What happens if an aircraft climbs too high?!

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What happens to an aircraft that climbs above its maximum altitude and how do pilots deal with a high and low-speed stall?
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[@russjohansen109]

I am a Physics teacher in New York and I can't thank you enough for explaining so much of the piloting in Physics terms. The reason why a maneuver is needed is so much more informative than simply what the maneuver is. Your series is wonderful, thanks! I will be playing this one for my students.

[@tailorforeman7082]

So you make lives a living hell for a living. Lol congrats, physics is still the source of my worst nightmares.

[@lbj2320]

damn man you are a physics teacher? smart smart guy

[@tomsawyer2112]

@@lbj2320 no, eventually, by doing nothing else, teachers start to accept what isn't really understandable. It becomes autosufficient, selfexplanatory, obvious. That's why teachers are so bad at explaining things. They can't put themselves into a mind that does not understand. They give explanations that don't fit all (extreme) situations. That's why Newton got overruled by Einstein, and that's why Einstein's theories last so long. Those teachers can't think anymore outside of the borders they set themselves into. A smart guy is someone who can think outside of the borders of his speciality, someone creative. Teaching and Creativity are antonyms.

[@fredspofford]

The only class where me and my friends actually competed for highest score on tests because the topics were so fun, challenging and fair. I loved physics and I was a jock.

[@edwardidiot471]

The Earth is Flat

[@philipketchum1407]

I can listen to this guy for hours. he does a fantastic job

[@deathcharge5468]

Same

[@jay3fox]

I agree!

[@Roshanrshenoy1]

Not the dog, he wants a biscuit

[@aerocap]

Agree too

[@berndheiden7630]

Infovest I take it your Swedish is much better? Or what is your native tongue? Couldn‘t be English if you have problems to understand him.

[@saqralmalki1041]

The dog received enough lessons it could fly a plane

[@IngmarSweep]

Saqr Almalki It often does, that's why it's so tired...

[@stephenclark5667]

Please tell me the context of the dog reference

[@neytiritetskahamoatite7688]

@@stephenclark5667 Hahahahahah, yeah ... you could say that !

[@CODMarioWarfare]

The FAA checked and it turns out there’s no law that says that a dog _can’t_ fly a plane

[@craigpennington1251]

Fido Flight Clas 101 room 123.

[@joeytaillefer5049]

15:50 Checklist: -Low thrust -Belly rubs -Speed brakes

[@daroldbannister7496]

Dog's heard this story many times before.

[@artlover9061]

😂😂😂😂😂

[@chass5438]

Darold Bannister: It changed color too. He must of had it dyed white. lol.

[@stephenclark5667]

Please tell me the context of the dog reference

[@fabianspannhoff2329]

@@stephenclark5667 Look closely to the pilot side of the sofa panel. There is a small furry sleeping object called a dog. Don't touch the dog, you may set off the master alarm (loud "RRRRRRRRR" sound, but it may go immediately into an upset condition without prior warning.

[@elliothandley9732]

I'm pretty sure that's just a hairy squirrel

[@marinanjer4293]

Your copilot seems incapacitated 😁😁

[@JDJD-mw9rr]

The dogs the pilot since he's on the left. The couch is a plane obviously

[@Thegaoat]

😂

[@neusacurado5593]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Rajamak]

He got him high with the weed he’s growing out the back. He should have closed the blinds :)

[@marypatton1122]

The dog sleeps in the captain's seat...demoting Mentour to FO...LOL. I submit to my pets too.

[@mitchelrivers369]

I figured out why you're such a good communicator: you understand your audience so well, and describe your craft in terms we can best understand. Amazing, educative use of aircraft terminology that everyone from pilot to novice can understand.

[@duramaxdad]

Speak to the level of your audience, throw in new words and define them to enhance their learning experience and show off your knowledge. Others have skills we can learn from.

[@calculator1841]

13:47 Never noticed his dog until it stretched lmao

[@charliechan8063]

Looks lifeless lol

[@EdMcF1]

The dog appears to have stalled.

[@MentourPilot]

Hahaha!

[@dannydaw59]

I guess the dog's nose is down.

[@rayleslie1991]

the dog seems to be sleeping couch

[@devally2432]

EdMcF1 Great minds think alike.

[@attilakiss8585]

Yes, because he exceeded his maximum allowed altitude.

[@sonofshinobione]

I love how passionate you are about this, makes me feel far more confident about flying, i hope other pilots are this passionate.

[@joshglover2370]

I want to fly with that Sullenberger guy who emergency landed on the Hudson River! That dude is a badass! 😀

[@joshglover2370]

@Csab Is he? That's too bad, having him as my pilot would be very comforting given his skill level!

[@ligdeyendama884]

You have to be passionate to do this job. You simply cant stay in it for the money.

[@AnimeLover4Life3395]

With all of the schooling and testing and retraining you have to go through, I would say yeah, a vast majority of pilots have to be passionate about flying. Especially when you take into account all of the travel and being away from home involved.

[@msteigman694]

@@ligdeyendama884 No one is a pilot for the money

[@warptek]

I want this guy to be the pilot on my flight.

[@motoxguy7]

You know how I know your videos are good? Because I always watch your videos and I’m not even a pilot; don’t even aspire to be one. You explain stuff so well that this “pilot stuff” is intriguing. I don’t even watch videos of my own career field.

[@petersen6952]

Beyond the fact that you're an extremely smart guy, you're an excellent communicator. love this channel. Thanks so much oh yeah, and make me feel better about the safety of flying. Nice!

[@skyclimberfan4744]

An awful lot to remember when I'm needed to fly the plane after both pilots have become incapacitated.

[@joshglover2370]

That's one thing I don't like about flying. I don't like being in vehicles I don't know how to operate. I can drive a bus and I could at least get a train to stop if something happens to the operator. On a plane, I would be screwed! 😳

[@coiledsteel8344]

Do you pray?😟

[@audigex]

Josh Glover to be fair, you can probably make the airplane stop too...

[@joshglover2370]

@@audigex Yeah... Probably not safely though! 😅

[@joshglover2370]

@@coiledsteel8344 No, I look for solutions that actually work. God is either not there or doesn't care about us. Ever been to a children's cancer ward? I can tell you who hasn't... God! 😠

[@swarbrickjesse]

This is my new favorite binge channel. As a mech engineer, I loved Aerodynamics. This is so interesting to watch, not just this video, but all of them! Great job!

[@morbidlyobese2944]

I don’t know how this man explains things so well, but I sure love it

[@Sigifrith]

I'm not a pilot. I'm not really sure how I stumbled on to your videos, but I've found them to be very interesting and educational.

[@raven4k998]

it's simple what goes up must come down🤣🤣🤣

[@TimPerfetto]

You are a pilot and and you are sure

[@raven4k998]

@@TimPerfetto he is sure even though he has never flown a plane that has shitty controls that cannot control the plane under all loading conditions like that Russian Passenger liner had so he thinks he can handle a plane that can go straight up till it stalls stopping it from going straight up he gets a gold star for effort

[@TimPerfetto]

@@raven4k998 He has flown every plane and all can control the plane under zero loading conditions

[@nederlander9321]

This is the guy I want sitting in the Captain's seat on my flight.

[@joshglover2370]

Either him or Sullenberger!

[@honeybunny7263]

Really

[@octaviantimisoreanu5810]

Agreed. This guy can make a brick fly

[@JohnVoxville53]

I agree with you for his knowledge, but as a passenger, you can't really know how capable and intelligent your captain is, unless you meet with him/her, which is almost impossible.

[@Brooke52528]

@@joshglover2370 There are thousands of pilots who know their craft well though, it's just that they don't communicate their knowledge on a social platform.

[@auwz66]

Fun fact, if you look on the top of the engines you can sometimes see transonic standing waves. The 747 was quite common to see this but you can sometimes see it on other engines. Needs to be sunny and you need to be really in a good jetstream. Its like a line coming straight up from the engine right on the top of the curve of the nacelle - its very small but if you know where to look you can see it.

[@garyalleccia2793]

As an amature sport pilot, I learned alot from this. Especially the difference we deal with between light and jet aircraft. Well done.

[@bowrudder899]

Okay, you convinced me that pilots deserve their salaries.

[@joshglover2370]

It really does take an incredible amount of skill!

[@dixie_rekd9601]

@@joshglover2370 not so much skill , more knowledge.

[@pillepalle3614]

You‘d be surprised how little they make these days.

[@ShaunHensley]

They’re underpaid and overworked

[@DiscoRaptor]

@@dixie_rekd9601... takes skill to apply knowledge.

[@user-sz8js3yw3g]

I have no intention to become a pilot anytime soon but I still find all of these videos really interesting and informative.

[@MentourPilot]

Great to hear! Feel free to spread the word.

[@Mr_Spock512]

Same here ... don't laugh but I like to play flight simulator games (X-Plane 11) and these videos are very helpful in getting a better understanding of aviation concepts.

[@chemdaddy]

Sums me up exactly also.

[@juilescieg]

me as well

[@BrianThorstad]

I took some ground education in college but realized I have Bold Pilot Syndrome (you know, "there are old pilots, and bold pilots, but no old bold pilots"?) this channel gives me the aviation info fix I really need. -Patrean Brian

[@djs2006]

I had the pleasure of riding in a 727 airliner that flew to the edge of the envelope. We were late for getting to Washington National, which closes down at night for noise reduction to nearby neighborhoods. At cruising altitude, the captain announced that we would be traveling at Mach 0.9, so please excuse the increased the airflow noise. We made it in time to land at the airport before shutdown.

[@hubbsllc]

I've read that 727s, especially unloaded, were real rocketships. Airlines don't go for that anymore because of the crazy high fuel consumption.

[@djs2006]

@@hubbsllc Yes, they were gas guzzlers. But, better than DC-9s of the time.

[@flopo3044]

The 757 is the replacement also very fast

[@djs2006]

@@flopo3044 I think the 737 replaced the 727 as well as the 717. I have been in a 757. Nice plane.

[@lindah6954]

The 757 I was on flew at 41,000 feet to stay on top of a storm. It was cool looking at the thunder storm under the plane from the window. Once we were past the storm the captain said we are going back down to 35,000 feet.

[@jesusmelendez9563]

The dog is banking dangerously to the left, gear down obviously

[@markhamstra5473]

Dog's in the left seat. She knows what she's doing. I hope.

[@Hokieredneck]

not yet in a flat spin...

[@theurdu4172]

Jesus Melendez chyna sxks

[@leoarc1061]

hahahahahahaha

[@junho679]

hahahahahahahaha

[@em1osmurf]

interesting tidbit i saw on YT: a pilot attacked a german bomber formation, diving thru it. when he attempted roll out he had no controls. when he was nearly on the deck control returned and he pulled out at grass-cutting altitude. engineers later thought he'd entered near or at supersonic speed, as the sonic pressure wave ahead of his wings and stabilizers swept the air above/under and around his control surfaces so he couldn't maneuver. the higher air pressure at low altitude dampened the effect, such that he could regain control. i immediately thought of this during this vid. excellent as usual!

[@AnhHoang-gl1el]

That puppy must be very tired. Sleeping comfortably on the couch

[@debasishait1975]

During the entire video my ears were hearing you and my eyes were constantly seeing that dog. How cute is it!

[@Deady2012]

I seriously didn’t know flying a plane was so complicated. I seriously thought it was just a case of Taking off, engaging autopilot then landing. Serious respect to all the Captains and First officers. Got more brains than i have.

[@wilsjane]

My wife has run payrolls for 47 years, starting long before the days of computers. If you had a problem with your pay, she would look at the whole year, since figures are accumulative. This means that all the figures for month 5 are your totals to month 5 minus your totals to month 4. Since computerization, many staff do not fully understand fully how the system operates, and when a mistake occurs, their attempts to correct it simply add further errors, rather than address the original problem. Sadly automation if flying has created a similar situation, leaving pilots hazy about the root cause of the situation they are in. While a mistake in you salary may involve waiting for another paycheck, a similar mistake by pilots may mean that you never need another paycheck. One major European airline still insist that pilots regularly fly manually and keep their knowledge active. As a result, they have not had a crash or persons injured in more than 50 years. Although their safety record is better than Qantas, they feel that it is wrong to advertise safety. I wonder whether you can work out which airline.??? One obvious clue is that you wont find them in any air crash videos. LOL.

[@nopeakingyoungblood4696]

you cant be that outta that loop...

[@zee1645]

wilsjane which airline are you talking about exactly? Since qantas took the throne every year...

[@wilsjane]

+Ziran Yang. Aer Lingus. They are the unsung heroes of the airline industry, with neither a crash or serious injury in more than 50 years. Injury figures can be very misleading, since a twisted ankle while boarding, or even a broken finger nail closing the overhead lockers gets included in the statistics. (Many of these claims are false) Serious injury is where someone is kept in the hospital ward after treatment. It is therefore the true figure.

[@WIRRUZZZ]

I'm not an (airline) pilot, so tale this with a grain (or more) of salt, but when everything goes according to plan it may actually work the way you have believed. Somebody put it along the lines of aircrew earning their salaries for being ready to save the day when stuff doesn't work. There are plenty of incidents where this has been proven true . . .

[@paullazenby6671]

I'm not even a pilot but I love this. Love the puppy.

[@WyattCayer]

I'm glad I already researched aerodynamic a long time before I saw this video; It made it so much more interesting when I understood the principles behind what you were talking about! Amazing video, and extremely informative. There are so many more factors that I didn't think of in the particular situations you described. It's so cool that science has brought us to the point we're at and will still continue to push boundaries. Love your channel!!!

[@MentourPilot]

Thank you!! I’m glad you say that and that your studies confirm my explanations.

[@ajcook7777]

**************************** Are you familiar with the 'Ideal Gas Law', PV = nRT ? (Pressure X Volume = number of moles X ideal gas constant X temperature) You began with speaking about air speed and pitot tubes. You mentioned that the pitot tubes measure the number of molecules entering the tube. Now when you say number of molecules 'n' (number of moles) I.e. the number of moles in the sample of air I immediately questioned that because it doesn't actually measure the number of molecules directly, however, it is relative to it (indirectly)... n in air = mass / Molar Mass n in air = approx 28.96 g/mol

[@jvabsher]

@@ajcook7777 Pitot tubes do NOT count or measure air molecules. It measures the pressure of the incoming air and displays it as indicated airspeed. But since air density decreases as altitude increases it requires a higher TRUE airspeed to equal that pressure.

[@ajcook7777]

@@jvabsher I know it doesn't measure the amount of moles of air entering the tube, however, if the altitude stayed constant it could be somewhat proportional...

[@kamruzzmanshakil4881]

Sir, Which is good Airbus or Boeing in terms of modern technology?

[@LutetiumPearl]

Thank you for taking the time to make these videos, they are very informative. :)

[@thehumblecalifornian3905]

I can watch your videos for hours on end! They are so fascinating and I am amazed at your knowledge and passion! I hope all other pilots are just as skilled as you are!

[@fredrikystese2941]

One of your best videos. Thank you for a excellent explanation and I hope you will keep making more technical and thorough videos like this! And the dog is just so cute. Having him appear in the videos just brings another great flavour to it. New Mentour mascot !?

[@MentourPilot]

She has always been the Mentour Maskot. :) Thank you!

[@fransezomer]

Also from me, many thanks for this video, I thoroughly enjoyed this one. I'm not an ATPL and have never flown a commercial jet. Still I have a quick question on over-speed/stall-speed at cruising altitudes in A/P config with Mach number speed set (ie. 0.77). I was wondering: Is it true that while flying in such a config, an over-speed/stall-speed situation should never occur as the Mach number is always relative to altitude? Thx mate, keep the vids going? Love them!

[@fwqkaw]

+Pietje Puk Use +****** to ring the desired notifications bell.

[@fransezomer]

Paula Zemeckis Dude, that's my GF.... Believe me, nothing gross there...

[@williambtm1]

Great narration Mr. Mentour Pilot, I appreciate your specifics given in the brief time that you have to deliver your subject matter to we lesser mortals.

[@christopherthorpe7924]

So I'm quite a nervous flyer. Having watched nearly all of your videos I feel more confident that there is no need to be nervous at all and in fact I could probably fly the plane myself at this point!

[@markusw2830]

Really nice content all over your channel! The high speed stall was also new to me. One of your best videos! Keep up the good work.

[@Thepher6]

I bet you fly like you talk, smooth and relaxed, your dog was in pure peace.

[@ScottsafriendofGod]

Thank you for sharing your knowledge on the high-speed stall. I've been around flying since I was a kid, but I've never heard of or been told about this situation until you shared this. I appreciate it.

[@andrewyang4319]

I have learned a lot from your flight experience and how you explain how to fly an airplane. Thanks a lot.

[@cnordegren]

This video just explained why it is so difficult to design and develop an aircraft. On top of that make the aircraft fuel efficient. Big kudos to the people at Boeing and Airbus.

[@uhertlein]

The dog is like "yadda yadda I've heard this *so* many times before" :-) Excellent video, thanks a lot.

[@freylirio4238]

That dog is sooo cute! High speed stall 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Dan-tj2hk]

Excellent videos! You are not only a first class pilot but also have profound teaching abilities and talent! bravos!

[@RadiopodUk]

Thought the dog was a fluffy cushion till it moved! :-D

[@ilonamollema6467]

Wished you were my physics teacher!! You explain everything in a way that it's easy to understand (at least, it is for me😉) Your dog is so cute, had a poodle myself. Love them!😍

[@MentourPilot]

They are adorable

[@ph11p3540]

Sounds like you had a math teacher as a physics teacher. No body can turn a simple basic concept into an absurdly complex ordeal like a math teacher.

[@martinfidel7086]

Well, except his math is a bit out.... ie if the engines stall at 38,000 feet and you drop at 1:17 then you have more than 60nautical miles, basic theory says 122 miles, however this ratio increases as the speed reduces, which by the way won't be a massive amount even due to the increased density at lower levels... I would like to see the equations for this..

[@MentourPilot]

Correct but you forget that we don't want to maximise the glide, unless we are out over the sea. We want to choose something that is comfortably in range and enables us to extend flaps and gear as well. We generally calculate on 3 times our altitude for descend calculations + 1 nm fro each 10kt to decelerate down to 200kt.

[@fitofight8540]

Thats a toy stuff. Not real poodle.

[@nicktheengineer5976]

That Air France 447 was able to happen is absolutely terrifying. Its still difficult to understand how pilots can get so confused so easily.

[@downtownbillyandthenewjivefive]

I can see that you are new to the human race.

[@duramaxdad]

Pilots get confused much like humans get confused doing simple tasks like structuring a sentence. It’s generally ez but yet we fail at it, so ease up and realize mistakes happen. Ever planned a pregnancy?

[@jamesstreet228]

@@downtownbillyandthenewjivefive One pilot was pulling back on the stick and the other pushing forward on the stick in which case they cancel each other out. Two professional, trained civil aviators took a perfectly good, functioning, working plane and crashed it because one pilot didn't know what the other was doing even though they're only 3 feet apart from one another. He's damn right that's scary.

[@jamesstreet228]

@@duramaxdad This was one of the stupidest mistakes ever made. It's like a guy in the documentary said "All they had to do was 'nothing' and everything would have been fine. When you have pilots that aren't trained in the basics of flying, you don't have pilots anymore, you have passengers."

[@downtownbillyandthenewjivefive]

@@jamesstreet228 That's insane.

[@bertblankenstein3738]

After this video and others I think I got it when they say "Fly the plane." Keep the plane from stalling no matter what. By doing so the aerodynamic surfaces allow you to continue to control the plane. It seems that "nose down" is a common way to avoid going in to a stall. Thank you for this video.

[@kamranetemad7006]

dog slept through the whole presentation.thank you sir for the info.

[@kelvindadzie133]

wow this video is incredibly amazing...was experiencing high speed stall on a simulator which resulted in a rapid change in altitude .i never understood the sudden pitch up until today ..shock wave impact.. very educational.

[@Sunnyvale877]

I work as a ramp agent at a airport in California. This is a great way to understand a pilot ‘s 👩‍✈️ point of view. Thank’s for letting the load planner see this part of the cargos journey though the sky.

[@SayemTabla]

Fantastic demonstration. Really enjoying your videos. Thank you, Captain!

[@universalquest6079]

That lovely dog looks like it’s having a glorious nap.

[@abseiduk]

And thinking...ff when will this guy shut up...

[@davidrevesz6088]

Thanks Captain, I've just learned about these things and after your explanation it all makes sense now for me.🤘😁

[@theguardian8228]

This guy sure knows what he's talking about, and so comfortably great at communicating it. I'm sure subscribing to your channel.

[@McSynth]

Another fascinating explanation. I love that you break down highly complex proccesses into understandable chunks. Great stuff ! :-)

[@michelmorgel2857]

The dog became a part of the mentour videos.....

[@robbiebunge859]

Is it real?

[@michelmorgel2857]

@@robbiebunge859 yes, at some videos it moves..

[@brandonnava6338]

I mean I’m not complaining

[@terryboyer1342]

Mally Robots move. Or it could be CGI. Or maybe it is real but has a barbiturate or opiate problem.

[@papahuge]

Earf is fat. Nice sea gee aye punk ass!

[@davedickey8124]

Very interesting. I really appreciate your videos.

[@veleirosemusicas5026]

Such a cool video! Aerodynamics is an amazing science!!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I’m already in love with aviation and it just gets bigger the more I learn about it!

[@sholland42]

Thank you sir, I always appreciate learning from someone who fully understands what they are explaining.

[@dimalranasinghe8152]

Thank you very much for the interesting information.

[@erictaylor5462]

The SR-71 which operated at around 100000 feet (3X higher than airlines fly) the stall speed and never exceed speed were about 5 knots apart. It was a very tricky plane to fly.

[@edwin3928ohd]

The SR71 did not climb to 100k. More like 85k. And the plane with the 5kt difference in speed would have been the U2, not the SR71.

[@joshglover2370]

I would think that the very thin air that high up would make flying very difficult and dangerous!

[@jakekiddall5108]

I didnt find it too hard....

[@Greg-rn9df]

Got to talk to a U-2 pilot some time ago and that plane, at altitude, had a VERY narrow flight envelope. The U-2 pilot said, if you turned at max altitude, your inner wing could be at a low-speed stall while your outer wing would be at a high-speed stall. Talk about walking on the edge of a razor!

[@saiedseha774]

thank you very much for explaining such an interesting topic , im learning a lot from these videos. great work

[@reannhsu980]

I'm studying aviation engineering and your videos are really helpful!!

[@TimPerfetto]

Please don't design any planes I might fly on

[@Robnord1]

I Love your explanations of how things like this work...that and the way you say 'ehh croft'. Such a pleasant accent. : ) Blue skies and happy landings to you Mentour Pilot.

[@sh230968]

Very good video. Please do a video on steep climb and risk of stall.

[@davidgaskell3458]

I love this pilots presentation. I could listen to him all day. Great job!!!!!

[@tomsmith3045]

The is the clearest, most concise explanation of high altitude jet flight that I've seen. You've got a gift for instruction.

[@evanhughes1510]

Not very concise, considering the video is 20 minutes long

[@amazonallied5613]

You must be super sober to do all these balancing acts at once. Well done Sir.

[@schumifan78]

Computers take care of it for you.

[@makiwa]

Thank you.... The High Speed Stall was something new to me - albeit making full sense! I would sommise flying into a Jetstream Tailwind would be a cause of this.

[@MentourPilot]

More jet stream headwind actually. A sudden increase in headwind will increase the indicated airspeed

[@BruceCarbonLakeriver]

yeah, I lost an aicraft due to that... (on FSX). Actually becuz it has "updated" wheather and BAM!!! 80kts Wind on 0° aaand overstressed. I had no Chance ... actually -.- (Aerosoft Airbus A320 -> CI 30 ~ .76 Mach autothrottle.. @ 36000ft). Place -> Croatian Coast :/

[@tryithere]

I would think a tailwind would cause a stall flying on the edge of a stall too. Less air moving front to back over the wings. Of course I assume I'm wrong because you know your stuff. Is the dog a teenager?

[@patrickcooper2760]

Love your videos! I fly R/C aircraft and your videos have helped me become a better R/C pilot by understanding how aircraft work.

[@danelen]

This was another excellent lesson. I never thought about how parts of the aircraft can experience supersonic conditions before others and how bad that would be for an aircraft not designed for that. So, so informative and well presented!

[@38911bytefree]

Brilliant video. Plenty of information, put clear and easy to understand.

[@raymondkoonce5827]

Yeah, I noticed 3 land speed vehicles using the J-79. Great engine except it kind of gave your position away with its smoke.

[@drizler]

While I was working for the PX I used to drive a van back and forth from Garmisch-Partenkirchen to Munich on the autobahn. Those Luftwaffe f4s used to come up out those valleys bobbing up and down following terrain sometimes Popping up for practice runs on trucks. You always knew exactly where they were with that fat soot trail. They would have made a decent target for visually sighted AA. Not so with the USAF A10s. The first you saw of them was when they popped out of the weeds.

[@lvl10cooking]

@@drizler BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRT

[@yenplewright6195]

Thanks, heaps, Mentour Pilot. Your explanations are so interesting and informative.

[@brianmuhlingBUM]

Well explained! Thank you Peter, keep them coming.

[@gambotage]

You are an incredible instructor. I had no idea about any of this. Thank you again!

[@MentourPilot]

Great! Any day you learn something new is a good day!

[@jamestyler167]

Mentour Pilot Maybe just my imagination but does the 737 have a higher nose pitch while taxiing for takeoff than it does when I board the aircraft ? Thanks!

[@mspates5982]

What a truly informative video! I'm not a pilot but I do fly flight simulators and I never thought about all of these things! Good information to know thank for sharing your vast knowledge with us!

[@theharper1]

Great explanation! You reminded me of a teacher in high school (who was a pilot in WW2) explaining how to get out of a spin. Obviously a spin is not something you'd ever want in an airliner. The main reason I was reminded of it was the need to get the nose down. It's not intuitive unless you understand the forces involved. So thank you. 😊

[@charleshughes3558]

Congratulations, 775,000 subscribers. Well deserved. You are the best aviation channel on UT.

[@StevenCroft8810]

Extremely interesting. Thank you!!

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[@FalcoGer]

so here is a question: what's the difference between: * TAS (True Airspeed) * IAS (Indicated Airspeed) * CAS (Callibrated Airspeed) * GS (Ground Speed) Some are more obvious than others, but I never understood the difference between calibrated and indicated. The way I understand is it IAS is the speed relative to the outside air movement and pressure. So basically proportional to the back pressure in the pitot tubes. TAS is the physical distance you move in standing air divided by the time it takes. GS is the physical distance you move on the ground divided by the time it takes. wikipedia says: Calibrated airspeed (CAS) is the IAS corrected for instrument and position error. what does that mean? Shouldn't instruments (like the pitot tubes) be giving the correct readings (pressure) in the first place? And if you don't know the error (because the measurements you're getting are imprecise to begin with), how do you correct for it? And if you do know the error, why is that not factored into the measurement to begin with?

[@ericcoleson7410]

Try this. Indicated Airspeed (IAS) is whatever you see on the airspeed indicator. It's also the speed of the "relative wind" that factors into lift and drag. Calibrated Airspeed (CAS) is IAS corrected for "position errors" that occur in measurement of pitot and static pressure as a result of normal changes in aircraft attitude (like nose up at low speed and less so at cruise). True Airspeed (TAS) is IAS corrected for density of the air mass through which the airplane is actually flying. The atmosphere becomes less dense as altitude increases. Less dense air develops less pressure in the pitot tubes. As the airplane climbs to higher density altitudes, IAS will lag behind the actual "True" speed in the airmass by about 2% per 1,000 feet. IAS is what you fly the airplane by. CAS is an engineering measurement of no use whatever to the pjlot (outside of oral and written exams). TAS is the actual speed in tbe airmass, which you'll use along with wind direction and velocity to calculate groundspeed, ETA, and range.

[@KTHKUHNKK]

Excellent explanation I'm glad there's pilots like you that can understand all this stuff

[@michaelfrost4454]

his dog is so into this, she's hanging on every word! God bless her.

[@garydunken7934]

Very informative. This level of knowledge should be with every pilot and sort of scary that the Air France pilots did not know about this.

[@ThatClassic70sGirl]

I think they did; but the younger pilot went into panic mode. He was using his controls to go up while Robert (the more experienced FO) was trying to travel down; and so they cancelled each other out.

[@johntormey8169]

Their situation was very difficult since they lost airspeed due to frozen pitot tube the inexperienced pilot got himself into trouble as he was not sure what thrust to put on as well as bringing the aircraft angle up

[@vikingofengland]

Yep I saw a documentary on it and one of the pilots basically froze and obviously panicked. Really the Captain should have just ripped him out the seat and sent him to the back of the plane.

[@TripleAce1]

@@johntormey8169 should have turned the Pitot hear on.

[@ssegwanyirogers6888]

Besides the good information you give us... I like that dog captain. It really enjoys the podcast as well

[@MentourPilot]

Well, I think she might be severely bored actually. 😂 Thank you.

[@abc-wv4in]

More on the Air France crash, please. Greatly appreciate your videos and the information you provide; thank you!

[@dillonmann6409]

I also watch you before flying! You always ease my anxiety. Thanks a lot

[@Randommusingsvideos]

This was one of the reasons why the U2 Spy plane was 'difficult' to fly when it was at extreme altitude, it would only be a few knots away from high and low speed stall, so needed to be monitored closely when at 70,000 ft.

[@richardsleep2045]

Thanks for the education. This "coffin corner" thing seems surprisingly counter-intuitive to me, but well explained. It sounds like you guys are skating on ice up there but nice to see you know what you are doing:)

[@banditman142536]

Landed on this video while flicking around on the net. I am not a pilot. Retired motor mechanic. This is the best video I have ever watched on these aspects of flying. Wow did In learn a lot. So many things can go wrong. Thanks keep up the good work.. I bet you end up on the lecture circuit. Or a test pilot. .Every aspect so well explained. Thanks again. May you live long and prosper Sir.

[@moneymade8530]

I don’t wanna be a pilot and never wished to be one but I love how entertaining you made this video by just teaching 👍🏾

[@robotrobotowy9381]

It's alive!! I've been watching Mentour channel for a while now, saw that dog and figured out it's a funny mascot and then it moved!!

[@Avery_Hikari]

I have a terrible fear of aircraft but because of your videos.... I will be taking a flight very soon all by myself. I'm still very much afraid but you have shown me how skilled, professional, and dedicated the entire aircraft crew is. If anything was to happen (as my fear keeps telling me) I know that I will have the very best of the best watching my back. Thank you Sir.

[@MentourPilot]

I’m so happy that I have managed to alleviate some of your fears. Let me know if there is anything else I can do,

[@Avery_Hikari]

Just keep making these videos! Even though they are filled with technical items, you keep it easy enough for someone like me to follow and understand :-) Soon, in two weeks I will be flying from my home in Ireland all the way to Japan all by myself. I am still afraid but now I understand how much true effort goes into designing safe aircraft and how much a person has to master to even step a toe inside the cockpit. I feel a lot better now because of you (and I get to see Japan as well lol) so thank you very very much Sir.

[@SlipFitGarage]

@@Avery_Hikari After your first flight you will love flying. You will wonder why you didnt fly sooner. Enjoy the ride, and enjoy your trip to Japan! Be sure to post back here and let us know how your trip was.

[@armchairtin-kicker503]

Typically one’s fear of flying commercial comes from the knowledge that one is not in control, seated in the cabin for the ride. But how often does the typical driver check their tires, windshield wipers, or brakes before jumping into their car and zooming off? Hardly ever? Commercial pilots do safety walk-arounds every flight. Since 1923, commercial aviation accidents have accounted for 57,563 deaths worldwide. On the other hand, automobile accidents in the United states accounted for 37,461 fatalities in 2016 alone. Put another way, one’s chances of dying in a plane accident are somewhere between being killed by a firearm and electrocuted; considering the safety record of commercial airliners in 2017, one would have to fly every day for 6,033 years before experiencing an accident in which at least one person was killed. That being stated, some aircraft are inherently more dangerous than others. For example, The ATR 72’s performance in icing conditions has a lot to be desired; some would consider it a serious design flaw, icing conditions accounting for 5 of 11 hull losses. Let me put it this way. If your meddling mother-in-law won’t accept your 1972 Ford Pinto with Firestone 500 radial tires as a gift, offer her some free tickets on an ATR instead.

[@Avery_Hikari]

@@SlipFitGarage, It was....... AMASING! So beautiful and the people so very friendly! I started in Tokyo and went up to Chitose in the North. Everywhere I went it was absolutely clean and everyone was extremely polite and helpful. Everyone tried their best to make me as comfortable and welcomed as they could. In Chitose, an elderly couple even insisted that I stay at their home instead of a hotel. We could only speak with each other thru google translate but even still it never felt like a bother with them. I cannot believe how much of my life I wasted, and experience lost all because I was so very afraid. I'm still a bit of a baby (especially when we experienced turbulence) but the majority of the flight was so very smooth that I actually slept most of it away lol. It will be quite the long time before I can ever afford to go on another trip but I have already begun to start my savings. I do not know where I will go next, perhaps to America and see the Statue of Liberty in New York state or go on a ride on a paddle boat in Tennessee state. The sky is the limit now :-) I will never allow fear to rule my life again. ...and all of this is thanks to you Mentour Pilot!

[@rosss8691]

Dude goes so in depth in his videos about flying airliners and I will lifters never be a pilot. Yet here I am watching a video everytime I get the vid suggestion

[@gunnersecuador7515]

I Just found your videos and love them. As a private pilot since 17 you have answered many questions I have had. Thank you and great job. I wish I could have had instructors like you. Believe it or not back when I received my multi engine rating, I actually had an instructor tell me to "shut up and fly the plane"? I was asking far too many questions for him !?

[@ER_666_]

How can anybody dislike peters super informative videos 🤨

[@MentourPilot]

There will always be someone. :) thank you

[@mwbgaming28]

i dont think they disliked the video, i think they disliked the spam

[@fbrodeur44]

Wath do you mean by dislike the spam ???

[@EveryTipeOfVideo]

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[@aaronseet2738]

They stalled their plane.

[@KevinCollins2157]

I have learned more from your experiences and explanations than from any text I have read

[@holdyourcolor419]

Kevin Collins agreed!

[@williamschaffner3931]

Very informative video, thank you for all you do to help inform the rest of us! Also, perfect segway into your sponsor bit lol.

[@grene1955]

Your vids are so informative, I love them! I have flown and landed a small single engine plane (student pilots license!), and flown almost a million miles a a business traveler. Your vids make me much more comfortable in the air. But I wish you were always my pilot!