Most chill landing conditions I have seen yet. Sunny, clear, over water and led by long runway guides to the landing. The San Francisco International Airport itself has nice vibes as well. Flew into it many times when I lived there. Thanks SuredT!
Thank you so much for this video. For a Briton like me who flys regularly into european, and occasionally to Florida and Australia, this video was a supreme 'from-the-cockpit' eye-opener. The 'chatter' from the crew and the relentless noises from the engines and that experienced by the crew from the cockpit made it a very realistic experience which I have 'experienced' six times, on and off since yesterday evening. Thankyou SureT.
I love this video. I first flew into SFO from YUL in 2000 to meet my future wife. At one point during the landing, the KLM 747 passes by Foster City on the left where my mother in law lives. Many times I have stood in her driveway and watched the planes, KLM and others, come in to land. I still do the same thing whenever we go to visit. This video brings back so many happy thoughts. It's nice to know what's going on inside the plane that I am watching from the outside. Thank you very much
As a former truck driver and current locomotive engineer I am always fascinated by these transportation profession related videos. I would love to be an airline pilot someday
In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the whole scenery looks exactly the same as in this video... AMAZING ! Very smooth landing, the altitude call outs... when he reached 10, it took him 3 seconds to touch down... 3.3 feet per second... Very nice job
Great job with the videos and thanks. My Dad was a TWA 747 & L-1011 Captain, and watching your videos takes me back to a younger day when I rode up front with him before he finally flew west. I would also vote for video all the way to the gate. Ten minute videos are fine with me. Thanks again for the ride and for some great entertainment on these cold Nebraska nights!
Wow so cool! Thanks for posting it! For anyone who ever has a little time to spare at SFO, in Terminal 2, near the connector to Terminal 1, is this HUGE screen that shows air traffic at SFO. It is a time lasped computer graphic display that shows all the planes landing, taking off, and transitting, through the airspace near SFO.
What a smooth taxi... All your flights are so flawless.... Congrats once again... I finally was able to land on the simulator the 747-700 thanks to your vids..
the tower gives the final sidestep call, but when approach control clears you for the approach, they can say "cleared ILS 28L approach, expect sidestep to runway 28R" its just a way to speed up ATC traffic flow because they can just line everyone up on one localizer and then have them sidestep if its a clear day like that one was
Thank you very much for sharing this view - wonderful! To see landing from dead on instead of 'little building's and such flying past horizontally....amazing :)
Thank you so much for these wonderful videos. They are some of the best on RUclips ! Very Clear images and no camera trepidations . Awesome. You need to post some videos about how aircraft parking is undertaken after a landing. Would be nice !
@JustAnOrdinarySimmer Side step means we switch to the parallel runway, because for some reason that's more convenient for the air traffic controller, or we can ask for it when it's more convenient for us (less taxi time for instance).
@jbskies At 03:40 I say in Dutch: don't look at ILS indication, you'll get a new frequency from me. So the answer is: when we have time we switch frequencies and use the PFD again. If we are too low to do this we fly purely visual. And yes we have to possibility to program 2 routes in the FMS , so we can program a second runway as backup
On the ND you have a GS readout. We use this readout to monitor taxispeed on the ground. Max 30 on straight taxiways. Max 10 during 90 degrees turns. Max 5 during turns on wet taxiways.
Great video! I grew up up the hill from SFO in San Bruno. Been to all those places you flew over to watch aircraft flying into SFO. One time I don't know why but a B-52 Bomber came in for a landing and landed then took off again. May have had problems. Thanks for sharing! Love it
I live in San Jose (about 45 min drive south of San Francisco) the Bay area, as it's called, is one of the most high air traffic areas in USA that's why so many plane are delayed if yiou look at sky view of the bay area it literally makes a rectangle of SJC, SFO, OAK, and PAL even though Palo Alto doesn't get that many planes...and there is one more runway that's only for Cessnas in San Carlos
At San Fransisico, ATC give out sidesteps like theres no tommorow due to the traffic loadings comming in from all directions. My last trip into SFO involved a sidestep on this approach, although we came in from the west, not the east like this aircraft. It's not generally a tricky manouver to accomplish but it just adds to the workload on finals when the crews concentration should be on other things.
Hi captain. First of all thank you so much for your interest in show us this magnificient machine in action. And now one question. You disconnect the A/P at the time you were apparently cleared for visual app. But just a few seconds later the A/P disconnect aureal signal can be heared for a second time. As far as i know the only way to hear this alarm after an A/P disconnection is when the A/P is engaged again and then disconnected one more time.. isn´t it? Excuse my english please. Carlos.
Beste SuredT, prachtige filmpjes heb je hier neergezet. 4 jaar geleden dezelfde trip gedaan on KLM MD11, kan me alles nog herinneren. Vertrek SFO naar Amsterdam zelfde verhaal, schitterend gewoon. Van Virgin Atlantic wa hier ook zo'n mooie weergave te zien van ITTV, maar die zijn helaas verwijderd, zal wel een copyright thing geweest zijn of zo. Die waren prachtig, alles werd uitgelegd. Misschien krijgen we die nog wel weer een te zien. Bedankt voor de mooie bijdragen. Groeten, Stephan
@piliage Just a small correction if I may: Gatwick is a single-runway airport, and at Heathrow one runway is used for landings while the other for takeoffs, alternating once a day at 3pm.
Great videos, watched all of them. Do you take requests? Curious if in your next vidoe you could have ATC , Ground , Departure , or Arrival Feq tuned in for ppl to hear? Looking forwad to your next video post!
@SuredT do you remember the last time you got cleared for a 1L/R or 10 L/R approach? I fly into SFO every week and always get the tip top, quiet bridge, or FMS (i think this is only a united airlines approach). I'm dying for a 1L/R but hear it's only in tough conditions (all the more fun)! If so, which approach do you find more enjoyable? I would assume 1L/R?
i would like to see a video of you pulling up to the gate with a ground worker marshalling your plane to the dock, but your take off and landings are PERFECT, i have them in my faves!!!
What kind've mount do you use for your camera and what kind've camera? My dad just upgraded to the 747-400 for Delta Air Lines!! Great Video! Favorites!!!
Two questions - you call for speed brakes immediately after touchdown - I thought you usually armed them before landing so they'd deploy automatically? Also, what's the max ground speed of a 747 at which you can turn off the runway onto an exit ramp? OK, I lied - third question - when's your next video coming?
No, just Radar vectors for a visual approach on 28L and later a sidestep to 28R. Thats why we followed the ILS. On a Quiet Bridge you can not follow the localiser because of the offset approach path.
goed om te zien!!! Dat mag wel meer;). Maar heeft u nog tips voor het taxien?? Bij mij is het zo slecht en wat de snelheden zijn bij het taxien?? mvg Thomas
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, I'd NEVER been smart enough to do anything like this, but I've always been fascinated by aviation and missed my opportunity due to my stupid eyesight. I enlisted in the military after High School and got declined. Since 1996, I've wanted to be a re-fueler for the Air Force. I never got the chance. Now, I drive a bus. Oh well, folks can dream.
@SuredT I have a Q. You have talk about landing in Bangkok, then you are someplace in E, next you're landing at St. Martin. I asked my dad ( retired 747-400 check pilot ), my uncle ( retired 777 ) different airline, why do you guys go all over. They both said they have never heard of landing at all these airports like you stated. You either get the E route or South America or the Asian etc... How did where you able to fly to all those different airports?
@SuredT Great video! Question on the side step: Did you switch to 28R localizer frequency and track on PFD when side step was issued or just purely fly visual without PFD reference? Is it possible to program FMC to put 28R localizer as the backup and switch it at the last minute? or it's too much trouble? thanks in advance.
side STEP or side SLIP... or do they mean the same? is it where you bank the aircraft in 1 direction, lets say RIGHT for this case, and turn the rudder to the LEFT??
what exactly is the landing procedure for KSFO? What was the point of the sidestep? do they ALL sidestep at that exact point and is it a normality? I've seen landings being made parallel on both right and left.
rofl! you taxied around for your viewers. kool. i love how simple the tarmac setup is at KSFO. but do you measure in kilometers per hour or miles per hour?
I'm just an aviation enthusiastic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and I've been flying (not on the cockpit of course) teh 747 from Rio (GIG) to CDG sometimes. Just to thank you for posting these videos (guess I saw all you've posted) and just a request, if possible, posting CAT III, and more bad weather (I'm a weather meteorologist) landings and take offs. Do you have any SYD video? Thanks again for all !
One question sir. At :47 you disengage the autopilot. And, at 1:45 the PNF announces "Localizer captured". Since you were on the visual, is it still proper procedure to call "Localizer Captured" even though the aircraft was not being controlled by the localizer?
I have a question when do you usually reduce thrust to zero before touch down, Ive heard at 50 AGL and Ive heard at 10 AGL which one is it or does it depend?
Most chill landing conditions I have seen yet. Sunny, clear, over water and led by long runway guides to the landing. The San Francisco International Airport itself has nice vibes as well. Flew into it many times when I lived there. Thanks SuredT!
Thank you so much for this video.
For a Briton like me who flys regularly into european, and occasionally to Florida and Australia, this video was a supreme 'from-the-cockpit' eye-opener. The 'chatter' from the crew and the relentless noises from the engines and that experienced by the crew from the cockpit made it a very realistic experience which I have 'experienced' six times, on and off since yesterday evening.
Thankyou SureT.
I'm so amazed that so big things can be guided so perfectly into an airport, like the localizer and the ILS and so on, awesome
I love this video. I first flew into SFO from YUL in 2000 to meet my future wife. At one point during the landing, the KLM 747 passes by Foster City on the left where my mother in law lives. Many times I have stood in her driveway and watched the planes, KLM and others, come in to land. I still do the same thing whenever we go to visit. This video brings back so many happy thoughts. It's nice to know what's going on inside the plane that I am watching from the outside. Thank you very much
Best landing I've seen in my life; how can it be done better?! That was truly amazing!
As a former truck driver and current locomotive engineer I am always fascinated by these transportation profession related videos. I would love to be an airline pilot someday
Nice landing! The lady flying is smooth with her call outs, and her flying. Professionalism at its best! Great video too!
I've flown KLM across the Atlantic on that aircraft and the flight was great, service superb.
In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the whole scenery looks exactly the same as in this video... AMAZING ! Very smooth landing, the altitude call outs... when he reached 10, it took him 3 seconds to touch down... 3.3 feet per second... Very nice job
Great job with the videos and thanks. My Dad was a TWA 747 & L-1011 Captain, and watching your videos takes me back to a younger day when I rode up front with him before he finally flew west. I would also vote for video all the way to the gate. Ten minute videos are fine with me. Thanks again for the ride and for some great entertainment on these cold Nebraska nights!
Wow so cool! Thanks for posting it! For anyone who ever has a little time to spare at SFO, in Terminal 2, near the connector to Terminal 1, is this HUGE screen that shows air traffic at SFO. It is a time lasped computer graphic display that shows all the planes landing, taking off, and transitting, through the airspace near SFO.
What a smooth taxi... All your flights are so flawless.... Congrats once again... I finally was able to land on the simulator the 747-700 thanks to your vids..
ive been waitin ages for you to post another video.. you have the best landing videos ive seen.. always a pleasure to watch!
the tower gives the final sidestep call, but when approach control clears you for the approach, they can say "cleared ILS 28L approach, expect sidestep to runway 28R" its just a way to speed up ATC traffic flow because they can just line everyone up on one localizer and then have them sidestep if its a clear day like that one was
Thanks for not editing out the taxi, that's cool to watch
YES! I'v been waiting for another video for ages! Superb as always!!! Loved it!
GOLDEN GATE FOUR, for Visual 28R?
Thank you very much for sharing this view - wonderful! To see landing from dead on instead of 'little building's and such flying past horizontally....amazing :)
Thank you so much for these wonderful videos. They are some of the best on RUclips ! Very Clear images and no camera trepidations . Awesome.
You need to post some videos about how aircraft parking is undertaken after a landing. Would be nice !
@JustAnOrdinarySimmer Side step means we switch to the parallel runway, because for some reason that's more convenient for the air traffic controller, or we can ask for it when it's more convenient for us (less taxi time for instance).
Simply awesome! Love the in-video comments, very helpful! Thanks for sharing.
@jbskies At 03:40 I say in Dutch: don't look at ILS indication, you'll get a new frequency from me. So the answer is: when we have time we switch frequencies and use the PFD again. If we are too low to do this we fly purely visual.
And yes we have to possibility to program 2 routes in the FMS , so we can program a second runway as backup
Nice video. Old SFO tower ATC here. Brings back good memories.
Another 5 star landing. Thanks for sharing!
Fantastic What a smooth landing. Fortunately there was no turrbulance. Wonderful video thanks to the cockpit Crew
Narayanan Seshadri
India
She did a perfect landing. Good job!
Thanx for sharing! Can you make a vid of the docking proces at spl? It would be nice to see it from the other side. Greetz and keep up the good work
How about that second HOLDSHORT line that he passes thru????? I guess we have to wait when is a solid line right???? Thanks for the video.
One of the best!! Another favorite for me
@etuberalism They do deploy automatically when symmetric gear is on the ground AND when the thrust handles are in the up position.
Absolutely FABULOUS!!!! Mike
you sir, are AWESOME, glad to have you in the skies
Thanks very much for sharing! Awesome video!
On the ND you have a GS readout. We use this readout to monitor taxispeed on the ground. Max 30 on straight taxiways. Max 10 during 90 degrees turns. Max 5 during turns on wet taxiways.
Awesome video, thank you. My favorite aircraft, landing my favorite approach into my favorite airport.
SuredT= living the dream.
Great video keep them coming i love your vids so much please do keep them coming
i honestly think you have the best job in the world!
Thks a lot for these videos, really that's awesome
i could watch 10 mins of every landing you do... keep the videos up man! that was a long spell without... 5/5 stars as always
Great video! I grew up up the hill from SFO in San Bruno. Been to all those places you flew over to watch aircraft flying into SFO. One time I don't know why but a B-52 Bomber came in for a landing and landed then took off again. May have had problems. Thanks for sharing! Love it
its cool you included the taxiing at the end...keep it up, 5 stars!!!
Thank you, that was fascinating to watch!
It's a really good approach and landing from a Commander (or maybe Chief Pilot?) who fly about 20 years the Boeing 747!
Both times I flew and the plane landed at SFO, it was at night. Cool to see this from the daylight. Thank you.
This is quite mesmerising and relaxing to watch.
these are all great videos... ive always wanted to see what it looks like from an actual cockpit... keep up the great work
Gosh I wish I could fly. Thats all i ever wanted to do in life but then I broke my back. Ugh! Atleast I have videos like this i can watch.
I don't suppose it would be possible to see some more of these? Absolutely terrific!
This video seems to indicate that SFO's runway 28R is in need of resurfacing - or the tires on the landing gear are warped.
Great video non-the-less.
I live in San Jose (about 45 min drive south of San Francisco) the Bay area, as it's called, is one of the most high air traffic areas in USA that's why so many plane are delayed if yiou look at sky view of the bay area it literally makes a rectangle of SJC, SFO, OAK, and PAL even though Palo Alto doesn't get that many planes...and there is one more runway that's only for Cessnas in San Carlos
Hi captain, thank you for these beautiful video, what a great idea to see in my passenger seat the moment of landing and taking off.
At San Fransisico, ATC give out sidesteps like theres no tommorow due to the traffic loadings comming in from all directions. My last trip into SFO involved a sidestep on this approach, although we came in from the west, not the east like this aircraft. It's not generally a tricky manouver to accomplish but it just adds to the workload on finals when the crews concentration should be on other things.
Hi captain.
First of all thank you so much for your interest in show us this magnificient machine in action.
And now one question. You disconnect the A/P at the time you were apparently cleared for visual app. But just a few seconds later the A/P disconnect aureal signal can be heared for a second time. As far as i know the only way to hear this alarm after an A/P disconnection is when the A/P is engaged again and then disconnected one more time.. isn´t it? Excuse my english please. Carlos.
can you see Oakland Int. in this video? I've never been to that area, and heard that Oakland Intl. is just in front of SFO, across the bay...
Beste SuredT, prachtige filmpjes heb je hier neergezet. 4 jaar geleden dezelfde trip gedaan on KLM MD11, kan me alles nog herinneren.
Vertrek SFO naar Amsterdam zelfde verhaal, schitterend gewoon.
Van Virgin Atlantic wa hier ook zo'n mooie weergave te zien van ITTV, maar die zijn helaas verwijderd, zal wel een copyright thing geweest zijn of zo. Die waren prachtig, alles werd uitgelegd. Misschien krijgen we die nog wel weer een te zien. Bedankt voor de mooie bijdragen.
Groeten, Stephan
@piliage Just a small correction if I may: Gatwick is a single-runway airport, and at Heathrow one runway is used for landings while the other for takeoffs, alternating once a day at 3pm.
Wow, it's beautiful. I miss California!
@paps737 Oh, The rudder pedals? Thanks. I also use Flight Simulator X. But it's pretty close to real life
Great landing B 747 is also greatest plane ever built.
Great videos, watched all of them. Do you take requests? Curious if in your next vidoe you could have ATC , Ground , Departure , or Arrival Feq tuned in for ppl to hear? Looking forwad to your next video post!
awesome vid!!!
just flew from LAX - MUC on LH A340-600 and was denied access to the cockpit for a visit --- very disappointing.
@SuredT do you remember the last time you got cleared for a 1L/R or 10 L/R approach? I fly into SFO every week and always get the tip top, quiet bridge, or FMS (i think this is only a united airlines approach). I'm dying for a 1L/R but hear it's only in tough conditions (all the more fun)! If so, which approach do you find more enjoyable? I would assume 1L/R?
always love coming back to SFO
Another Awesome video sureT...keep them coming
...you have the best job ever mate...
i would like to see a video of you pulling up to the gate with a ground worker marshalling your plane to the dock, but your take off and landings are PERFECT, i have them in my faves!!!
great vid thanks!!! 5*, what speed do you taxi at and what is a localizer?
Beautiful landing! Nice video too!
What kind've mount do you use for your camera and what kind've camera? My dad just upgraded to the 747-400 for Delta Air Lines!!
Great Video! Favorites!!!
Two questions - you call for speed brakes immediately after touchdown - I thought you usually armed them before landing so they'd deploy automatically? Also, what's the max ground speed of a 747 at which you can turn off the runway onto an exit ramp?
OK, I lied - third question - when's your next video coming?
Love your videos. Thanks for the upload. 5 stars and Fav
Wederom een mooie film!
Mag ik vragen hoe u de camera op het glareshield mount?
MVG Chromosoom+1 klas 08-1 KLS
No, just Radar vectors for a visual approach on 28L and later a sidestep to 28R. Thats why we followed the ILS. On a Quiet Bridge you can not follow the localiser because of the offset approach path.
Nice landing. Good job guys!
goed om te zien!!! Dat mag wel meer;). Maar heeft u nog tips voor het taxien?? Bij mij is het zo slecht en wat de snelheden zijn bij het taxien?? mvg Thomas
OH MY GOODNESS GRACIOUS, I'd NEVER been smart enough to do anything like this, but I've always been fascinated by aviation and missed my opportunity due to my stupid eyesight. I enlisted in the military after High School and got declined. Since 1996, I've wanted to be a re-fueler for the Air Force. I never got the chance. Now, I drive a bus. Oh well, folks can dream.
SuredT how long was your flight training till you got to fly the B747
I love this airline. Nice cockpit view
@SuredT I have a Q. You have talk about landing in Bangkok, then you are someplace in E, next you're landing at St. Martin. I asked my dad ( retired 747-400 check pilot ), my uncle ( retired 777 ) different airline, why do you guys go all over. They both said they have never heard of landing at all these airports like you stated. You either get the E route or South America or the Asian etc... How did where you able to fly to all those different airports?
@SuredT Great video! Question on the side step: Did you switch to 28R localizer frequency and track on PFD when side step was issued or just purely fly visual without PFD reference? Is it possible to program FMC to put 28R localizer as the backup and switch it at the last minute? or it's too much trouble? thanks in advance.
Great video, thanks for sharing.
side STEP or side SLIP... or do they mean the same? is it where you bank the aircraft in 1 direction, lets say RIGHT for this case, and turn the rudder to the LEFT??
what exactly is the landing procedure for KSFO? What was the point of the sidestep? do they ALL sidestep at that exact point and is it a normality? I've seen landings being made parallel on both right and left.
this is soooo much better than x-plane. wow. just wow. thanks!
Just a question. @ :41 seconds and :48 seconds into video there is a whoop-whoop sound - is that a bank angle alarm? Just wondering?
@SuredT but one question: why do you switch off the autopilot in 0:40 ? don't you need it for an ILS approach?
rofl! you taxied around for your viewers. kool. i love how simple the tarmac setup is at KSFO. but do you measure in kilometers per hour or miles per hour?
@JohnBet11. Also on a visual approach we use every nav-aids or approach-aids available, in this case the ILS.
hoe lang ben je al een 747 piloot en hoe lang heb je er over gedaan om er één te worden P.S. fantastische landing.
Sweet! Thanks for uploading!
Another KLM video, well done.
I'm just an aviation enthusiastic in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and I've been flying (not on the cockpit of course) teh 747 from Rio (GIG) to CDG sometimes. Just to thank you for posting these videos (guess I saw all you've posted) and just a request, if possible, posting CAT III, and more bad weather (I'm a weather meteorologist) landings and take offs. Do you have any SYD video? Thanks again for all !
One question sir. At :47 you disengage the autopilot. And, at 1:45 the PNF announces "Localizer captured". Since you were on the visual, is it still proper procedure to call "Localizer Captured" even though the aircraft was not being controlled by the localizer?
@PaulsPhotoService Maybe the B-52 was doing a touch and go?
beautiful weather, thanks for posting
Are you aware of your gate you must park at before you land or do you find out after the ATC tells you when you taxi off the runway?
CONGRAT...NICE VIDEO AND NICE LANDING...POST MORE VIDEOS...AWESOME
I have a question when do you usually reduce thrust to zero before touch down, Ive heard at 50 AGL and Ive heard at 10 AGL which one is it or does it depend?
@SuredT I had no idea! Thank you for the answer captain. Nice job with the camera.
Nice, could you like, when you're taxiing show us the cockpit? it would be nice. Or are you too busy doing the cleanup?