What Pilots Think of Plane Spotting | Aviation Reddit

[@Ron-cz8bt]

Okay, confession here: The Reddit about the guy who loved to watch planes take off/land. Year after year, my wife'd ask me were I wanted to go for my bday. Knowing it wasn't gonna happen, I'd truthfully tell her, "Babe, I'd love to go to the airport, watch the planes come and go." Every year, same thing, she'd always say, "Babe, you can do that anytime." I'd reply, "Well, you're askin'...". Finally, one year many years ago, same scenario. She replies,"Ya know what, yeah, let's do that." So, before she changed her mind, we rolled. So, we go to an area near the airport where I'd driven by many times and seen many guys hangin' out there. So, that's where I take my wife. "Are you sure Babe?" I repeatedly ask her as we're driving there. Her reply, "Yeah, you've been wantin' to do this, let's get this over with." lol. So, on this day, there were many more guys there than usual and there were numerous WWII Veterans there. Some with flight jackets. Come to find out, there's a B17 comin' in doing touch an go's! I was friggin' excited, like a little kid. A real B17, doin' touch and go's. Well, finally, you can hear the plane comin', it lands and it taxi's over to where we were for a close up! They shut the plane down so we could stare in awe. Then, a pilot comes over from the plane and said they were there to give a ride to one of the WWII Veterans there. Come to find out, he was an B17 pilot back then. His family help him over to the gate. Then, the pilot called my name out. Whaaaaaaaat??? Confused, I look at my wife, she says, "Happy Birthday Babe, you're goin' for a ride." ...I'll never forget that (obviously!). Almost an hour in the air, and, I got to sit facing that WWII pilot and as we took off, I constantly watched the look on his face trying to imagine what he must have been feeling. He eventually makes eye contact with me, I have a huge smile and he gives me a thumbs up!!! Of course, I returned one back. By the way, spent most of the flight in the nose gunner seat.

[@mischa7823]

That is sooo wholesome!

[@aleynak2014]

That's so nice! Your wife is amazing.

[@Jaden_Iarusso]

Ok. Come to KBOS tomorrow I’ll be taking off at 5:24am

[@poloska9471]

Awesome story and you did a really great job telling it, I enjoyed reading that and many others did too granted the amount of likes on your comment. Cool wife you have!

[@jenelaina5665]

Aw that's lovely! Glad you had a great birthday and you have a great wife.

[@m3rl1on]

"Well, my gun has a plane on it" -A-10 pilots, probably.

[@drrocketman7794]

Lol!

[@Paxmax]

Brilliant Punchline! A-10 go BRRRRRRRRRRT Pilot go: HAhahahahahahaa aaaah Depleted uranium smoke! don't breathe it!

[@ThePixel1983]

😂 "Thrust reversers? I don't need that!"

[@michianadroneservicesllc858]

And I had put bullets in it, lol. A-10 USAFR

[@drrocketman7794]

@@Paxmax Will it blend? That is the question.

[@MatthewCallison]

Kelsey: "I've never seen ghosts on final or on land." Well, no, because they are in their seats with their seatbelt fastened and their tray tables in the upright and locked position. They messed up the one time, and they're not going to do it again.

[@jmrumble]

You know it! 😂😂😂

[@keesdenheijer7283]

Yes that, and what about cruising altitude?

[@jmrumble]

@@keesdenheijer7283 Probably stretching or queueing to use the lavatory

[@keesdenheijer7283]

@@jmrumble IDK, it only adds to the confusion. Are ghosts fast enough to keep up with an Airbus 380 at max speed?

[@jmrumble]

@@keesdenheijer7283 So... the question here is about frame of reference. What is the ghost's frame of reference? The plane? The air outside the plane? The land below the plane? So Ghosts must be able to have some frame of reference linked to Earth at least, or they would be gone as the Earth orbited around the sun, sun around the galaxy, etc. As physical beings, we usually make our frame of reference based on our physical contact with something, so floor connected to walls connected to roof equals building or house... and our ability to perceive that connection plus relative motion. If we're in a car stopped at a light and the cars on either side start moving but we don't, then we sometimes get the impression that we're moving backward even though we aren't. So what's a ghosts perception? They aren't physical... so what is their link? We would imagine that their frame of reference is localised to whatever their link to the physical world like ours is, but since they aren't physical it must be something else. Stories would suggest, somewhat sensically, that their connection is emotion. So is it to a person? Then if that person is in the plane, the ghost will be too. Is it to a place? Might be the plane, because maybe they really love that plane, or else have some reason that the plane is important to them. Or a thing? There's a concept of something called a deodand, which is an object that was somehow related to the death of a person. In some cultures and legal systems, a deodand is considered to no longer be "ownable" as it now has been imbibed with the spirit of ... maybe the person... but has in some way become an entity of its own. Like for example would you buy a shirt at a thrift store? Maybe. Would you buy it if you knew it belonged to or maybe was worn by someone who died in it? Probably not. Could be brand new, only worn at the moment of death and you still likely wouldn't, except maybe to prove you would, because that also happens. So maybe the plane or some part of it is the ghost's deodand. Anyway, it's all speculation, but I think the ghost probably doesn't care about the concept of relative speed, and probably isn't restricted by physical distance, speed, or time.

[@joetroyner]

"My plane has 4 engines" Quality roast

[@brenthendricks8182]

“I can go around....”

[@bearcubdaycare]

@@brenthendricks8182 That helps, believe me... One of the challenges of flying any type of glider.

[@uriahstivers8125]

B-52 Pilots: Amateurs

[@user-ru9wf4yx7r]

@@uriahstivers8125 Stratolaunch pilots: *p a t h e t i c*

[@brenthendricks8182]

Yeah but 1 of my GE-CF6's puts out as much thrust as 3 of your engines... :P

[@donreid6399]

Back when I was a kid, our family didn't have a lot of money. On Sundays, we would drive out to the local ice cream stand, Mom, Dad and me would get a cone, then drive out to the airport and watch the planes take off and land. Since then, I've always had a love of aviation....

[@AudieHolland]

When I was a kid, we lived close (at least by car) to Schiphol, or Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. On sunny days, sometimes my dad would say, let's get over to the 'Bulderbaan' (roaring lane) and watch some airplanes take off. It was always a treat. Didn't become a spotter though.

[@LEJapproach]

I grew up in Leipzig, Eastern Gemany (meaning the so-called communist part of Germany) and in the final years before the fall of the iron curtain, Air France and British Airways had started sending Concordes, when the Leipzig trade fair was on (twice year). One year, take off time was known in advance and so my parents went out to the airport with me, together with hundreds or even thousands of others, to see Concorde take off. Now, how are you supposed to _not_ fall in love with aviation, when seeing a supersonic airliner take off in the dusk, with its afterburners producing flames almost as long as the plane itself and making the ground shake?! 😀

[@ernestgalvan9037]

In the ‘60s, rural Willamette Valley Oregon… every Sunday, with my Dad…visiting the small grass strips.. watching the Pipers, Cessnas , Luscombes, etc… sometimes talking with the pilots…Memories of Heaven. And then, just before he died, I found out he had been a pilot, and a crop-duster when he was a teenager (yeah, at 17)…. When he married at 22, his Mom and his new Wife both put their foot down, and he gave up flying. I believe, in my heart, he never got over that.

[@RSProduxx]

well, when I was a kid the Air Force was practicing low alt maneuvers right above our heads... it was kinda normal for us, but yes, that´s how I learned that planes are cool :)

[@klingterra]

I was in the same boat as a kid. We didn't get ice cream, and we didn't do it every week....but we'd go out and sit with the hand held scanner and listen to the tower and the planes.

[@getmeouttatennessee4473]

57 year old female AVGeek here. In all of my years of dating etc, I think I would have fallen head over heels if a guy had confessed to wanting to watch planes on a first date. I could sit for hours on end watching planes come and go. I had to be in Baltimore last week. I deliberately chose flights with multiple stops, especially one in JFK. Airplanes are the greatest joy in my life. ❤️ Pure magic.

[@wootle]

I met my gf 5 years ago in Singapore. We had met online 2 years prior. This was our first in-person meetup. I had it all planned out. For our first date I took her on a long bus ride that ended in a massive hall where there were several lines of people. We were then ushered into more buses. She had no idea where we were going , Id told her i was taking her to a nice lunch. The bus stopped, we got off and she saw the sign for the Singapore Air Show and her eyes went wide. She'd never seen such a thing before and I was pretty much ignored as she looked to the sky at F15s pulling Gs and walking around the parked airplanes looking at the parked F-22s in wonder. But the highlight was when an F-16 did a low pass in full afterburner. She screamed and squealed with delight as it thundered past. It was unforgettable and the best first date! >>>>>> I love how you choose multiple stops! I do the same. I bet you always pick window seats too!! Heres to avgeekery and a huge shout out to the incredible machines and the people who make them tick!

[@Em22-wtf]

😂😂 When I was in animal grooming school in Boston, one of the girls I went to school W was from Maine, she'd usually stay the weekend at the place the school put out of staters in, I stayed for a couple months, but it was a rough area & my car was broken into by was of smashing the passenger window, that was enough for me... But when I stayed there, my Maine friend and I would go to Lohan and hang out in the airport. We'd sit in international a lot and watch people come & go, the planes, all of it! We loved it! Obviously this was before 911 changed everything and made it sucky for plane & people boarding plane watchers. We always had fun trying to guess who was the one leaving, why they were going, all based on watching their body language and emotional state.... Airports are a pretty emotional place, mostly happy though. That's why we liked it so much. And we'd see the planes coming and going too. We usually went at night so it was more people watching then planes, but we'd see those earlier on.

[@KeithKenobi]

Did you find him?? ;)

[@TheAutisticOwl]

I love Kelsey's face in the thumbnail.

[@74gear]

Thanks Sam glad you like them 👍

[@nightSkyacc]

🤫

[@coryvators4618]

Same!

[@KarstenPHT]

Meme template time!

[@381delirius]

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[@morfanaion]

As a programmer, I have to say, I do think that unmanned planes are really far away just yet. The level of redundancy required to make that a safe option is unreal. For instance, on rockets going to space, there are usually 4 flight control computers on board, all calculating the exact same things simultaneously. Why? Because of SEE, which stands for Single Event Effect. I'm not going into the details here (perhaps Kelsey would like to dedicate a video to the flight incidents where SEE has probably been a factor), but it comes down to a seemingly random situation in which a computer bit suddenly goes from a 1 to a 0 or vice versa by an outside influence (so not from actual input or from code). If and when this happens, there is no way for the computer to know about it. If you only have one computer controlling stuff and this happens, guess what will happen if that bit suddenly causes the computer to think that, rather than at 37000 feet, the plane is cruising at 102536 feet. The computer will want to dive and it'll dive fast. That's not safe. So you put in a second computer, but now, when that error occurs, you have one computer that believes you're at that altitude and another who believes your at 37.000. How can they determine which is the correct one? So you'll have to add at least another computer and preferably 2 to override the faulted one in these events (which is what NASA does on rockets, because this particular situation is waaaay less rare than you'd might think up there in space). Then, it is relatively easy to get a computer to maintain a plane at a certain speed, heading and flight level or even to have it adjust to any of those three, it's a whole different matter to put a plane on the ground in a crisis situation. It's simply not feasible to account for every possible crisis situation in code. So, yeah, as a programmer, I would have a lot more confidence in a plane being controlled by a computer assisted pilot than by a plane being controlled by computers alone...

[@mr.goodcat582]

If you have an engine failure at low altitude, always- land on the Hudson.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

After approaching Hong Kong

[@Enzi_Meteori_902]

what if your not over the hudson?[please don't make rude comments against me in sick of them!]

[@mr.goodcat582]

@@Enzi_Meteori_902 Perhaps you don't know what I'm referring to, if it is the case... where have you been?

[@palco22]

................so, if I'm over Chicago ? ? ? ummmmm I would have to be some 220,000 ft AGL to safely glide my A-320 to the Hudson ! I would also have a problem with reentry issues (no engines = no air conditioning) It would be very warm at the controls !

[@Enzi_Meteori_902]

@@mr.goodcat582 yes I know, if you have an engine failure always land on the hudson, but what if your over land not above the hudson and Yu get engine failure? (pls no mean comment)

[@Igbon5]

It's never not amazing watching hundreds of tons of metal getting into the air, being in the air and getting out of the air. Even taxiing is impressive with the noise and the barest hint of all tat power and potential. Then throw in some weather. Amazing.

[@spokev]

Exactly how I feel. I know what makes an airplane fly, the physics, lift, drag, etc. But when I watch it all put into practice it still amazes me. The grace and power as a big airliner lifts into the air... awesome. But, even a small plane is fun for me to watch fly. I wish I'd actually learned to fly when I was younger and had the money 💰 🤑

[@norbert.kiszka]

Modern planes are made from composites, because aluminium is too heavy.

[@carlbruschnigjr1757]

A few years ago, my wife and I were out and about running errands. At one point, we're about 3 miles from the airport and I notice an airplane tail rising about the landscape and moving. It was huge! As we get closer it just keeps getting bigger. Then just as we get to where the runway is closest to the road, the cops closed the road, something that they had never done before. We were first in line, cop says that it will be about 15 minutes, so I shut off the Jeep and the wife and I got out to watch. The plane was the Anotov AN-178. This thing made every other plane look like Cessna s. When they spooled up for takeoff, we had to get behind the Jeep because of the jet wash, which rocked the Jeep. One of the police vehicles was pushed about 50 feet across the road. That will be one I never forget watching take off.

[@Igbon5]

@@carlbruschnigjr1757 Cool.

[@pilot_bruh576]

The metal giants do 90 degree turns like shopping carts

[@stevewhyles]

I can’t understand why trolls target Kelsey, the guy is very knowledgable and is a pleasure to watch, I for one like the guy and learn a lot, I am not a pilot by any stretch of the imagination, I do have 13000 hours vatsim for MS flight simulator

[@MeppyMan]

Haters are gonna hate.

[@feralbluee]

hi - i love Kelsey. and if i’m down, he cheers me up. that’s why i’m here today 😋 as for people who like to pull people down, here’s what i have to say to that :P !!!!!! Keep the blue side up ⬆️ and have a great day 🌷✈️

[@Lengend-cu6ef]

damn, so you have over one and a half years in that game jeez

[@drrocketman7794]

I love his channel ❤

[@elonmust7470]

He's young. There're guys out there with 20x his knowledge. That pisses people off.

[@DCYote1]

When I was a firefighter in PA, we did a lot of stuff with the KPIT fire crews because our town was right next to the airport. A lot of times because they had nothing else to do, they'd respond to some of our structure calls or MVAs to help out (One incident we had a train derailment and they brought the big crash trucks, which was cool to see) and we got to do a lot of training with them for airport specific incidents. It was really cool to be able to work with those guys and see that side of firefighting.

[@martintheiss4038]

and policing has their own issues involved. basically you would need to be detailed full time to that particular airport for jobs like that.

[@dog_house875]

Plane spotting is the same as train spotting and I can relate to you in this case as I’m a conductor on the railroad. I see people all the time taking pictures, and thought it was weird. After awhile I started to look out for them and try to wave or do something hilarious for the video/ picture haha

[@JoJoGranum]

My 15 yo son is a trainspotter so he can relate to this. Once in a while he goes to YYZ to see a plane’s new livery

[@luismedina8502]

"You'll lose your Amazon package" Love it! Kelsey you are the best!

[@mshighaltitude]

First to the last one of 2020? Oh what a year! Had to pause flight training for 6 months but: - scored 100% on IR written - visited 21 airports in 3 states - enjoyed 43 (44 including this one) videos from Kelsey Looking forward to another year of Sunday morning surprises! 😊

[@74gear]

ya safe to say there aren't anymore videos this year but if I can get the editing done in time there will be a new series I am launching next Sunday.

[@glam432]

Why I can't hear nothing?

[@ryantheghost2185]

شما ایرانی هستین؟

[@amfwelsh]

@@glam432 are you deaf ?

[@glam432]

@@amfwelsh no just my internet was kinda lagging and the sound was messed up

[@nathantheog5870]

Train spotting is even harder to tell people (Atleasr for me). "Yeah I stand at the platform and watch the trains"

[@matthewetheridge4179]

Me who watches planes trains and cars: I watch vehicles!

[@VanquishedAgain]

@@matthewetheridge4179 Me watching Planes, Trains and Automobiles... Ha, funny stuff

[@dirtcop11]

That is very fun when they have a Big Boy or another steam-powered locomotive is passing by on a track near you. The sight and sound, especially the whistle, are exciting.

[@tanya5322]

@@dirtcop11 my mom remembers when steam locomotives stoped at her front door. She lived with her parents in the upper level of the freight depot, and grandpa was the depot agent and Telegrapher

[@AudieHolland]

I'm not a plane nor a train spotter but I do know they do a lot more than just watch plane/trains. They identify them by their 'serial numbers' and can tell you what route that particular train op plane usually takes, how often it lands at that airport, etc. etc. I read somewhere that the hobby of planespotting started when former members of Observer Corps that tracked enemy planes during the Battle of Britain, kept watching and tracking planes after they retired from the corps. The RAF used a rather primitive radar during that time, it was only able to detect enemy planes' distance, not direction (which is why it was cunningly named 'Radar Direction Finder' or RDF system to throw off enemy spies. But when radar would detect large formations of planes at the distance usually associated with the Luftwaffe airfields in France, the RAF knew a raid was coming. Once the German bombers had passed the radar posts, which were all on the coast, the intruding bombers were tracked visually by the Observer Corps who would pass the number of planes, altitude and direction to the RAF Filtering Room, which then put the nearest forward airbases on alert.

[@ProfRonconi]

I'm not interested in aviation at all (in the sense that I don't want to fly a plane ever), but your videos are so instructive and your personality so charming that I keep checking your uploads. My favourite bit: "Coming up!"

[@notme2day]

I would love to fly again but you and I wouldn't "want" me to fly again. I have no depth perception, no peripheral vision, night blindness and tunnel vision .. there's more but .. you get the gist. .. I really like Kelsey's channel 😀

[@mikoto7693]

Oh don’t worry, you’re not the only one that doesn’t want to fly and I really don’t want to try to learn to fly. Hell I don’t think I could, given that every time that the plane changes orientation I tend to get vertigo. I absolutely hated it when the plane circled around the airport before landing in Heathrow, and honestly the only reason that I didn’t barf all over the back of the chair in front of me and the carpet is sheer willpower.

[@Author.Noelle.Alexandria]

@@mikoto7693 A lot of people love to watch movies without having an interest in making them. A lot of people love music without being interested in playing instruments or singing. You’re into aviation. :)

[@mikoto7693]

@@Author.Noelle.Alexandria Guilty as charged. 😉 I find aviation fascinating and I’ve been learning quite a bit about it ever since I discovered that a few months back. It’s even led me to picking up a new job as part of ground crew that I enjoy far too much. But while I enjoy what I do and hope to be able to expand my training once my security background check is complete and I can finish the airfield driving training and testing… The more I see and learn, the more I’m certain that I want absolutely nothing to do with learning to fly them. 🤣 Don’t get me wrong, the modern jet airliner is both beautiful and a remarkably fine example of engineering and I’m happy to learn about them and work around or aboard them… when they’re on the ground. Even if learning to fly them was remotely affordable to me and I didn’t get vertigo I’d still refuse. I’m happy and comfortable with proverbially keeping my feet on the ground. I’m not particularly well suited to travel and vastly prefer to return to the same place, and sleep in my own bed with my cats. I’d hate sleeping in hotels during layover, I’d hate the nature of crew scheduling and I’d absolutely despise being locked into a compartment the size of a closet with someone I didn’t like. Sure there would be two pilots going up, but there’d probably be only one going down. 😆😇

[@janeleo5796]

Internet, uncles & siblings stop putting words in my mouth. My life belongs to me, not you. Butt out.

[@Happymali10]

If you feel weird about planespotting, remember that there are people photographing cars and trucks on the street, passing by them. Also, my local airport (HAM) has/had a small coffee (like, imagine a food truck sized building) on a small road supplying the freight-area, specifically for planespotters (the road is elevated so you can stand on the sidewalk and look over the perimeter fence). It's kinda cool, and I hope it's still there after Corona.

[@AudieHolland]

I think people making selfies all the time are crazy.

[@ressljs]

I was aircrew on a reconnaissance jet in the US Air Force. We always enjoyed seeing the plane watchers when we'd land in a new location (maybe not the middle east), and we'd search KZbin and plane watcher forums the next day to see if we showed up there. A lot of times we did. Although it was kind of weird when we found a YT video of us landing in Yokota (near Tokyo) where they zoomed in so close you could easily recognize the pilots in the cockpit. There was that one time a pilot took it too far and got caught sending our takeoff times to plane watchers in England. Whoopsie!

[@Happymali10]

@@ressljs Some decades ago you could sometimes see planespotters (at civilian airports) in germany put up giant antennas, and they'd listen in on ATC to know when a plane was coming and which one. Nowadays they just use Flightradar (in part because ATC-radio is illegal to listen to/is probably coded/secured)

[@spokev]

Our local small airport (FSS) has a small restaurant that I like to go to, sit by the window and watch the pilots preflight their small planes, (Cessnas and the like or the occasional small passenger jet - very exciting to see!) Watch them take off and land. Sometime soon I plan to take my own discovery flight. Maybe someone will be planespotting me!

[@sarvolkskaya]

I used to have massive anxiety about plane spotting and people thinking I was weird. Then I moved literally across the street from my city’s airport and I can just look out my window 😂 There’s a public parking structure across the street with perfect view from the runways that I’ll bring my DSLR and chill at. I was so excited when I signed the lease I was like a damn little kid 😂

[@Sheaffer72]

I love plane spotting. I can stand at the airport for hours just watching the planes take off and land. I have some great pictures, some of which I have had printed and framed.

[@nralbers]

With respect to engine fires, I love the David Gunson talk "What goes up, might come down". "I've talked to the fire service, and they tell me they've had trouble getting ladders and hosepipes up to 30000 ft."

[@jillianbruce6143]

😝😆😁!!!

[@smithcon]

As a photographer that lives in a city that gets one, and sometimes two 747s passing through each week, I head to the airport at least once a month when I get an alert that one is inbound, whenever I am free and the sun angle is looking good for the direction they are landing in. The 747 has that amazing stately look that no other aircraft can match.

[@HalJikaKick]

So true!

[@j.gardner4811]

Would love to see some of your pictures!!

[@realulli]

You've never seen a Concorde. 1970s design, already retired (great pity!), Still looks like science fiction even today.

[@smithcon]

@@realulli I actually have seen a Concorde fly -- it was in fact a beautiful machine. I managed to get very close to the airport runway and we watched it do a flyby and then come in and land in Portland, Oregon, way back in 1990 or 91. It was a one-time thing and a small crowd had gathered to see it come in. It was a beautifully graceful plane and I wish it was still flying. I have also seen and walked through the one on static display up at the air museum in Seattle adjacent to Boeing Airfield, where it actually sat near one of the oldest 747s.

[@realulli]

@@smithcon Then you know what I'm talking about. :-) I've seen her on her last landing in Germany, before she was transported to a museum. I heard the crowd watching the landing was 30000 people (looked plausible to me). They put her in a museum on stilts, beside the Tu-144 (making it look like the Concorde and the Concordski were flying in formation), you can get into both and walk through the interior. Look for "Technikmuseum Sinsheim" if you're interested.

[@Pilotemilie]

Just gonna start walking off my plane saying 'YOU KNOW WHAT'S UP' 😅😆 to anyone I see...

[@gutemacupcake6278]

Hi Emilie love your vidoes

[@VictoryAviation]

Omg I died laughing. Was not expecting that 🤣😂🤣

[@AwaisQadri1]

14:47 i laughed my butt off

[@markrichards9646]

@MattHeaven ditto!

[@sijonda]

Sitting in the front of the plate as a passenger. "I"M THE FUCKING MAN! YEAHHH" from the cockpit.

[@sirclarkmarz]

the in and out burger by LAX is a great place for plane spotting

[@ssbohio]

And burgers, presumably.

[@jetdriverp]

That InandOut at LAX has been the cause of more than one bird strike at my airline.

[@margotrosendorn6371]

There's a burger king right next to a small airport in my neighborhood; I used to hang out there a lot as a little kid. Many afternoons were spent watching the planes as I worked through a kid's meal.

[@livewellwitheds6885]

yes it is! can confirm

[@hotsoup1001]

Call me old-fashioned, but I want my pilot's fate tied to my own. 😂

[@acfiv1421]

Yes, I don't want to fly on a plane without a pilot who wants to get back on the ground in one piece as much as I do. Also, I don't like the single-pilot idea that's floating around. It may be OK for normal operations, but in case of an inflight emergency that one guy must aviate, navigate and communicate all alone, with nobody to help him troubleshoot or simply bounce ideas off of. And one more thing - pundits love to say that most crashes are due to pilot error, so get rid of the pilots and depend on automation and computers. But how many accidents are prevented when some of the automation, computers and other systems fail, and human pilots figure out what's wrong and take corrective action, like controlling throttles manually when the autothrottle misbehaves. I bet you that is a daily occurrence, and you will never see statistics on that because it's an accident that did not happen.

[@mikoto7693]

Call me paranoid, but I don’t ever want to have to get into a narrow metal tube that goes up so high it has to be pressurised, along with hundreds of people, knowing that if just one tiny thing goes wrong at the wrong time then we’re all completely and utterly fucked. I’ve done it four times and I never ever want to do it again. I dunno, some deep instinctive part of me thinks flying is complete and utter madness and goes “nopenopenopenopenope, this is not good, this is not good, we’re all going to crash and burn” for every damn second the plane isn’t on the ground. And it might be right. There are some truly stupid and asinine things that have brought planes down. Things like an engineer forgetting to put a tiny metal disc back in the screwy part of the plane that moves the tail fins, or forgetting to remove the masking tape from the little hollows in the hull where the sensors are. Or even, when air was leaking out of the cabin and the pilots succumbed to hypoxia because their checklist didn’t say. “Put your damn oxygen masks on before trying to troubleshoot the problem.” And I get that one, honestly because if I’d been writing the checklist I’d have considered “put you god damn oxygen mask on first” a no-brainer. But it happened. Now, granted all the things I mentioned were fixed but the question that makes a part of me freeze in horror at the thought of flying is. “So what other flaws are there lurking somewhere inside the millions of parts of things that have to work to make this thing fly?” Along with. “So what else lurks in the minds of the pilots flying this thing?” Because yes, of course, there was the time when a depressed pilot locked his buddy out of the cockpit and *crashed the plane on purpose*! Blech. Of course my higher level mammal brain can reason that flying probably isn’t that much more risky than driving, but my primal lizard brain can’t be persuaded by logic or anything else. All this being said I probably would fly again at some point, if for nothing else the doctor can prescribe something to override my lizard brain. Either that or I pickle it with alcohol. 😁

[@mriphone1000]

@@mikoto7693 I think one has to remember that flying is safer than getting in a automobile.

[@sigmascrub]

@@mriphone1000 it's a control thing. If you die driving, it's because you made a bad decision or didn't react fast enough or didn't keep up with maintenance. If you die flying, it's because other people did that stuff. And a lot of people, myself included, can't handle that.

[@Josh-cm9jw]

@@mikoto7693 I'd consider myself an 'avgeek' even if at entry level if that's a thing, but I need a drink before I can properly settle on a plane. For all I know about these machines, there's just an irritating part of me that kicks in and says "you realise we're in this tin can 40,000 feet above the ground right?" Think it's just because I was on a plane that landed in a storm one time and it's put me on edge or something idk, but it's normal to be nervous regardless of how much you might know about flying, it's just instinct

[@dilligafdude9434]

The instagram story of you riding passenger on a bike sums up "if you aren't in control you're more nervous" perfectly. When it comes to plane spotting I think of it more as a way of appreciating the leaps mankind has made in technology. Think about it. You have this gigantic metal tube with wings that weighs tens of thousands of pounds with engines that not only can move this massive object around but move it fast enough to generate lift. I don't do it on the regular but I was working at a place that was right under the flight path of the An-225 Mriya when they were flying in to Minneapolis-St. Paul International and the sound that thing makes was just so cool and when you looked up there's this gigantic airplane flying overhead that looks like it's just barely keeping lift but it continues onward. It's a physical, tangible thing representing the leaps in technology improvements that humans made and it's awe-striking for me at least to see.

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

I had a boyfriend who lived under the glide path for MSP. I was constantly saying, "Let's hang out in the yard!" He'd say, "The damn plane are too loud!" And I'd say, "But they're so CLOSE!" I could've lived on his roof. I still love the sight, AND sound of jets passing low overhead. Sell those houses to planespotters.

[@dilligafdude9434]

@@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412 that's awesome !

[@veramae4098]

finally did some adding and subtracting and discovered: When Grandfather was born Queen Victoria was still on the throne. When Grandmother was born, that was the year the Wright Bros made their flight. ... And .... she lived to see a man walk on the moon.

[@AchromaticChameleon]

The Mriya. May she rest in peace. 😔

[@maryeckel9682]

@@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412 great handle

[@coffeeandcannabis]

I absolutely love aviation. Wanted to join the Air Force as a little girl. Attempted to join the Marines as a teen, but I was diagnosed with a genetic condition causing me to lose my vision. I will never get the chance to actually fly a plane, but I love to watch them! Love your videos!! Super informative and love to share them with my son!

[@wootle]

How I dearly wish a treatment can be found to save your vision. Please Universe let it happen. Wishing you well.

[@LuxPlanes]

74 Gear I just want to let you know your videos make my day. I'm so happy when I see a new one come out and they always put a smile on my face. So I just wanna say thanks for all the great content you've given me and your great community.

[@L.Spencer]

I know I've learned a lot!

[@amicloud_yt]

"fast and loose with the word interesting" sick burn

[@johndonald3566]

"Well , my plane has 4 engines." Brutal🤣

[@voornaam3191]

Brutal? It is stupid! Can't they build ONE engine that is strong enough and reliable enough? Why not?! Stupid! Not brutal.

[@johnl6013]

My father being a career firefighter, I appreciate the shoutout to the emergency crews that respond when it's needed most. The proposed scenario of a fire crew simply waiting for a disaster to happen and never getting experience is a little far-fetched (except for maybe volunteer forces). Any firefighting crew worth their salt will be training for all these scenarios on a regular basis and will be ready to jump into high gear when the time calls. In a large metropolitan area you might see a fire station(s) dedicated to the airport; however, in smaller cities and towns, the fire station will cover a much larger area where their skills and tools see regular real-world use. Many people think firefighters just sit around and wait for something bad to happen. In reality, if they aren't actively responding to a fire, they are either learning new best practices, training their skills, or responding to medical calls.

[@gotbordercollies]

Thank you for the shout to those of us who run in when everyone else is running out! Crash Fire Rescue is a great job!

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

You're amazing. Every straight woman on the planet wants a firefightin' boy. We won't even get into the turnout gear... Well, not unless we're invited. 😁 Thanks for doing such a tough job. You rock.

[@bushmanPMRR]

That is First Responders in a nutshell! You people run in whilst us mere mortals run out! Whether your'e fire, police, ambulance, whatever, you all have the very deepest respect of this individual even if it sometimes fells like nobody cares!

[@h.p.oliver8666]

Way back when I was working on my CPL, my instructor--a guy with a great sense of humor, which was probably a big benefit with me for a student--described commercial flying as "hours and hours of complete boredom punctuated by seconds of sheer terror." An exaggeration, yes, but one that has at least some truth to it. Thanks for putting up with us. ;-)

[@mikoto7693]

Lmao, if the pilots are bored then just let me sit with them. After awhile of putting up with a mixture of anxious chatter (I hate flying) and “what does that button do?” for awhile, they might just want to descend to a suitable height where they can throw me out the nearest door without causing huge depressurisation, but they won’t be bored. 😁

[@flybobbie1449]

Just the opposite with flight instruction.

[@JaneXemylixa]

I've heard the soldier's life explained that way, and someone applying the same to the story of any inhabited planet

[@tanya5322]

5:48. That’s about how I feel every time I go for a ride on my husband’s motorcycle. Straightaways are ok, but a banking 90° turn in the road at 50mph has my closing my eyes and holding on for dear life. Concentrating on keeping my spinal column in the same plane as his.

[@mikoto7693]

I get that, I really do. Amongst my friends and family it’s commonly accepted that if we have to travel anywhere, it’s best that I’m driving. Well, except that my mother has the same compulsion of not being able to relax if someone else is driving. I’ve had her in my passenger seat and she’s put her foot down on a nonexistent brake pedal or reached down to the equally nonexistent handbrake a few times. I haven’t, but I’ve had the urge to.

[@drbgaming3472]

Kelsey " I don't know any airline who would hire without you having a ATP" Pia , let me introduce myself

[@bushmanPMRR]

This is why I love this channel: He's very intelligent, incredibly humble oh yes and he gets to fly hundreds of tons of machinery! ....and then gets genuinely scared on the back of a moped! Love it! ;-)

[@tanya5322]

Plane spotting. Years ago, when my children were quite young, the local Early Childhood Education program had a field trip to the large city in the next county. Three highlighted stops. An old movie theatre that had been remodeled into a bookstore. Riding the escalator at the mall. Stopping by the small international airport to watch a couple planes come in.

[@Ron-cz8bt]

YES!

[@Thatdrummerpilot]

1:42 I love how he had to think of a better word to say but gave up

[@maesc2001]

Kelsey, don’t forget retired pilots standing at the fence ☺️

[@lala.laarni]

2 hrs ago I was checking your account for your new uploads! And I was like He didn’t upload?! 🙁 and now it’s here so happy! Thank you for this! 😊 Take care Kelsey 😊

[@74gear]

I try to do it at 10am on Sunday EST. But sometimes the time changes mess up or I mess it up depending on where I am in the world when I set the publish time. Glad you found it Lala

[@xXrandomryzeXx]

Plane spotting is so awesome. I love to watch planes flying over my house at very high altitude using my binoculars. I especially love seeing military aircraft.

[@notfound3358]

"YOU KNOW WHAT´S UP" - Every guy on fs2020 after landing

[@skynet0912]

When it comes to planespotting, Kastrup airport in Copenhagen has a fun little place you can visit. It's a small restaurent called "Flyvergrillen" built right next to the outer fence of the airport, so while you eat, the outdoor seating let's you sit and watch planes take off from the runways!

[@hans3000]

Nobody: My brain: Reading aviation *threats*

[@IntellectualHazard]

YOU GOT ME DROPPING DEAD LMAOO

[@pilothaha]

@@IntellectualHazard same

[@Canadian_Ale]

What the hell is an aviation threat? "I'm going to fly a plane into your house!"

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

yep, first reactions

[@Dan-pz2cw]

Not funny at all

[@kylemurray6872]

The airport firefighters do much more than wait for crashes. I was a firefighter at the Iqaluit Airport YFB in the 90s. Structural fires, alarms, medical response at the terminals, MVA investigations, safety inspections, backup for onsite security issues, wildlife control, etc etc. Also, lots of aircraft response that isn’t crash related, (hot brakes, hot refuel, engine failure, hydraulic failures, plus much more). Add all of the training that a FF needs to do weekly and monthly, you have an extremely busy job. Bravo to all who continue to do it!

[@TheShardulofAllah]

Pilot Kelsey makes things look cool here in youtube, and he says "if I can do it, you can do it". But this guy is one of the guys who I think had always worked hard and had super self discipline. He always passed his tests and interviews. You are an inspiration Kelsey!

[@philoalpha369]

"I grew up in southern California, so if it's not like 75 and sunny. I really don't want to be outside." Too funny. I feel the same way.

[@Seeker22000]

Hey Kelsey, you'd be the perfect guy to sit with and watch episodes of "Mayday" with. So much to learn from an insider's perspective. It always amazed me how a tiny component can fail and bring down an airliner, like a petot tube.

[@mikoto7693]

I think we might have watched documentaries covering the same incidents of tiny things that have taken down airliners. I haven’t watched many of them because I found out they make my dislike of flying worse, but a few stayed in my memory. For one, an engineer put masking tape over the little hollows in the hull where the sensors reside, to protect them during the procedure which I think might have been a re spray but it’s been years so I might not remember right. But he forgot to remove it afterwards so when the plane next flew, they couldn’t get any accurate readings of height and speed and ended up crashing. The other one was a tiny metal disc smaller than a 50p coin that the engineer didn’t replace during maintenance. If I recall, that disc was meant to stop the mechanisms attached to a screw from just totally unscrewing itself off entirely during flight. The problem was that was the mechanism used by the pilots to help control the plane up in the tail fin area at the back of the craft. Once it came off it locked the tail fin into a single position that crashed the plane. A frigging metal disc smaller than coins used in money, and not having it crashed the whole airliner. But one of the ones I really didn’t like, I think was either a leak in the cabin or cockpit or something else that had the same effect. The pilots knew there was a problem and tried to troubleshoot it. But because the checklist didn’t say “put your god damn oxygen mask on first” they actually succumbed to hypoxia while working through the checklist and that caused the crash. But “amazing” perhaps isn’t the word I’d choose for such things. Horrifying might be more accurate at least for me. Perhaps because it leads me to another question. I mean okay all of the things I’ve mentioned have been corrected so that it shouldn’t happen again, as safety rules are written in the blood of those who didn’t have them. But the question this leads me to is… What else is there? What other tiny but fatal flaws are there lurking in every passenger plane that flies or in the minds of those who fly them? Maybe I don’t wanna know.

[@BRORANDYMARTIN]

“My plane has 4 engines!” Boom 💥 the old saying “there’s always a bigger fish” kinda applies here but I guess differs in altitude.

[@zephyrumbrella]

Just been bingeing through your channel, a video worth checking out is "Trainee pilot lands aircraft with instructor passed out on his shoulder" which is 3 minutes or "Student pilot lands plane after his instructor passes out | ATC audio " which is the full uncut version. Basically as the title describes it's the audio of a trainee on his third lesson who had to work with air traffic control to land after his instructor passed out.

[@zeberdee1972]

As an Aviation Fire Fighter of 31 years ......only three plane crashes and thankfully no one lost ....some hurt but all okay . Lots of burst tires , hot wheels , apu /engine fires , hydraulic leaks , bird strikes . Seen some close calls but they managed to land . I still say the most dangerous part of my day is the drive to work .

[@JeffInDFW]

Hey Kelsey, REALLY enjoy your channel. After seeing this video, and your "Mean comments" video, I had to post something so you would know that not everyone who watches your channel is a tool (or a troll). I really enjoy your viral debriefs and discussions about crisis management in flight. Heartbreaking to see the 747 being phased out for passenger service, but the fact that the Queen has had such a long run is testament to her original designers.

[@Tushka154]

Planespotting is like collecting stamps - some collect regs, some go for artistic shots. I'm a planespotter and a Private Pilot at the same time.

[@johnvender]

Hi Kelsey, I just watched a video of Antonov AN-225 taking off from Zürich, amazing watching a cargo plane that could take off with a disassembled 747 in its cargo hold :)

[@sagecleveland3953]

RIP

[@Zaher74]

Ouch

[@ED-es2qv]

I’ve never went out of my way to watch planes, but it is exciting, and you could get into noticing skills and conditions. I can see why people do it, especially if they have handicaps that keep them from having more active hobbies.

[@alex7344]

Legacy pilots being toxic. It's the same in IT. You get a guy that was in his prime during the 2000s and the idea of passwordless security makes his eyes pop

[@Stettafire]

Developer here. There's always that one guy/girl who thinks they know everything and haven forbid you try something new or even so much as imply that maybe there's a better approach 😬

[@scottlambert8891]

Dude,, just keep up the good work. I enjoy your videos. Negative people are just that negative. I've learned a lot. I don't fly but always wanted to know more about aviation. Thank you

[@genevieve571]

I just wanted to say thanks for the awesome content since the inception of your channel!! Here's to continued greatness in 2021 🎊🎉

[@74gear]

really appreciate you and all your support Genevieve thank you 👍

[@thechumpsbeendumped.7797]

“Safety is number one priority”

[@nestorcasaravilla1721]

When I am at 30.000 feet watching a movie over the ocean...you are still ...a god to me!!!!

[@BOT-dv9lz]

I love that someone are awake and knows about the outside influence in/from space. And you explained the reallity of where we are with computerized controls. I belive in that boats and cars can be that, but planes are more like 3D and can go anywhere, but a boat/car can stop right there and then as a safety feature. Planes must land if the computer have problems. But you coverd most of the issues if not all 👍🏼

[@YaBoiWolf_YT]

Thank you for the great content Kelsy, as a new blooming aviation enthusiast its been nice watching your vids to expand my aviation knowledge with a laugh or two along the way

[@BruceG2009]

Your comment on firefighters possibly not putting having a fire to extinguish reminded me of a news item I read once. A firefighter was retiring and had never had to actually fight a fire. On his last day a fire broke out. The next day the headline read: Fireman takes 25 years to put out a fire!

[@AviatorCameron]

Kelsey definitely works for AltasAir

[@josemesalles5682]

I think he does. Once he posted a Instagram story to where he was going and the only plane going was a 747 of AtlasAir. I saw it on Flightradar24. But the pilots are the real Santa’s taking cargo everywhere. It’s a great day to be alive people.

[@aviationgaming1564]

@@josemesalles5682 Kelsey mainly flys the Dreamlifter which is operated by Boeing he also sometimes flys passengers idk what airline for that

[@kishansn3145]

@@aviationgaming1564 Atlas Air also operates Dreamlifter

[@00BillyTorontoBill]

hehe my bro-in-law owns 'Atlas fence ltd. in canada, and in his office he's got a 8x10 of an Atlas 747 taking off.

[@cameron-w]

@@aviationgaming1564 he doesn’t mainly fly the Dreamlifter. He mainly flys Atlas 747Fs and sometimes passenger or the Dreamlifter.

[@allisonb8912]

I live right between DCA (reagan national airport) and the Pentagon, so I get to watch planes and helicopters literally 24/7. It will never get old. I drive my friends nuts commenting on the different planes, and noticing when the takeoff flight paths change. There's a public park right at the end of the DCA runway and most of the time the planes take off in that direction, but when they change the direction of the runway, the planes land right over the park and it's insane getting to see them so low. I've read that DCA is not a fun airport to fly into for commercial airliners, due to the direction of approach (since there's a narrow strip of usable airspace between DC and the Pentagon), and I've had two go around situations while landing there. But as a passenger, the view on landing is very cool, flying low over the Potomac river and seeing the monuments on the left. Anyway, this was all my way of saying that yes, plane spotting is the nerdiest hobby, but I haven't gotten bored yet.

[@christopherjustme1372]

Hoping you see this comment. I think the explanations you give and the videos you are make are awesome. I ended up getting married at 19 and was a dad six months later (yea that’s how life happens sometimes). My dreams no longer mattered as I had to find the fastest path to make decent money to put food on the table. I always wanted to be a pilot, always have and still do. At 51 I don’t think I will ever fly commercial jets, but going to start the process of learning and hoping that maybe I can at least get to fly charter planes. Until then I live through your eyes and videos lol. Thanks for the wonderful entertainment. !!!

[@childofcascadia]

Hey, I used to be so terrified of flying. Which is ironic because my grandfather was a pilot. But then my grandfather passed away and going thru his things I found a bunch of his pilot stuff including a scrapbook he made as a boy with pics of planes in magazines he cut out had saved all those years, pics of his personal planes, flight journals, maps where he had drawn out routes both personal and professional and so on. I became interested and started studying both commercial and private aviation and how planes work. Im now going to get my GA pilots license in my 40s. So, never too old to learn to fly! Follow your dreams!

[@davidsargsian4257]

I love how much emphasis you put on you two having a juice

[@Frip36]

Much respect and appreciation for 74 Gear.

[@invaderkittkat2255]

I like to plane spot at work while on lunch. I work in the cargo part of an airport and it is fun seeing the plane we're waiting on roll in.

[@Elzett1]

Nobody: TCAS at Bangkok: "CAUTION GHOSTS! GHOSTS GHOSTS PULL UP"

[@primecaptain8628]

You made my day😂😂😂

[@justayoutuber1906]

How are we on gremlins and sky gnomes?

[@tylerbeaumont]

Watching this guy be terrified of a scooter is really funny to me. As someone who has ridden motorcycles my entire life, a plane is so much more daunting than any bike. Really put how different people interpret danger into consideration, what’s a really dangerous situation for me is a normal day for Kasey, and visa versa. Really cool to think about

[@kerezymaii]

You featured my topic 😁 You also replied to it on reddit. Thanks bro 💕

[@74gear]

sure, not a problem I was wondering around in there and now you know why 😆

[@JoJoGranum]

I’ve been fascinated with space launches and that but aviation is something I’m fascinated with. When I was younger I had vision issues which pretty much ended the dream of flying. Now even with laser surgeries where now I don’t wear glasses, I still don’t feel too comfortable flying or learning. However I would love to watch planes take off and land. I’m a bit of a nervous flyer post 9/11 but watching this channel is easing my fears .

[@trob0914]

THANKS Kelsey, i appreciate your posts. I hope you have a SAFE and PRODUCTIVE 2021!!

[@Woodey79]

the one thing that never wears off for me is the enjoyment of playing hockey. After playing, I feel great. Realizing I just ice skated and maybe scored a few goals.

[@ErebuBat]

“I guess we are going to go a little fast and loose with the word ‘interesting’ ” 👌 😂

[@joaogomes3395]

Plane spotting is not only about photography is also about collecting and register Tail numbers, I have more than 800! Keep up the good work, greatings from Portugal.

[@whoever6458]

Having driven a 650cc motorcycle for seven years and crashing the same, I would never ever ride backseat on a motorcycle. There's a real art to driving a motorcycle safely and, at some point, everyone crashes because of factors that are difficult, if not impossible, to control. Knowing how I saved my life when I crashed solo on my motorcycle, I'd have a hard time trusting someone else's judgment in a dire situation like that and they just happen to everyone at some point and yeah, you have to do the safest thing given the situation so that's why it makes sense to ponder the worst possible scenario and keep finding them and thinking about what you would do. That's what I did in emergency medicine and that's how I passed my field training on a major ambulance company because we rolled up on the scene of the accident and my FTO partner froze up but I had thought about this kind of thing and I just took over directing what should be done. To be fair, I had just graduated EMT school and this wasn't your typical 911 ambulance so trauma scenes are infrequent, so I can see how it doesn't take too long in any field for people to forget the stuff that they don't use. Even on motorcycles, serious crashes don't happen much but, when they do, all you could have ever done was think about as many situations like that as you could conceive of and the actual situation is different in a few ways so think of how many instances of shit hitting the fan that you can so that something you thought about is closer to the real shitshow you are facing. Any time that shitshow happens, I was to be the one driving that motorcycle but, if it's a plane, I'm glad there are two pilots up there in the cockpit and I'm also glad that planes have more of the third dimension to deal with than those of us with licenses for various vehicles that usually* stay on the ground (*I will take responsibility for all the bicycles, skateboards, rollerblades, scooters, pairs of shoes.... cars, motorcycles...) anyway... The only reason I don't have a pilot's license is that I didn't join the military because they said I could only fly the slow planes because I have to wear glasses and I wanted to go as fast as humans can go at the time. Now, it's prohibitively expensive. I did have a friend who took a bunch of us up in a small plane and I was the only one who would volunteer to sit in the copilot's seat so he let me fly when we were somewhat high up and he let me do a bunch of flying. It was kind of like driving a car with a flat tire to me because there was a little bit of air that would make the plane fly as if it was going over bumps. It was weird but I enjoyed it.

[@SnuffitLabs]

On planespotting: Years back we used to go up to Post Road outside of Minneapolis Airport and watch the big planes come in. If you were in the right place at the right time you could catch a wingtip vortice as the plane would pass over the interstate highway. Was so great!

[@NixieRainHarper]

Kelsey, thanks for all the amazing vids this year! Roll on another year of content! ✈️

[@74gear]

I appreciate that Oceana... thanks for watching I have some new series ideas soon.

[@NixieRainHarper]

@@74gear you are welcome! Looking forward to it!!

[@snoopstp4189]

You may not be the most eloquent speaker ever and I certainly don't want your face for my screensaver but I love the subjects you pick to talk about!!!

[@verodg7833]

Enjoyed this, wouldn’t mind if you’d turn this is into a series 🤗

[@74gear]

well who knows what will happen in 2021 🤫

[@paulbrouyere1735]

You’re always funny. I’m an aviation geek without being a real pilot, except for RC model planes in the 80’s. Since I was 4 I called coal flower parachutes and at the same time I saw one of the last Zeppelins land in my country, about 20 people on the ground pulling it down.

[@kevinkotyk8542]

“How else would you pay for it”😂

[@mikewaterfield3599]

Be john Travolta

[@TheEric1203]

Don't some airlines have their own free flight schools? I figured that's what that post was getting at

[@EmotionalWeather]

@@Canzandridas Lufthansa used to offer a flightschool loan (I think it was ~120k€) that you would automatically be deducted from your paycheck. If you didn‘t get a job, it was waived completely.

[@ANRQAngel]

@@TheEric1203 A lot of airlines have cadet programs where they train you from zero experience, although no-one is taking in cadets at the moment due to COVID..

[@purplebunny7728]

@@ANRQAngel That's what I read some where. The skill sets work where ever you are. It's supposed to be cheaper to find a person with skill set and then train them to be a pilot.

[@mozartrn1]

Really enjoy your postings and learning a lot about planes in general or flying, I should say. Definitely am a nervous flyer and you are helpful creating more understanding.

[@nelsonkaiowa4347]

I love how honest you are.

[@babygrrlpc5057]

My nephew is a USAF/ANG firefighter now. He previously was 82nd ABN. He trains hard to be ready. He's a big Avgeek, and we talk aircraft a lot. @74Gear, we share your vids 🙂

[@hanslain9729]

"Your know what's up!" --Gangsta Kelsey

[@Rundumsfliegen]

LoL🤣

[@MrRiku021]

I have watched a few of your videos now, they're very informative and casual, and it's appreciated, thank you. I hope to see more in the future.

[@jamesodowd4063]

"If you put me in the airbus, probably would be pretty ugly" I'd love to see you rent out an a320 sim and record it. Id bet it would be funny alright

[@nicjansen230]

On airport firefighters: you don't have much actual firefighting to do, but they probably train a lot, and if you're lucky they have a mock plane to practice on (like at Schiphol, Amsterdam, Netherlands). So I think the senior guy feels comfortable enough to make decisions and not panic

[@ziggyzap1]

love your channel, Airline pilot is a dream job for me I truly enjoy your content :)

[@74gear]

glad to hear it thanks so much for that 👍

[@benmccullough7820]

I'm a new ARFF firefighter and can confirm there are not a lot of incidents like that. That being said we also run EMS calls for all the buildings on airport property. The really surprising thing to me is the amount of non crash incidents that involve aircraft.

[@laurenmartinez4646]

Thank you Kelsey for the amazing video your videos make me smile in these strange times. Thank you so much and keep up the great work. Happy late Merry Christmas and Happy New Years.

[@stephenbull2026]

Great video. With regards to plane spotting, I commuted to 20+ years by coach. You would see people standing at the coach stop waiting for coaches to come in and then start writing stuff in their notebooks. Now THATS a first date that’s going nowhere further...😂

[@christinemichele2318]

Ive loved planes and fighter jets since i was little. Love your channel Kelsey! Thank you 😀

[@susiesweet8003]

I grew up living close to the Allegheny County airport outside of Pgh, PA during the '50s & '60s. My parents, for a cheap night out, used to take us (5 kids) to the airport to watch planes coming & going. Friday & Saturday were the best times. I kept up the tradition with my kids & grandkids. Something about planes & kids. One time a piper hit our poplar trees, spun around & crashed in our backyard. The pilot had a heart attack & he lived. If not for the trees, it would've hit our house, the kitchen where my sister & I were doing the dishes. There were 4 other planes that came down in the neighborhood, one landed on the hi-way parallel to the runway & one wiped out a trailer park that was located very close to the runway.

[@TheAutisticOwl]

12:45 The biggest difference between a B737 and an A320 that I can spot are their noses. More specifically, the shape of their cockpit windows.

[@74gear]

but to someone who doesn't know a lot about airplanes they look the same

[@matsv201]

I would say.. the 737 is so low to the ground. The A320 looks a lot more like the 757.

[@blindleader42]

@@matsv201 Yeah, the biggest giveaway for me that it's a737 has always been the flattened lower edge (before the MAX) on the engine nacelles for ground clearance.

[@nativeafroeurasian]

I can't differenciate between Fokker 100 and B717 and DC9. But A320 and B737 look very different to me and I think the A320 looks better (kinda cute) whereas the 73 has quite a steep incline at the nose (more rounded shape than the A320) so it looks kinda fat to me.

[@matsv201]

@@blindleader42 "has always been the flattened lower edge" Well its a bit more complicated. There is 4 diffrent generations of the 737. The original, the classic, the NG and the Max. The thing they all got in common is the stumpy landing gear. The original looks like it stolen the engines of a Me262

[@Rachaelshaw7]

"Reading aviation threads - coming up" your eyes glowed when you said this it's like you were thinking 'ooo this is going to be tasty'

[@sed6]

Single pilot commercial aircraft? Never. That was tried once, remember Germanwings 9525...

[@davidrumbelow1071]

Thankyou for your service to flying and all those who love 747s .