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great footage, but has he still got a job???
How is there footage mid flight with the main wheels retracted? It looks to still be cruising pretty high, and that is going to probably compromise the airspeed surely!?
I don't really think it's that impressive TBH, it's the underside of a plane...
njee20 - the older 747s had a gravity drop mechanism for each set of gear. Presumably he pulled that for the nose gear and then used the normal controls for the rest.
Wow, I sound drunk from what I wrote!
I was aware they could be lowered independently, it looks to be a 744 anyway, I'm pretty sure it's not just the 'classics', it's possible on anything. I was more thinking of the protocol and the effects of doing it.
He does say in his description that [i]"the phrase "non-standard" cropped up in the landing brief."[/i]
I love it, yet perversely hate flying! 😀
what does "non standard" refer to?
Pook - Non standard refers to the Chris King bottom bracket they had fitted
Pook - non-standard means that they will be conducting the approach in a different order than that given by their Standard Operating Procedures, as in using the gravity extension for the nose-gear.
Don't know when the gear is dropped on a 747 (I fly the Airbus) but probably not as far out as on the video.
Yawn!
why all the 747 references when in the video it says A380? 😕
or am I just being incredibly stupid?
When that comes up there is an A380 in the background (Air France)
Ah thank you for pointing that out, hadnt noticed
This guy must be Southern African... Balleka means 'to run away'
... just checked the other vids... he is, I reckon he flies a 747-200 Cargo