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Yes, I flew the A320 family, B747-200 and -400. And the A330, of course.😉

Hi there, of course you may! The screens are CRTs and their refresh rate does not match the fps of the camera recording. Therefore, we see them blacking out or partially displaying things.

I think so. And right now possibly the only A380 operating at BOS. 1 flight daily I think.

@@BostonBuzz actually, British Airways also brings the A380 into Boston - however, both Lufthansa and BA only fly them in during the summer months; I’m about 20 miles north of Beantown, and, when the wind is right, which is quite often, these birds fly right over house at about 3000 ft - very cool

@@ft85915 I'm flying on a a343 in November

Thank you! If you are going to use the clip as part of a longer video and do not forget to credit and link me, I am fine with it and you may use it.

So ist es! :-D

That should be possible but will take some time as I do not get to fly there very often at the moment. But I promise to record next time I will be there! ;-)

@@PapaPaddeOh ok can wait patiently no problem, thank you!

Our A330s do not have the center tank built in.

Nice! Yes, we are all rated on all variants - A330, A340-300 and -600. ;-)

@@PapaPaddeback in the days a330 and a340 were one typerating, right? When the changes that, did you need to redo one of them?

@@PapaPaddeoh okay, thanks man. you’re really good at this!

As far as I know, it has always been a common type rating. We were trained on one variant first - for me it was the A340 - and after several months flying, a conversion course to the other varaint was due. There you had to do several simulator missions and line training before being rated on both.

Thank you! :-)

Hello and thank you! If you provide the link to my video and/or channel, you are more than welcome to use the clip. Cheers!

Sorry, I do not understand your question - what do you mean?

Exactly - flaps 2 is standard takeoff setting per company policy and packs off for multiple reasons, f.e. fuel economy, engine life, noise abatement, etc..

@@PapaPadde interesting, is it any different for the -600? Is there any runways that you fly out of that you have to use a different config?

It is basically the same procedure for all variants - A343, A346 and A330. Depending on weight and conditions (wind, temperature, pressure), as well as airport elevation and topographical features, it is sometimes more efficient to takeoff with a different flap setting in order to be able to increase the margin to the maximum possible takeoff weight. Airports that are quite challenging in that regard are Denver, Bogotá El Dorado, or San José for example. But also a short takeoff runway does have an effect on that which we sometimes have at several US airports.

@@PapaPadde very interesting, thanks for giving your insight on flying such a unique bird, it really is appreciated

You are very welcome!

Thank you! 😃

Absolutely, I will do that! I have been there a few months ago but missed to record the apporach... Next time, I promise! ;-)

@@PapaPadde 1R approach comes close to my home - I like to observe the aircraft from my back yard.

That sounds nice! I will definately take some footage next time! ;-)

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Many thanks for your comment and I am surely thankful that you are a satisfied customer! Always welcome! :-) As far as I know, there was a retrofit to replace the CRTs available but it was originally planned to put the A340-300 out of service and replace it with newer aircraft much earlier than they are planning to do now. So my guess is that it was just not worth the cost. There are TFTs in the A340-600 and A330 but the A340-300s that we a have still have the classic CRTs.

LH 423 - at the 7:35 mark the tower contacts the cockpit.

Lufthansa

Crossing fingers! :-)

Airbuses sometimes make weird radioaltimeter calls. In another video I heard "One hundred and forty" ???

These are CRTs and the refresh rate of the displays does not match the fps of the recording. Therefore, we see black screens in between or incomplete pictures.

Newer screens are LCD or LED displays so they don't have this refresh rate issue with video at 30 frames per second out of sync with the 60hz refresh rate of CRT screens.

Yeah but I though the plane got off the ground rather quickly......

Thank you - appreciate it! :-)

I agree but it was due to the fact that the aircraft was rather light that day at 200 tons. With higher weights and temperatures, it does have to work a bit more... ;-) In comparison to the A340-600 and the A330, I would agree to say that it is underpowered, even though it still does a good job. Its fuel efficiency compared to the A346 comes at a price...

Oh, my goodness, really?? That is you?!? That is so cool!! 🤩😂

@@PapaPadde Yep! Crazy to log into youtube and see the suggested video and hear my voice!!

What a coincidence... :-D

thats actually pretty amazing. i love the internet

@@adrian.j.solomon 🙌

Thank you! Yes, these are getting rare... :-)

Yes, these outdated CRT displays actually have their own cooling system. Otherwise, they’d heat the cockpit, my apologies, the flight deck up too much.

Thank you! :-)

Hey, many thanks for the heads-up, I did not know that! I‘ve been to L.A. in May and definately would have liked to go there. So next time, that is for sure! 😉

@@PapaPaddeAwesome!