evansville, IN to Chicago years ago on a 727. It was a cold, windy day (isn’t it always at ORD?) with a strong, gusty crosswind. I could tell we were going much faster than normal, with a pretty large crab angle. I thought we should have gone around, but the pilot wrestled it to the ground, bounced, got it down again, bounced again, then finally managed to keep it on the ground. I was very tempted to ask if he was going to log three landings on that trip.
@GarryWan6666 жыл бұрын
Hello Peter:-). The gear on the 747,380,330,77 and so on,they are semi-levered gears. By this it means that it will reduce the risk for tail strike as well.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
To a certain extent, yes.
@ds9752 жыл бұрын
Can we just appreciate the great into and outro music on this channel!! Bravo!
@Cargospotter6 жыл бұрын
Hi Mentour! Just saw the video. Great content and keep up the great work!
@sjnavaid93416 жыл бұрын
sup
@Turbo_S_Em_funf3 жыл бұрын
@Mathias Corbin Fake KZbin account
@Turbo_S_Em_funf3 жыл бұрын
@Tristan Timothy You're a fake KZbin account.
@elpuerco60596 жыл бұрын
Hard, soft, or firm, as long as I can walk away afterwards, then it’s a great landing! Excellent videos.
@thegeneral1236 жыл бұрын
Great topic Captain! One I've often wondered about. My first Intercontinental flight was on a 747-400 and the landing in Newark was HARD. Astonishingly hard. It shook me up and everyone else on board. I promise you, no one was laughing. The plane quite violently stopping on the runway. Never experienced anything like it since. The passengers I spoke to thought the flight crew had perhaps overshot the runway slightly and had thus put her down hard and hence the quite violent shaking and swaying on deceleration.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Possibly, but its very hard to say without knowing the actual conditions.
@thegeneral1236 жыл бұрын
Exactly, I had no real reference in terms of flight experience though the cabin crew did not look happy sat on their folding seats. It was Oct 2004 and the carrier was Lufthansa. I think it is more likely that they were perhaps training another pilot. Both flight crew were female, which got quite a few remarks from other passengers. Which I thought was unfair. There could have been any number of reasons for the heavy landing.
@ericarose36316 жыл бұрын
Women don't have the reflexes and calm decision-making skill when under pressure, like the men do. Let's be honest.
@areyouserious30925 жыл бұрын
I'm not a pilot or very much in to aviation but I'm absolutely hooked on your channel. If this is the kind of expert training you give you students I bet we got some fantastic pilots above our heads. Brilliant just brilliant.
@kwazidonsta36586 жыл бұрын
Have a great weekend and christmas Mentour! All the best😉
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@javahedz6 жыл бұрын
LOVE your informative videos! I’m not a pilot, just enjoy the science and tech parts of aviation. In 2/2017 I made a round trip YVR-ICN trip on Air Canada 787-9. The YVR touchdown was the silkiest ever felt. I passed my appreciation on to the crew and Captain. Keep up the good work here, please!
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Glad to hear that you liked it!
@kevinrussell74466 жыл бұрын
I like this guy. Been watching more and more of these. Very interesting and a good teacher.
@aaronmicalowe6 жыл бұрын
These videos are so good at helping passengers understand what is happening on a plane and will, I believe, lead to less scared, more happy people on flights. Imagine if these videos were included in the flight entertainment catalogue. Learn as you fly...
@lidarman26 жыл бұрын
That explains all the hard landings I have been having with SWA flights.
@3tonyt6 жыл бұрын
I must say I never comment on KZbin but I had to send my compliments to you on your video it was nicely put together, well spoken and spoken like a captain ... cheers from New Jersey USA
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@Fraggr926 жыл бұрын
So basically, if the landing gear is still attached to the aircraft after touchdown and not scattered across the runway, it's a firm landing and not a hard one. Gotcha ;)
@bigbossjc41175 жыл бұрын
😂😂😂
@willshearer54286 жыл бұрын
I’m a student pilot in training and I’ve been to about 5 lessons but I learned a lot more in this video than I have in 5 lessons! Thanks!
@petehuskins4 жыл бұрын
Every time my girlfriend asks, "why's it not hard?" I reassure her that it's "firm" and she should stop complaining!
@jamsya4933 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@senorpepper34053 жыл бұрын
😂
@washinours3 жыл бұрын
Honey it is well within the margin of tolerance of the manufacturer.
@inactivefatimahgianna2453 жыл бұрын
Sus
@CJWJR3 жыл бұрын
Perv!
@ACLTony6 жыл бұрын
Very well explained. Saddening that trolls leave thumbs down. It's so easy for people with no experience to become "arm chair" pilots and harshly criticize professional pilots.
@MrSpruce2 жыл бұрын
The runway length may be one of the reasons that landings into Latvia were always firmer than the ones at Heathrow - I think many runways are a kilometre shorter.
@richardcreaser3083 жыл бұрын
I am ex RAF, not aircrew, an engine fitter. Most of my experience was on EE Lightning’s, which landed with quite a thump at the best of times. In 2015 I flew from Don Mueang in Bangkok to Chiang Mai using Nok Air, in a Boeing 737. It was a perfectly smooth flight, except for the landing at Chiang Mai. As a passenger it felt as if the pilot just let it drop the last 20 or 30 feet and it felt as if it bounced down the runway like a tennis ball! Overhead lockers flew open with hand baggage flying all over the place. I didn’t scream but most of the passengers did. At the time I thought that it was a heavy landing but after watching your excellent video about heavy landings, it probably wasn’t. I considered taking a train back to Bangkok but my Thai wife and my step daughter thought nothing of it. The flight back was as smooth as silk.
@markholm70506 жыл бұрын
Every 737 landing I’ve ever experienced, as a passenger, at Chicago Midway, has been firm. Less well informed passengers often remark, but I know the pilots are doing it intentionally. Trying to grease a Midway landing is a proven way to end up parking the airplane on a city street instead of a terminal gate.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
That correct.
@Matty123336 жыл бұрын
Mark Holm Boeing 737s especially the 700-800 series land quite hard.
@markholm70506 жыл бұрын
Tom Jardine I am not questioning your statement, in part because most of my flights in recent years have been on 737s, so I don’t have a good basis for comparison with other airliners. I do want to mention that I have experienced some significantly smoother landings in 737s, but never at Midway, where, it seems, pilots are more than usually interested in a no-nonsense, get it down and stopped, arrival. Even when it has been the same crew in the same plane, I have experienced a firm Midway landing followed by a smoother landing, usually at my home airport, Pittsburgh. The longest Landing Distance Available at Midway is 6059 feet. Runways 28L 28R at Pittsburgh, the most common landing runways, have LDAs of 11,500 and 10,102 feet.
@HelloKittyFanMan.6 жыл бұрын
LOL, Mark is comma- and caps-happy!
@oscarb91396 жыл бұрын
Tom Jardine Its The Pilots, not the plane. They may be planting it because it is a short runway. Or because there is standing water in the runway, to minimize hydroplaning. But the aircraft can be landed smoothly like any other aircraft.
@Dinara1up5 жыл бұрын
Back when mentour has only 9000 subscribers! That's when i subscribed, so happy to see him doing so well now
@BEATSONLOOP6 жыл бұрын
Emirates Airlines performes the soft landing so good that you might almost not feel the plane touch down at all
@Devinfrbs6 жыл бұрын
I remember one flight into Toronto during a really bad storm. Looked like hail and gusting wind out the window. We had circled around for a while and eventually just dived into the storm. So many lightning strikes outside the window. Lady, stranger, beside me crying and holding my arm, me telling her it'll be ok. Hit the runway so hard my face flew forward and smashed into the seat in front of me. Almost knocked me out. If you're wondering why there are seatbelts. That was a day I was glad to have one.
@Pooneil19845 жыл бұрын
Years back on Eastern Airlines in the U.S. the plane landed so hard that some overheads popped open and oxygen masks dropped from the ceiling. I suspect that this was a hard landing by definition.
@mwbgaming285 жыл бұрын
More like a controlled crash
@DBR004 жыл бұрын
MWB Gaming lol.
@t.j.sortino78443 жыл бұрын
Here in 2020 and locked down again? Can't fly, but can watch all your videos and it helps me! Thank you so much!
@SemyrasGerkhanas6 жыл бұрын
Thanks captain nice and informative video as always 👨✈️ have a nice Christmas.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Merry Christmas you to!
@marcdhoore33886 жыл бұрын
Does water contamination of the runway not command an firm landing in order to avoid skiding on a thin water film and then performance of the wheel brakes will be dinished ? Marc D'HOORE.
@fibecheee4 жыл бұрын
without aviation youtubers like you,there wouldn't be avgeeks this much! thank you captain,for educating us through everything!
@marktaylor20873 жыл бұрын
Right? Before this all we had was Air Crash Investigation 😂
@mwbgaming285 жыл бұрын
I flew Ryanair when I was on holiday in Europe once My first ever landing in a DA40 as a student pilot was less spine crushing
@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect5 жыл бұрын
At least 75% of the plane have to purchase "Soft landing package" for 15 euros to have a chance of normal landing with RyanAir. Sorry, company has to profit. At least tickets are cheap, you know:)
@DVineMe4 жыл бұрын
@@YesYouAreAbsolutelyCorrect Ugh Ryanair shit. A few years back in Rome there was a couple in front of us at check in, both carrying oversized backpacks (you know those big hiking ones). The person handling the check in just let it slip, even telling them that if anyone should ask she gave the okay. Me and my girlfriend walk up and she's like: you'll have to pay €50 extra for oversized baggage. That metal size thingie is standing next to her, I put it in there and I'm like: look, fits perfectly. Her reply: you're already carrying 4 items. Of course were are, 2 people each a carry on and a bag to fit under our seats (which was still free at the time, nowadays you have to be a priority passenger). Still had to pay €50. Worst airline ever, but you get what you pay for I suppose lol.
@ledika426 жыл бұрын
Thank you for your informative videos. I personally find landings in the 737-800 (as a passenger) very firm compared to other aircraft such as its rival, the A320 or much larger planes such as Dreamliner and A330. I'm not a pilot but do work at a busy international airport and have flown B737-800 in non motion simulator. Not the same as real thing but gave me an insight into the mechanics of flying.
@OneKindWord5 жыл бұрын
1975, on our honeymoon, landing at Mexico City, elevation about 7,000ft, we hit, bounced, hit again and stuck. My pilot husband said "we got two landings for one, more bang for our buck."
@snoozeCTRL6 жыл бұрын
Good stuff here. My most memorable “firm” landing was at SNN aboard a 767..complete with the bounce and heavy rudder input as it was very windy that day
@deadfreightwest59566 жыл бұрын
"A soft landing is not a criteria for a safe landing" - which is why Boeing builds airliners for pilots, not bus drivers.
@mrvwbug44236 жыл бұрын
I've been on a few A320s that got hamfisted into the runway. I would think that the side stick would give less control precision during approach and landing. As for the roughest landings I've personally experienced. United 757 coming into LAX while the Santa Ana winds were blowing, touched down crabbed and was slinking around on the runway a bit before they got it straightened out, and a Delta 737-800 coming into Denver in gusty winds, wind shifted during the flare and it bounced off the runway.
@Anand-cx8po4 жыл бұрын
Lmao. Stay in the 1960's death machines then Murican. While we trust our 'driver' to butter landings
@michalsoukup10213 жыл бұрын
@@Anand-cx8po laughs in Boeing 777 and 787, one had like one crash (No, being hit by SAM does not count) and second still has a clean record.
@Roadglide9116 жыл бұрын
I was on a C141B that landed on Ascension Island and the landing was so hard my ribs hurt for a week. Our hard landing inspection that day was 10 wheels, two wings, Horizontal Stab still connected, good to go.
@NealeGray5 жыл бұрын
I've had some hard landings in all the flights I've taken, as a passenger. When I was flying back from Australia one time, we had a medical emergency on board and had to turn back to Darwin which we'd just passed. I heard the cabin crew saying you can't land an A380 at Darwin, but cut a long story short, we did. We were stuck for about 4-6 hours with the excuse the brakes needed time to cool down. What are your thoughts on this?
@GlennDavey2 жыл бұрын
Aussie here. Darwin is very hot. Checks out.
@232K72 жыл бұрын
They probably had to replace the brakes lol
@video3ish5 жыл бұрын
Best vids on YT ...all those questions explained & presented professionally. Thank you
@MentourPilot5 жыл бұрын
Excellent! I’m happy you like them!
@maksim50786 жыл бұрын
I remember a very soft landing. It was on summer 2016 and I was on board of a Lufthansa Flight to Frankfurt. I was sleeping. As I woke up, I had a glance through the window since I thought that the airplane was still flying. But then I realized that the airplane had already landed ! So I thought: blimey, I have not even felt it !
@waterman95246 жыл бұрын
maksim5078 0pp
@mrreymundo53836 жыл бұрын
Blimey!
@huntersting176 жыл бұрын
I think that was because you were too deep into your sleep :))))
@Coonass6 жыл бұрын
Butter the bread!
@donatas35755 жыл бұрын
I had very soft landing on Ryanair
@GiftsbyChosen9 ай бұрын
Hey Cpt. Peter I searched for hard landings because I LITERALLY thought something happened when we landed in Miami a few weeks ago. We felt the descend (which made me freakout) it felt like we dropped out the sky instead of a proper descend, and then we hit/bounced/hit again and took forever to come to a stop I was by the wing and captured it, and it looked just like the example you showed in the beginning, but it felt like we fell out the sky. As a nervous fliers, it sent my anxiety to a 1000. It was a beautiful day in Miami, so it couldn't have been the weather. The flight back was amazing, but that first one scared the hell out of me.
@yay-30125 жыл бұрын
The MD-11 is the King of hard landings
@BytebroUK4 жыл бұрын
I had one 'hard' landing and yer man did it beautifully. Wind caused over-rotation on take off, and clunked the tail on the ground. Came straight back around with a full load of everything, and set it down hard and fast. My nose was in the seat in front when he hit the reversers and brakes. Got a round of applause though!
@TheAviationChannel6 жыл бұрын
You make great videos like always. Keep it up and merry christmas❄⛄🎄
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you! Merry christmas and feel free to tip your followers about my channel.
@mrvwbug44236 жыл бұрын
I've heard that the 737 is really easy to land in a crosswind compared to other airliners, it is just difficult to get a perfect greaser on. My personal experience flying on them is that most landings are on the firm side of average, I've experienced a couple of landings where they bounced it. Smoothest landing I've ever experienced was on an ATR 72, actually couldn't tell when the plane touched down.
@PelicanIslandLabs6 жыл бұрын
I initially thought this was a green screen background................. and waited for a 'heavy' to fly over you. ;-) The shadow gave away that this was a real runway. Where was this filmed?
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Close to my home! Its a small RC runway.
@thejay89636 жыл бұрын
Don't be an ass.
@southjerseysound73406 жыл бұрын
superskullmaster-I could easily stick my Maule in there.
@ronsmith66626 жыл бұрын
HOL Cuba. 737 800. Weather gusty and raining with low cloud. Touched down with the grace and elegance of a manhole cover but from your video, I can assume it was a "firm" landing. I didn't realize that later models were more prone to firm landings. It all makes sense now. Thanks, and your videos are very good.
@giuliof20006 жыл бұрын
finally someone qualified who explains ryanair doesn't instruc pilot to land ''hard''
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
I’m not talking about specific airlines here. ;)
@giuliof20006 жыл бұрын
i know but who want to intend , will intend ;) fantastic video as lways Mentour!
@kylehelmke20666 жыл бұрын
I always enjoy trying to figure out exactly what went wrong with my landings. Last night I had a particularly rough one ( in a c-172)- the reason: I lost too much altitude on final and attempted to pull my aircraft to the threshold, the result was a low speed and a very early flare.
@theroamingtofu96286 жыл бұрын
Behind the power curve :( Pitching down and throttling up might have saved it XD
@tecyhead6 жыл бұрын
Could you please do a video on transatlantic flying and wether you would use the imperial or metric system. Thanks James
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Since I don't really do transatlantic flights its not likely to happen any time soon. But I will keep it in mind
@avamendez12726 жыл бұрын
TECYHEAD 5t flying the Atlantic is done with great care. more planning goes into one hop than any passenger will ever realize. it would require multiple videos on the subject🛫
@verdunluck15786 жыл бұрын
There is an ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organisation) standard for units of measure. Most countries have fully adopted this system (although sadly not the USA in some minor areas). The units are well thought out in terms of ease of use and freedom from confusion. They are basically: Vertical: Feet and thousands of feet (flight Level is based on feet) Horizontal big distances: Nautical miles Horizontal smaller distances: Metres and kilometres Speed: Knots (nautical miles per hour) These, with the exception of the use (for some bizarre reason) of statute miles and sometimes feet for short distances in the USA, are used on both side of the Atlantic and in between.
@shatter3825 жыл бұрын
it may also be worth noting that a lot of budget airlines fly only 1 or 2 series of planes. As such the differences you noted in the handling characteristics of planes, could easily play a role in how firm an airlines landing is.
@max77ekb6 жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great video :) The question is: is that true that in case of wet runway a "harder" landing is preferred to minimize aquaplaning?
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Well, not really. The landing technique is the same, if the runway is flooded we shouldn't really land.
@JimWebber736 жыл бұрын
Very interesting, especially your comments about some airlines being more prone to hard - I mean "Firm" landings... I am a regular traveler between the same two UK airports, mostly by carrier "E", and occasionally by carrier "R", both "Budget" airlines. I find that the landings by carrier "R" are normally a lot more jarring than those by "E". I guess it must be the different aircraft types...
@rommysoeli6 жыл бұрын
I have experienced hard landing ( when trying to land on heavy weather ) it was 2.5G touchdown followed by weightless -0.4G bounce ( the pilot were trying real hard to ground the plane ) and then 1.5 G landing, most passenger were screaming as the plane bounces up. Even though the landing was very rough I still appreciate the pilot landings, I would rather face 3G hard landing rather than experiencing a runway overshoot. ( I record all of these with Sensor Kinetics on my iPhone )
@mikeschaner58536 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for your videos. I'm not a pilot, and not training to be. I have some fears when it comes to flying, and your videos help me rationalize some fears, and get rid of others. Keep the vids comin please, thanks again for the content, and for being a safe and knowledgeable pilot. And thanks for telling us why things happen in the skies. Really does help me get through situations, knowing whats going on outside, and what the crew is doing inside. 1 of those, if you don't know you start freaking out, scnenarios
@oleksiyraiu71904 жыл бұрын
11:50 "Liebe Damen und Herren, please turn off your wifi devices on board, our Captain will be streaming, he needs the bandwidth."
@AvGeekPH_Skitman6 жыл бұрын
Another great and informative video. I’m no pilot but love airplanes and how they work. Thanks for letting me learn more each day!
@markleyg6 жыл бұрын
Soft landings - Airforce. Hard landing - Navy.
@Vidas6665 жыл бұрын
Great vid:-) , love background! Mine recommend for passengers, don't take a seat, where the gears are located because you will receive the stronger hit into the spin of your body.
@yasirujayasuriya70266 жыл бұрын
do a collaboration with Captain Joe.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Like Joe said in his last video, it’s on the calendar.
@yasirujayasuriya70266 жыл бұрын
Mentour Pilot thanks so much for replying I look forward to the video. you a captain Joe in my opinion have the best explanatory video guides on aviation so I thought it would be even better if both of you were in the same video. great work so far I look forward to you next video.
@TheCracker946 жыл бұрын
Super fun! I didn't know about the criteria to distinguish normal landrings from hard ones. I like learning with your videos. Thanks once again!
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank YOU for supporting! Make sure to visit brilliant.org/mentourpilot/ as well, I am trying to get as good response as possible to them. :)
@TheCracker946 жыл бұрын
Ohhh... I was just now starting programming my first neural network (a topic in Computer Science) and I just saw they have theory for that in the page. It turned out to be quite useful, actually.
@embracinglogic17445 жыл бұрын
This may be a silly question, but I was thinking about it recently: is it possible for the plane to land in such a way that it may actually tip to one side and fall over? Thanks ahead of time.
@ProfessionalNoodler4 жыл бұрын
I was on a 737-700 recently flying into ATL during a thunderstorm and was very surprised by how smooth the landing was. On my return flight to AUS during a beautiful sunny day, we had a fairly firm landing. I think what you said about smaller airports having shorter runways was the driving factor here.
@fernandoalonso59356 жыл бұрын
Very interesting video, and as always, I learnt a new thing: a hard landing is not the same as a firm one ;) Merry Christmas!!
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@papanoel39996 жыл бұрын
Eithad.they always drop it like it's hot.this is a question I've always wanted answered.thanks dude.
@omyvillarama94836 жыл бұрын
Mery Christmas Mentor and a HAPPY NEW YEAR. 😊😊😊
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Merry Christmas!
@omyvillarama94836 жыл бұрын
Mentour Pilot you make my day love your information thanks.
@nicomacinta2 жыл бұрын
All by memory, great speech Captain
@RahmanSajid6 жыл бұрын
Amazing video mate!
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you RS, you always have something positive to say.
@RahmanSajid6 жыл бұрын
Mentour Pilot Always will do Petter
@Brillig29 ай бұрын
Sometime around 1993 I was flying in to the El Paso Airport landing westbound (runstrip is about 2 miles long), when we landed, I couldn't tell when we touched down (and I'm the type of person who pays close attention to such things). It was the softest landing I've ever experienced. The airline was Southwest Airlines, and the plane, of course, was one of the 737's (before the 737-800 was produced).
@Mekkiceh4 жыл бұрын
3:20 I have a good excuse : I fly a glider !
@robertlinscott15514 жыл бұрын
Always a pleasure to watch your videos and professional explanations gleaned from years of experience.
@Carter42406 жыл бұрын
Growing up in a military family we always joked that pilots who flew in the Navy will land hard and ones from the Air Force will land soft
@jaysmith14084 жыл бұрын
I’ve heard that. If it’s a slam stop landing, they’re Navy. If it’s firm with a rollout, they’re Air Force.
@SEThatered6 жыл бұрын
Once I experienced a landing in Moscow which featured very notable "freefall drops" right before the last few hundreds of meters above the landing strip, the plane was so sideways I could see the strip from my passenger window, and there was a mix of snow and rain that hit the plane seconds before landing. The plane dropped on the wheels so hard that I felt it in my spine, and then I could feel the plane sliding on the fresh snowy wet mush. The pilots did a truly outstanding job then landing the plane in such suddenly horrible conditions. That day I gained a huge appreciation for the pilot skills and responsibility.
@joseantonioalfarosanchez43016 жыл бұрын
Great video.
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@rutvijhadap50595 жыл бұрын
I like the effort you take to explain various aspects.
@SteenPedersen6 жыл бұрын
I am curious. Where are you standing? It seems too small for a runway, unless it is RC planes :-) Have a great christmas. Btw. did you ever answer the question about how many cup holders there are in the cockpit?
@MentourPilot6 жыл бұрын
It is indeed an RC runway. :) close to my house. I will release an update on that soon!
@SteenPedersen6 жыл бұрын
Wow, thanks :-) The smallest runway I land on with the C172 is 18 meters wide and I think it is very narrow :-)
@-alien-20576 жыл бұрын
Mentour Pilot: There are RC runways???
@EwanMarshall6 жыл бұрын
One of my local RC runways is actually a corner of a taxiway of an old WW2 airfield :D But yeah, the more responsible model pilots use fields and tarmac areas they can control access to for safety. Especially with some of the bigger, heavier models. Modern lightweight electric RC aircraft it isn't so critical, but nothing wrong with an abundance of caution.
@croyce76995 жыл бұрын
@@-alien-2057 there are some serious RC aircraft out there.
@DEllisMusic6 жыл бұрын
John Wayne Airport in California has an extremely short runway, at least for a commercial airliner. It's about 5700 feet long.
@a.yashwanth5 жыл бұрын
There is no dog in this dog's video!
@jimsteinway6952 жыл бұрын
Sheesh you look SO DAPPER there Captain!!! I’m used to you in your T-shirt with your slippers and puppies!