The crazy thing to keep in mind on the slow pass of the first A380 in this video is An A380 crosses the landing threshold at a mere 140 knots on average and touches down, depending on its landing weight, at a speed as slow as 130 knots. About the same touchdown speed of some corporate jets that weigh 1/50th as much!
All large airliners can do amazing things when lightly loaded there is so much surplus lift and power at that time. I was in the L1011 observers seat on a LAS LAX ferry being used for pilot check ride. The check pilot was getting approach plates out and said the will run us around the sky. They gave an approach and he said thats one i did not get out. The last approach was extended in trail over water. finally he was asked to slow the approach. We were near the coast line. The pilot looked at the check pilot who shrugged. The pilot disengaged DLC the nose came way up and we were flying at 90knts the departing aircraft broke ground and we were clear. I did not know a L10 could slow fly.
@@stevek8829 That is true. The wings are designed to fly fast. In the low speed regime you are relying on the flaps and slats to increase the wing area and camber. In these discussions I ask "What are flaps for?" They let you fly slow. That is the answer to pass the FAA test. NO! The flaps let you fly fast and land slow. If you wanted to fly slow you design the aircraft to fly slow as Dr Paul MacCready did. The L10 used flaps and slats. It also used the spoilers on approach to control decent rate (Direct Lift Control). On final the attitude was level. So when DLC was disengaged the attitude change was very noticeable. I think if it was a passenger flight at higher weight they would have gone around.
@@BehindMyVisor You are correct. My point is that an empty aircraft will do amazing things. At a RAF Alconbury airshow a C130 took off across a 150 foot wide runway.. Started with the nose wheel on the edge and was off when the mains cleared. Latter at the airman's club learned he was empty and minimum fuel. He turned into RAF Wyton's pattern and landed there a few miles away. By the way I have worked the CV880 and drink Miller High Life
No, you're not alone. I played it back as well. Truly awesome. Anyone standing there when that plane passed over and claimed they were not scared would be lying. This was the best part of the video in my humble opinion.
The turbulent flow initiated by getting so close to the ground at 2:41 is pretty amazing to witness. Those minor changes like adding that aero device (winglet, shark fin, whatever you wanna call it) can make flow separation so much less of an issue! It’s awesome engineer
It looks absolutely logic defying. Masterclass of airbending! "Oh? You thought air flows kind of straight when smashed at 140kts? Here, hold my chord..."
That A380 flew so slow that you used up almost half of " 3 Minutes of Aviation " just to watch it fly the length of the runway. Was it the pilot flying or the computer showing beautiful control at that speed.
The best part about the A380 for me is seeing the “fasten safety belt sign” in the bar at the rear then taking two steps to one of the benches and strapping on my belt whilst still holding my drink. A masterful aircraft and so smooth it’s ridiculous.
On the 1st A-380 I’m pretty sure, besides no passengers, they were carrying a minimum fuel load too. On the 2nd A-380 there is no indication of a touch down prior to the go around. I believe. There would have been a visual indication of the wings and would have probably heard it too.
Not surprising with that wing area…that was made with the provision that the fuselage could take front and rear plugs to extend it to about 1000 passengers..which never happened.
@@billmorris2613 Ah yes, apologies, I thought the video had ended after the DC-3 clip. You got me on that one, but I still maintain the Beechcraft 'stunt' was reckless and probably illegal
@@ghostrider-be9ek Hence the amount of them that have already been retired. It's shocking that an aircraft so recently introduced should be leaving service already, when there's still so many 747's flying.
@@ghostrider-be9ek Well, the pax are the people that are paying for it! And with two aircraft, you have two lots of maintenance, two cockpit crews, two airbridges occupied, two flight slots, more crowded airways, etc.
@@QuicknStraight And are required to pay for twice as many slots. Still, the A380 is clearly more of a hassle to operate. Else airlines would still be buying them.
The DC 3 ran off runway because the pilot put tail down to soon, you need tail in slipstream to control direction, tail wheel has no steering, with tail down only have breaks to steer with.
The Beech stunt reminds me of a similar clip I've seen of a Corsair just barely grazing over the head of a cameraman on takeoff as a stunt Absolutely phenomenal!
That low pass in the Beechcraft reminded me of that great scene in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" with Mickey Rooney & Buddy Hackett at the controls...
Such skill by the pilots of the A380 at Farnborough, as was the BA crew at HK and how quiet is the 380 even on a climb out on a go around, such an impressive aircraft.
@@peteconrad2077 Both correct. I think what John means is that even when u hand fly, you are just sorta controlling the autopilot manually with Airbus.
If a smaller plane flew exactly the same course and speed as the A380, it wouldn't appear to be as slow. I've seen several C-5 Galaxy air show displays that also appeared to be very slow. I spoke to one of the pilots later and he said it's all illusion and that they were flying well above the stall speed.
I'll never cease to be amazed how some people struggle so intensely with pointing a camera and capturing video. Especially in this day and age. Seriously blows my mind.
probably its because the camera was mounted on a tripod, which limits the movement of the camera. Why not freehand then? you can if you want shaky video with that long telelens attached
@@1StIwY1 umm, dont ask me? i just answered why "how some people struggle so intensely with pointing a camera and capturing video" on this particular video, not about another video
I was lucky to get an unexpected personal supersonic flyover from an F111 flying about 30 metres up while walking back from a beach in Queensland Australia, it appeared to explode out of a silent sky from behind me and disappeared in an eyeblink with a great roar marking its passage. Walking on another beach I was treated to what looked like a huge WW2 era four engine prop plane once again unexpectedly appearing in complete silence from behind (and barely going over) a 30 metre cliff but flying past with a sound I could feel.
Must have been in the late 80's when I was in a valley in the UK lake district (I think it was a camping holiday). An F-111 just came out of nowhere at very low level. It screamed over us in a high angle bank. It was both terrifying and insanely cool. I nearly jumped out of my skin.
When I was in primary school, a few weeks before I graduated 2 water bomber 300s planes flew over my over, coincidentally where I was standing. Being the plane nerd I was, I went crazy. I didn’t think anything could get any better, until I saw a helicopter landing in the middle of my oval! It stopped for about 10 seconds, and then flew to the fire. Never forgetting that moment.
1:17 Luckily those orange cones were on the ground else the pilot wouldn't know how low he was flying. 😜 For that last one, he was going to land 🛬until he saw fuel prices. He's like "Nope, it's cheaper at the next airport." 🛫
All of your videos are great and I love this channel. This go round you had two of my all time favorite aircraft featured: the Beechcraft 18 twin and the DC-3. Too bad about that poor Gooney Bird, I'm glad that no one got hurt.
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The A380 Hong Kong go around is a few years old. The whole clip is on youtube, the lucky passengers got to fly the approach into the airport twice and it was a very clear day
The slow-flying Airbus reminds me of when B52 bombers would do low altitude practice bombing runs over our house in the 80s up in cebtral NY. It was an incredible sight.
Many uninformed but highly opinionated comments here. The first video was filmed at Farnborough Air Show in UK. The routine was of course approved. No aircraft are allowed to fly over spectators. And the FAA does not have any jurisdiction in the UK: British CAA and EASA.
Since I made my airborne brick comment earlier, I can only add that Azores Airlines, with all that porpoising on its final pass, appeared to be trying to pull an Aerosucre.
That A380 stall speed performance was incredibly relaxing and scenic.
Relaxing? I would be scared shitless being close to that.
More like the most anxiety inducing clip I've seen in a while
That A380 is one of the craziest aviation clips I have seen 😮 It’s like Wile E. Coyote not yet realizing he is hanging in mid air.
Like from top gun maverick?
YIKES!
It's easy, just don't look down and your plane won't fall.
The crazy thing to keep in mind on the slow pass of the first A380 in this video is An A380 crosses the landing threshold at a mere 140 knots on average and touches down, depending on its landing weight, at a speed as slow as 130 knots. About the same touchdown speed of some corporate jets that weigh 1/50th as much!
All large airliners can do amazing things when lightly loaded there is so much surplus lift and power at that time. I was in the L1011 observers seat on a LAS LAX ferry being used for pilot check ride. The check pilot was getting approach plates out and said the will run us around the sky. They gave an approach and he said thats one i did not get out. The last approach was extended in trail over water. finally he was asked to slow the approach. We were near the coast line. The pilot looked at the check pilot who shrugged. The pilot disengaged DLC the nose came way up and we were flying at 90knts the departing aircraft broke ground and we were clear. I did not know a L10 could slow fly.
The wings are designed for similar speeds.
@@stevek8829 That is true. The wings are designed to fly fast. In the low speed regime you are relying on the flaps and slats to increase the wing area and camber. In these discussions I ask "What are flaps for?" They let you fly slow. That is the answer to pass the FAA test. NO! The flaps let you fly fast and land slow. If you wanted to fly slow you design the aircraft to fly slow as Dr Paul MacCready did.
The L10 used flaps and slats. It also used the spoilers on approach to control decent rate (Direct Lift Control). On final the attitude was level. So when DLC was disengaged the attitude change was very noticeable. I think if it was a passenger flight at higher weight they would have gone around.
well the wing span & flap surface area is also much larger
@@BehindMyVisor You are correct. My point is that an empty aircraft will do amazing things. At a RAF Alconbury airshow a C130 took off across a 150 foot wide runway.. Started with the nose wheel on the edge and was off when the mains cleared. Latter at the airman's club learned he was empty and minimum fuel. He turned into RAF Wyton's pattern and landed there a few miles away. By the way I have worked the CV880 and drink Miller High Life
I wouldn't dare to stand on front of an airplane like that at 1:21...unbelievable video! Amazing compilation today!
even just watching scared me lol
@@CrazySprite I bet you’re a BEDWETTER STILL 😹😹😹😹👀
@@Thetraveller411 all I’m saying is that if you imagine yourself in that position it’s quite unsettling even if it’s being displayed on a screen
@R8andGT3Fan You could tell he was below Mach 1 because you could definitely hear him coming. lol
I can feel the plane coming inside me
The camera person on the runway was not a "spectator". The FAA takes a dim view of pilots who actually fly low over spectators.
Thats bullshit
Seemed like “a person who watches”
They aren't allowed to fly over the spectators at all
@Theodore Olson Pilots who will soon be working for Aerosucre
@Theodore Olson Pilots in the first video are for sure getting fired...
1:52 this was like a gentle giant 😁👏
Am I the only one who watched the beechcraft on repeat? That sound 😍
I think they used that sound for EVERY dog fight sequence during "BAA BAA Black Sheep" in the 80's .... LOL
I instantly thought of Buddy Hackett and Mickey Rooney in Mad, Mad World.
I LOVE THOSE ENGINES weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee....
Beech 18 ❤️
No, you're not alone. I played it back as well. Truly awesome. Anyone standing there when that plane passed over and claimed they were not scared would be lying. This was the best part of the video in my humble opinion.
@@Lawrence-St.Lawrence1701 even they got Deaf for 5min
The turbulent flow initiated by getting so close to the ground at 2:41 is pretty amazing to witness. Those minor changes like adding that aero device (winglet, shark fin, whatever you wanna call it) can make flow separation so much less of an issue! It’s awesome engineer
@The Insufferable Tool The armchairs are all out today....!!
Very observant
It looks absolutely logic defying. Masterclass of airbending! "Oh? You thought air flows kind of straight when smashed at 140kts? Here, hold my chord..."
Hate to see any DC-3 damaged.
Agreed
It's a DC-3. A few taps with a hammer and jet-wash the mud off it'll be fine.
@@AnthonyHandcock LOL... true... but those engines... ouch!
@@AnthonyHandcock ,
I still hate to see any DC-3 damaged especially considering their dwindling numbers.
Probably was up and flying in 3 hours.
That A380 flew so slow that you used up almost half of " 3 Minutes of Aviation " just to watch it fly the length of the runway. Was it the pilot flying or the computer showing beautiful control at that speed.
It was not on auto pilot
The best part about the A380 for me is seeing the “fasten safety belt sign” in the bar at the rear then taking two steps to one of the benches and strapping on my belt whilst still holding my drink. A masterful aircraft and so smooth it’s ridiculous.
It's awesome that DC-3s are still flying around, landing on dirt strips etc. What a plane.
Those consignments of Colombian marching powder won't deliver by themselves you know
@@mrglide7078 powder, right...
Please, avoid sensationalist titles...
Good luck with that.
As all school kids and pilots know, not all excursions are something to look forward to.
1:06 ..... the sound of that approach was just delicious.
On the 1st A-380 I’m pretty sure, besides no passengers, they were carrying a minimum fuel load too. On the 2nd A-380 there is no indication of a touch down prior to the go around. I believe. There would have been a visual indication of the wings and would have probably heard it too.
Not surprising with that wing area…that was made with the provision that the fuselage could take front and rear plugs to extend it to about 1000 passengers..which never happened.
What 'second' A380?
@@davidf6326 The last clip is the 2nd 380.
The second A380 didn’t touch down but wind sheer and turbulence forced a go around.
@@billmorris2613 Ah yes, apologies, I thought the video had ended after the DC-3 clip.
You got me on that one, but I still maintain the Beechcraft 'stunt' was reckless and probably illegal
Great video...thank you for uploading and sharing! I felt bad for the DC-3 and wonder how damaged it was! 😊🛩✈❤
The A380 is a magnificent aircraft and if it's an option for a journey, I'll pick the A380 flight every time.
great for pax - but a horrible fuel hog for airliners ........ 2, 787s flying together with same number of pax as an a380, use less fuel
@@ghostrider-be9ek Hence the amount of them that have already been retired. It's shocking that an aircraft so recently introduced should be leaving service already, when there's still so many 747's flying.
@@nickmaclachlan5178 I imagine the 74s that are flying are cargo planes. I don't see many passenger 74s.
@@ghostrider-be9ek Well, the pax are the people that are paying for it! And with two aircraft, you have two lots of maintenance, two cockpit crews, two airbridges occupied, two flight slots, more crowded airways, etc.
@@QuicknStraight And are required to pay for twice as many slots. Still, the A380 is clearly more of a hassle to operate. Else airlines would still be buying them.
The high speed low pass of the Airbus A310 was really cool too!
That Beechcraft sound is ORGASMIC!
The DC 3 ran off runway because the pilot put tail down to soon, you need tail in slipstream to control direction, tail wheel has no steering, with tail down only have breaks to steer with.
The Beech stunt reminds me of a similar clip I've seen of a Corsair just barely grazing over the head of a cameraman on takeoff as a stunt
Absolutely phenomenal!
I am proud of you. You didn't title the video "A380 Stalls Too Much" lol
2:40 beautiful vortices!
That low pass in the Beechcraft reminded me of that great scene in "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" with Mickey Rooney & Buddy Hackett at the controls...
At 1:21 my pants turn brown...
Cameraman almost getting a nice clean cut through the head
The A380 is an amazing marvel of science!
That a380 made my toes curl!
Such skill by the pilots of the A380 at Farnborough, as was the BA crew at HK and how quiet is the 380 even on a climb out on a go around, such an impressive aircraft.
That was more the autopilot handing it as automated as the aircraft is.
@@johniii8147 very unlikely to be autopilot in either case.
@@peteconrad2077 Both correct. I think what John means is that even when u hand fly, you are just sorta controlling the autopilot manually with Airbus.
@@rtbrtb_dutchy4183 it’s not an autopilot though. People bet this quite wrong.
@@peteconrad2077 I know. Technically, u are correct. The point is, even when hand flying, u are still not directly moving the flight controls.
If a smaller plane flew exactly the same course and speed as the A380, it wouldn't appear to be as slow. I've seen several C-5 Galaxy air show displays that also appeared to be very slow. I spoke to one of the pilots later and he said it's all illusion and that they were flying well above the stall speed.
I'll never cease to be amazed how some people struggle so intensely with pointing a camera and capturing video. Especially in this day and age. Seriously blows my mind.
probably its because the camera was mounted on a tripod, which limits the movement of the camera. Why not freehand then? you can if you want shaky video with that long telelens attached
....and what about the endless amount of idiots which records video on portrait mode ??
@@1StIwY1 umm, dont ask me? i just answered why "how some people struggle so intensely with pointing a camera and capturing video" on this particular video, not about another video
@@vincentmichael089 Mine was a rant against these idiots
I was lucky to get an unexpected personal supersonic flyover from an F111 flying about 30 metres up while walking back from a beach in Queensland Australia, it appeared to explode out of a silent sky from behind me and disappeared in an eyeblink with a great roar marking its passage. Walking on another beach I was treated to what looked like a huge WW2 era four engine prop plane once again unexpectedly appearing in complete silence from behind (and barely going over) a 30 metre cliff but flying past with a sound I could feel.
Must have been in the late 80's when I was in a valley in the UK lake district (I think it was a camping holiday). An F-111 just came out of nowhere at very low level. It screamed over us in a high angle bank. It was both terrifying and insanely cool. I nearly jumped out of my skin.
0:10 A380 slow pass at Farnborough
1:10 low Beech 18 flypast
1:40 Low A310 pass
2:00 DC-3 overshoot
2:30 BA A380 touch and go
When I was in primary school, a few weeks before I graduated 2 water bomber 300s planes flew over my over, coincidentally where I was standing. Being the plane nerd I was, I went crazy. I didn’t think anything could get any better, until I saw a helicopter landing in the middle of my oval! It stopped for about 10 seconds, and then flew to the fire. Never forgetting that moment.
"almost stalls" it was an exhibit and the pilot knew exactly what he was doing and what the plane is capable of
The Beech -18 is flown by Matt Younkin. A very very talented stunt pilot.
It's amazing isn't it.. the A380 will be missed. A marvel of engineering by Airbus
is it discontinued im so confused why people say this
Isnt Lufthansa bringing them back?
@@pyx1z from what’s reported is Airbus isn’t producing any more 380s at the moment
I thought it was 747s?
@@Beauty-and-the-Dia-betes oh
1:17 Luckily those orange cones were on the ground else the pilot wouldn't know how low he was flying. 😜
For that last one, he was going to land 🛬until he saw fuel prices. He's like "Nope, it's cheaper at the next airport." 🛫
Those laughing fellas damn near got CHOPPED IN HALF!
I could see vapor on/behind the wings on the Azores clip. Cool!
I’m sad to see so many a310’s retiring
Earned it they have
And a300
@@sevenodonata thanks yoda
@@sillycatgirlnya *Master Yoda
@@sevenodonata yoda master*
A380 wings: we're stalling!
Engines: hahaha and that matters because?
All of your videos are great and I love this channel.
This go round you had two of my all time favorite aircraft featured: the Beechcraft 18 twin and the DC-3. Too bad about that poor Gooney Bird, I'm glad that no one got hurt.
Almost stall? Not even close. It won't even let you without turning off safety systems
always great video's
very rare to see something I've seen before,
possibly the first video watched when turning on RUclips
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Great video 😀👍
Man, the pilot of that A310 is at the ragged edge of his skill envelope. Easy on the yoke, fella!
1:19 *its a good thing I was wearing my brown pants today because "man that was CLOSE! 0_o"*
Remember the 80's blockbuster Top Gun when Maverick 'Buzzes' the control tower? Loved it!
One of the best low pass I've seen.
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What speed is the a380 flying when almost stalling?
About 160-170 mph
I can hear the fws going “speed, speed, speed” from the outside of the A380
Pilot : What is the airspeed..??
CoPilot : 300 knots.
Pilot : Ok,, let's do some acrobatic.
It's amazing the a380 didn't fall out of the sky.
If that beechcraft was any lower those ppl would be decapitated 💀
Also first
The king never stalls! A38SUIII
Almost stalls = doesn't stall, just flies.
The A380 doesnt almost stall. It was a fully controlled show. Nice baiting.
Old Cargo plane in Colombia ends up over the runway.................And you were thinking it was overweight with cocaine....Cue "Black betty"
imagine if a380 stalled and come at spectators with this slow speed...right on there heads and no time to run away,,,,it would be horrific
We want more minutes of aviation!!
Am I going crazy or can I hear the airbus "stall" aural warning at 0:45 ?
Excellent video!
Im hearing “pull up. Pull up. Pull up! Terrain! Terrain! Pull up!” 😂😂😂😂
Rad videos as always!
The A380 Hong Kong go around is a few years old. The whole clip is on youtube, the lucky passengers got to fly the approach into the airport twice and it was a very clear day
A 380 ! No! It did not "Almost Stall" The driver knew what he was doing! Why sensationalize, like a SUN newspaper headline. Beautiful though, awesome.
The driver? Why there was a driver flying the plane instead of a pilot?!??
The A380 is what an engineering success looks like.
Air shows seem to be where airplanes are flown in most risky approaches where most innocent bystanders are gathered.
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@ 0:50 I wanted a close up of that cloud. Looks cool.
Wow. I nearly crapped my pants watching that 380
This slow pass is incredible ! This A380 thinks he's a helicopter !!! 😀
That' A380 is the scariest Aviation short I've ever seen.
is the Beech pilot a barber by profession? I'd call that a haircut pass.
Oh my goodness that beachcraft was a little too close😂😂
the masculine urge to jump when the beechcraft passes you
Jeez! 1:23 that cameraman almost got chewed up by the propellor
You should watch A380 doing that in real life! It's an incredible spectacle to watch! Soo Majestic!
Meanwhile in that 380 cockpit… „DING DING DING SPEED SPEED SPEED WHOOP WHOOP PULL UP TERRAIN WHOOP WHOOP TOO LOW, GEAR WHOOP WHOOP“
Jeff Goldblum Jurassic Park laugh at the end of the second clip 😂
To go that slow so low takes massive balls
The slow-flying Airbus reminds me of when B52 bombers would do low altitude practice bombing runs over our house in the 80s up in cebtral NY. It was an incredible sight.
The speaker during the A380 flyby strongly reminded me of James May. Anyone else? 😁
That was the first thing that came to my mind 😃
That’s Stratton Richie. A BA Captain and the voice of uk air shows. Lovely chap.
Florida man gets haircut at airshow.
You want low passes? You've come to the right video.
That DC3 seema more robust, resilient and 'i will make it out of this' than the three boisterous kittens.. which my neighbour has
That is AMAZING!!!!! So HUGE & SO SSLLOOWWWWW.....
I especially like the twin Beach! Ever since I saw 'It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World' movie, many years ago.
Many uninformed but highly opinionated comments here. The first video was filmed at Farnborough Air Show in UK. The routine was of course approved. No aircraft are allowed to fly over spectators. And the FAA does not have any jurisdiction in the UK: British CAA and EASA.
Since I made my airborne brick comment earlier, I can only add that Azores Airlines, with all that porpoising on its final pass, appeared to be trying to pull an Aerosucre.
1:25 He laughs like a SIM charactor lol
my queen 😍
Hi love your videos 😂🎉❤
1:22 how they managed to hold the "holy cow" in is beyond me!
Yes but can it do a barrel roll like the first 707 did?
707 was an overpowered beast
When did the 380 almost stall?
All the time.
1:15 Video should be titled "Beechcraft Almost Cartwheels Needlessly into Deadly Explosion"