[4K] - Full Flight - Japan Airlines - Airbus A350-941 - HND-OKA - JA15XJ - JL919 - IFS 948

[@sla31]

This flight had the best engine buzz I've ever heard or filmed... Skip to 34:20 to hear the best engine buzz you'll ever hear. This is flight 19 of 33 from my recent trip where I flew around the world. At the end of September through the beginning of October, I set out to fly around the Earth, and after 16 days, 13 airlines, 33 flights, and over 38,000 miles, I landed back in Kansas City, Missouri after visiting 13 different countries. Over the next 4 weeks I'll be posting these flights in order, so you too can take this incredible journey, exactly as I did! The flights will be posted every Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday until all 33 flights are live! So, check back three times every week to take this incredible journey with me! Full Trip Playlist: kzbin.info/aero/PL6poUgHngiIF2lk7pJTExalaFQTnWwK2E

[@sethguardado8178]

Yeah that engine buzz sent me to sleep for the past 2 nights now 😴

[@modulliYdhken]

what a comprehensive flight

[@GarlandTexasSpotter2024]

BEST SOUND EVER…. OH. MY. GOD. I never thought an A350 would sound like that! Usually I hear A350’s with a gentle roar (something like a A330neo or LEAP 1A Roar). But I never knew an A350… the worlds most quiet and advanced aircraft, sounded LIKE THIS! Imagine 4 of these on the future Airbus A380neo… that would be cavernous to hear!! The quote here: Aircraft will always sound 10x BETTER IN THE RAIN!

[@sla31]

I love the A350 for many different reasons, but its deep engine growl when you're up in front is by far its best quality. Thanks for watching my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed this one.

[@User44721]

I wonder why that is (engines sound better in rain) you have a clue?

[@kaylischoch7620]

Breath taking! The view at 2:33:31! Thank you for all the hard work you put into these outstanding flight videos!

[@kaylischoch7620]

The engine buzz....so satisfying. One of my new favorite sounds!

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend. I appreciate that!

[@terencebrumfield4267]

Im glad you got the engine view of the beautiful a350 keep it up SP.

[@sla31]

Plenty more on the way my friend!

[@FacilityPlayer-d9m]

bro goes on flights nonestop

[@sla31]

I have been called a "professional passenger" before 😂.

[@FacilityPlayer-d9m]

@@sla31 👁👄👁

[@azamyahmad]

Another beautiful sharing adventure travel trip reports and as always beautiful upload and share ! .. and super awesome super amazing captured camera work looks super sharp and clear ! .. thanks again my friend ! ..

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend. As always, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

[@nemiaidid]

Great stuff Skylite! You finally got a flight on Japan Airlines. I always see them on your flight videos out of Honolulu. This is warming me up for my long haul flight to Doha with Qatar Airways this Thursday.

[@sla31]

I hope you have a great flight my friend! Unlike last year's around the world trip, Qatar Airways isn't making an appearance on my trip, but I sure did enjoy flying on them last year.

[@z90777]

Wonderfully done!

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend! As always, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!

[@allanpeters4403]

I imagine some of your turn arounds were overnighter's. Loving my trip around the world too - lol. Tks 👍 Always thought is was respectful the way the Japanese airlines always salute their aircraft off.

[@sla31]

Yes, they were. This flight ended with an overnight and then I headed back to Tokyo the next morning. There were several days like this on this trip where I did an overnight turn around like this one. I believe this was the last da of the trip with an overnight turn around though. If I'm remembering correctly, from here on out I stayed at a new city every night.

[@scottbridge9391]

And there he goes on the next leg of his Amazing Race around the world!! Wow. You can see how well run airports are in Japan. I'm relieved that you didn't have to deal with a huge green Gargantua stomping on the tarmac. :) Wow. We have heavy fog here today. We're getting the fog that we didn't get in October this year. It was so heavy that at 12 Noon, it was REALLY dark outside. I got photos of it and posted them on my FB page. Anyhow, another fine installment of your exciting Race around the world. Remember about the time dilation on these flights.

[@sla31]

Hopefully it clears up some before I fly into SEA on Friday 😂

[@scottbridge9391]

@@sla31 Rain is forecast for Friday, so yes, the high pressure fog will clear up by then. In the meantime, we have another densely foggy morning today. We're now over 7 inches under budget for 2024 and we're also under budget since October 1st. We're still on tap for a La Nina winter which means we're going to get absolutely clobbered somewhere down the road. Back in December 1985, we had a huge, persistent temperature inversion giving us fog with a high of about 40 degrees each day. But a half mile above us, it was 25-30 degrees warmer, where it was beautifully sunny up in the mountains and 70 degrees, while it was cold, dark and very foggy down in the lowlands. It was literally T-shirt weather up in the mountains. This caused massive flight delays at Sea-Tac where people were stranded for up to 4 days and many never made it to Grandma's for Christmas at all. The fog ruined a lot of peoples' X-Mas holiday plans. But this created a very rare effect on the mountains. The weeks of 65-70 degree weather melted nearly all of the snow and they looked exactly like they would in August with very little snow on them. I got pictures of this, which I still have stored away somewhere. This was something that was just about unheard of for late December. This was all because we got hit with a big snowstorm in November of that year, bringing us down to 10 degrees and lasting a week, giving us a White T-Day. Then, warm air moved in over the super-cold ground and whoosh, all of the heavy fog that lasted for weeks. It also created a big smog problem with the lid locked on tight by the much warm air above us.

[@aj742]

At 19:14 the runway identifier in the distance (under the wing) backlight comes on. Small stuff that one notices lol. Also, for an avgeek, few things more pleasurable than hearing the roar of a departing jetliner ahead of you while waiting for takeoff. Of course in this video, the engine blades' sound is definitely an added bonus! To me it sounds more like a big air compressor, but fully agreed it sounds amazing.

[@IsaiSanchez-d6m]

Banger video

[@sla31]

I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend!

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

Love the view at 3:40. A350 wings are even more gorgeous than the 777 head on

[@sla31]

I agree. The A350 is a very beautiful aircraft. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@airlinetraveller]

Super cool video! Hope you got to see some of Okinawa 😄

[@sla31]

Some. My hotel was a bit away from the airport so I saw some of it just going back and forth. Unfortunately though, the rain you saw at the end of this video continued pretty heavily for most of the night. So that kind of limited my options.

[@corvette1965]

Wow, Great Video! 👍👍

[@CharlieMike23]

Great video 🎉

[@sla31]

I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend! Thanks for watching!

[@sethguardado8178]

I was on a basically empty Delta A359 were there was only 12 passengers and supposedly only 2 passengers checked luggage and no one brought carry-ons. I was talking to the pilots a lot about how that’s my first time on an a350 and they said we could probably have a surprise for you. And lo and behold our a350 had that same roar and did an unrestricted climb out of PHX. It was amazing.

[@sla31]

That sounds awesome my friend! I've been on some light wide body flights, but never that light.

[@faraadkhan3004]

Nice takeoff SP good job 👍

[@sla31]

Thanks my friend!

[@320k]

I missed this upload. I flew the same route on ANA in the middle of 2020. Okinawa was devoid of any foreign tourists back then because of the ban. Too bad you such bad weather on arrival.

[@sla31]

Well as we discussed before, you can't win them all 😂. When you fly nonstop for 17 days all over the world, you're inevitably going to hit less than ideal weather at some point. For the. most part I was pretty lucky on this trip and you know... The engine buzz on this one made up for a lot of the weather issues haha.

[@Piloto.787]

Wow! ❤ i love it😊

[@sla31]

I'm glad you like it my friend. Thanks for watching!

[@staleAv]

i love when long haul giants are used on medium haul routes

[@sla31]

Fun fact, Japan Airlines utilizes their entire A350-900 fleet for short to medium domestic flights like this. Japan has a long history of utilizing large aircraft domestically. Think about it, Japan is the same size as California, but has 125 million residents. The whole US has 335 million and California has 38 million. There are a lot of people in an area the size of California So, it's pretty easy for them to consistently fill up large aircraft on short domestic routes. ANA even operated the 747-400D, which was a special variant of the 747 developed specifically for the Japanese market. They flew them exclusively on domestic flights and the aircraft had over 560 seats. Japan is really a fascinating place for aviation. Thanks for watching my friend!

[@staleAv]

@sla31 woooaaahhh now i know something new

[@airviation8446]

Ah yes, the modern Japanese 747D

[@sla31]

As much as I love the A350, this would've been more cool had it still been a wingletless 747-400D. Maybe even one of the Pokemon ones. I know those were ANA, but still. Those would've been fun to fly on.

[@joshuadominictoling5310]

@@sla31Will JAL Airbus A350-900 fly over the Mainland USA and Australia?

[@sla31]

@@joshuadominictoling5310 no, their A350-900's are configured in an economy heavy configuration and JAL uses them only for domestic Japan flights. You'd have to look for one of their A350-1000's in the US or Australia.

[@airviation8446]

@ oh yeah, their 747’s were iconic. Especially the Pokémon one

[@Björn-Hansen79]

34:40 oh yeah ☺️😁 My favorite lady in the Skies @ A350 ♥️ Wonderful trip report, the only thing what i want to " change" is the Japan / JAL airways livery, so much rich and proud culture of Japan, why not in their livery?? Maybe with a beautiful big crane bird with behind The rising sun with some Japanese spirit words and some cherry blossom... 🥰❤️ but ok that's me 😉

[@RoadsOfAsiaBen]

Great fly! Do have plans for flying in 2025 yet?

[@sla31]

Yes, my first trip in 2025 is all planned. It has 27 flights and will actually require me to get a vaccine ahead of time that most people wouldn't need 🤔.

[@RuiariBarton-v3b]

Wow, I thought the 777 had an amazing engine sound

[@sla31]

The 777 definitely does have a great engine sound. Pretty much any engine option on the 777 too. But man, it's hard to beat the RR Trent engines on an A350. They are my absolute favorite. Thanks for watching!

[@willamisbezerra6970]

Opa . Mais um Belíssimo Conteúdo e Vou Asistir ❤. Já Deixo aqui o meu like 🇧🇷

[@JoesonJoeboy-vl2yp]

I love it

[@abdullah_awan36]

is one of Tokyo HND's runway closed thats why all the planes use the island runway?

[@sla31]

Not that I know of, but I'll admit that I am not sure. I flew in and out of HND several more times on this trip and we used this runway again for another departure, but the others arrivals and departures were all on the runways much closer to the terminals.

[@haroldlipschitz9301]

No HND runways are currently closed, I live in Tokyo. HND runway use is on a set plan. In the E/SE wind plan, runway 05 (the 'pontoon' runway) is primary for any southbound domestic departures. Northbound departures can also use 16L and 16R when traffic conditions allow. Heavy international departures use only 16L.

[@HEFBMS]

Wasnt it supposed to be hnd to hkg on a boeing cathay pacific 777-300 and then hkg to bkk on a350-1000?

[@sla31]

That is coming up, it wasn't the next flights. I did several flights throughout Japan before leaning Japan for Hong Kong and Thailand. Those two flights will be the flights posted this coming Wednesday and Saturday.

[@angelinaprovenzano3055]

Although I prefer Boeing over Airbus, I will say the A350 is a nice aircraft, but the 787 is better! JUST KIDDING! Both are great😄

[@sla31]

Careful... Those are fighting words around here... 😂

[@Sammysaviation]

2:39:57 Looks like rough seas!

[@sla31]

Rough seas indeed. I don't remember what its name was, but the weather around Okinawa here was the extreme outer bands of a hurricane that was south of the island. It rained A LOT after I arrived and through the night. It had cleared up considerably by morning though as the hurricane was moving away from the island towards Taiwan.

[@bankerdave888]

I've never been to a country that is cleaner the Japan! I swear their sewer system is probably cleaner than some of the streets in the world!

[@av_fanboy002]

Does bro fly everyday? 😅

[@sla31]

I know it appears as though I do, but I do not haha. I upload every day, but I only fly around 8-10 days per month.

[@jamesburns9706]

34:53 Yes!!

[@Saa42808]

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[@sla31]

🫡

[@vladikp331]

Shame with the weather for your trip

[@sla31]

Well, when you are flying around the world for 17 days straight, there's bound to be some days where the weather isn't great. This was really the only bad day though. Can't complain too much about a 1 out of 17 bad weather rate. Thanks for watching!

[@divineOrders683]

Had a dream about you on a flight. The mother looked at you and said do you mind if u change her diaper. You asked is ok If I throw up all over you.

[@sla31]

Haha, well I just might do that if I had to do that. I can deal with my own child's dirty diapers, but someone else's... I might not make it though haha.