Simply amazing!!! Finally a real 737 pilot showing us how it's done in the United States!!! I've been a passenger on this approach several times, didn't have the courage to fly it, now I'm going to try it! I love how it sound like natural instinct for you to call out "check" and "continue" on the approach. It's very obvious how much of a pro you are. Thanks for another terrific video.
Great video. One thing that I’ll mention, as someone who has flown this approach many times, is that we select the RNAV 19 approach in the FMC. We’ll then fly the approach using LNAV and VNAV just like your typical RNAV approach. Once you reach SETOC you can just follow the River. VNAV will provide you with solid vertical guidance as well after SETOC. Believe it or not, this approach is not incredibly hard. I say this to encourage simmers to get on the sim and fly it. Don’t be afraid to make a few mistakes as well. That’s how we learn. This is a really neat one to fly. Great video and great content.
Really well done sir! I'm a retired very frequent business traveler and have flown into DCA as a passenger at least 50 times with half of those the RV19 approach. I loved it, especially sitting on the left side and seeing how close the White House, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Monument, etc. are. You did a marvelous job. Thanks for reviving some good memories from a travel career!
Thank you so much for the nice words, I'm glad you liked it! Must be an amazing approach as a passenger, especially when sitting on the left side and hardly seeing the airport at all until just prior to touchdown!
great video. as passenger on a river visual arrival at nights, sitting on the starboard side window seat is awesome--as the a/c starts to bank onto 19, buzzing past the roads as they get lit by the strobe.
Great video, perfect landing and loved how you set up the custom waypoints and included them as a supporting aid during approach. Would love to see a short dedicated video on using the HUD, including working with the bird.
Thanks! The HUD is a bit of a problem for me, I just couldn't gather enough information or find a pilot flying the real deal (my airline doesn't have HUDs). Without such information most of the video would be guesswork and that's something I definitely want to avoid.
Nicely done, both flying and video production. In real life, we back up this approach in our FMS using the RNAV 19 approach. You may have missed the note on the River Visual chart that they are the same lateral and vertical paths exactly, but it's a perfectly good legal back up. We follow the guidance and can fly it using our automation until much lower, if we so choose. The biggest threat about this approach, apart from correctly flying the profile, is the prohibited areas to the left of the river. We usually mark those with the FIX page.
For reference - the RNAV for 19 at KDCA is identical in practically every respect to the Visual approach. When I plan to do the River Visual, I load the RNAV 19 into the box.
Interesting, when I checked the charts they actually looked a bit different. Might want to give it another try and then see how it looks when actually flying it. Thanks!
Your videos are always instructional, fun and engaging! This is yet another example! Please keep up the excellent work, stay safe and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
How are you doing it my goodness!!! I'm just wondering why people criticize the PMDG 737...I just understand they don't know how to operate it! It was fantastic!!!!
It surely got some weaknesses, but overall it is a very good plane! At least among the best, if not the best. Fenix and Leonardo are pretty close as well!
@@A330Driver both are very nice approaches but the park visual is somewhat recent and includes rnav fixes to assist in the approach. I'm curious to see how you'd fly it
The Expressway Visual has been replaced by the Park Visual. I found the expressway visual to be challenging as I didn’t fly it often. The park visual can be selected as a rnav approach as well in the box. This makes it really easy to fly.
I looked at it during the preparation of the video, but it seemed like things weren't as accurate as I'd have liked them to be. And of course it would draw you an actual procedure on the ND, which in the end you wouldn't follow. Might start getting confusing. On the more positive side however you do have some missed approach guidance which can be worth gold as well!
Brings back lots of memories. Did that approach many times in the Boeing 100/200/300/500/700/800/and 900er over my 10 years flying the 737. A lot more fun with out all the automation. Lots of International wide body flying until I retired in 2019. I missed those days very much.
How does it feel not to be flying anymore after doing it for such a long time? Are you still flying the same planes you flew in real life in the sim now or have you gone for something totally different?
I do fly the 737 and 787 some but mostly just simple single engine planes in my sim. . I miss my fellow pilots the most but live on the water now and have a 36 foot Trawler boat. I really like that you and so many others put out these you tube videos.
Splendidly performed my friend, keep the great videos up! Can suggest another brilliantly beautiful and tough approach - an RNP procedure which is followed by a visual one-way-in final into VILH - Leh, India
Hi, I tried to have a look at the approach you mention, but I can't find any charts for them. Navigraph doens't seem to have them, neither does NavDataPro. I'm afraid without charts I can't even consider it, let alone fly it.
@@k4mco1015 That's one sound which I also clearly remember from a spot right in front of the runway at my homebase, unforgettable when a 747 or C17 goes right above you in about 100ft.
Awesome videos as always! do you have any showing how to fix the CDU messages for example "step descend at XXXX waypoint" I get those often and Im not sure what is wrong with my flight plan, any help will be appreciated thanks!
I honestly don't know, I wanted to try in the past but just couldn't gather enough information or find a pilot flying the real deal (my airline doesn't have HUDs). Without such information most of the video would be guesswork and that's something I definitely want to avoid.
Very nice. Is that 3 degree line always on the HUD, I have to say I’ve never used the HUD as I’m a bit old school, but it looks like a great feature? Also, are you using FSRealistic again?
@@Quotenwagnerianer sure you can be old school. As it with lots of things, it can be beneficial and safer to do things in the way you are comfortable doing them and have years of experience doing so, rather than doing something in a more modern way that maybe you aren’t as comfortable with.
Are these the native PMDG camera shake effects? If so, they do not work for me as shown in your landing and flaps 40 extension. Do they work is saved custom camera views? IE Ctrl + Alt + number?
Simply amazing!!! Finally a real 737 pilot showing us how it's done in the United States!!! I've been a passenger on this approach several times, didn't have the courage to fly it, now I'm going to try it! I love how it sound like natural instinct for you to call out "check" and "continue" on the approach. It's very obvious how much of a pro you are. Thanks for another terrific video.
wow, thank you very much for your kind words!
Indeed. You are doing it like a pro!
Great video. One thing that I’ll mention, as someone who has flown this approach many times, is that we select the RNAV 19 approach in the FMC. We’ll then fly the approach using LNAV and VNAV just like your typical RNAV approach. Once you reach SETOC you can just follow the River. VNAV will provide you with solid vertical guidance as well after SETOC. Believe it or not, this approach is not incredibly hard. I say this to encourage simmers to get on the sim and fly it. Don’t be afraid to make a few mistakes as well. That’s how we learn. This is a really neat one to fly. Great video and great content.
Thanks, going to keep it in mind for the next one!
Really well done sir! I'm a retired very frequent business traveler and have flown into DCA as a passenger at least 50 times with half of those the RV19 approach. I loved it, especially sitting on the left side and seeing how close the White House, Lincoln and Jefferson Memorials, Monument, etc. are. You did a marvelous job. Thanks for reviving some good memories from a travel career!
Thank you so much for the nice words, I'm glad you liked it! Must be an amazing approach as a passenger, especially when sitting on the left side and hardly seeing the airport at all until just prior to touchdown!
great video. as passenger on a river visual arrival at nights, sitting on the starboard side window seat is awesome--as the a/c starts to bank onto 19, buzzing past the roads as they get lit by the strobe.
Great video, perfect landing and loved how you set up the custom waypoints and included them as a supporting aid during approach. Would love to see a short dedicated video on using the HUD, including working with the bird.
Thanks! The HUD is a bit of a problem for me, I just couldn't gather enough information or find a pilot flying the real deal (my airline doesn't have HUDs). Without such information most of the video would be guesswork and that's something I definitely want to avoid.
Nicely done, both flying and video production. In real life, we back up this approach in our FMS using the RNAV 19 approach. You may have missed the note on the River Visual chart that they are the same lateral and vertical paths exactly, but it's a perfectly good legal back up. We follow the guidance and can fly it using our automation until much lower, if we so choose.
The biggest threat about this approach, apart from correctly flying the profile, is the prohibited areas to the left of the river. We usually mark those with the FIX page.
Thank you ! I wil try with all this great stuff you have show to us !
This is my home airport and I love this approach but I never really understood how to do it until now. Thank you!
Very nice. Something different with the river approach.
Now that was a nice landing!
For reference - the RNAV for 19 at KDCA is identical in practically every respect to the Visual approach. When I plan to do the River Visual, I load the RNAV 19 into the box.
Interesting, when I checked the charts they actually looked a bit different. Might want to give it another try and then see how it looks when actually flying it. Thanks!
Thank you very much of the video! I didn't know there were such unconventional approaches. Learned a fine new thing today.
There are so many nice places around the world, it's incredible how much there is to discover!
Your videos are always instructional, fun and engaging! This is yet another example! Please keep up the excellent work, stay safe and have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Very instructive video as usual and congratulation for this landing not easy; a lot of professionalism - Many than'ks again !!!
That was an enjoyable approach to watch. Another good visual approach to try is Buochs / LSZC in Switzerland. The scenery is also quite spectacular.
Thanks, that was a very good tip! I'll feature Buochs in a future video for sure!
@@A330Driver Glad you liked it! Look forward to seeing the video!
Very cool. Now you've made me want to try this :) Thanks for the great content.
How are you doing it my goodness!!! I'm just wondering why people criticize the PMDG 737...I just understand they don't know how to operate it! It was fantastic!!!!
It surely got some weaknesses, but overall it is a very good plane! At least among the best, if not the best. Fenix and Leonardo are pretty close as well!
@@A330Driver Far way better than the Zibo! I tried it and immediately came back to PMDG. I couldn't!
awesome info thanks
that TD was perfecto!
Thank you so much!
Very nice video! Keep it up
Wow, I'm really enjoy the vid and it's a fantastic approach sir👍👍👍
Thank you so much!
I'd like to see you fly the park visual into runway 31 at La Guardia too!
Parkway or Expressway, which of the two is nicer would you say? I've had request for both, will have to decide for one though.
@@A330Driver both are very nice approaches but the park visual is somewhat recent and includes rnav fixes to assist in the approach. I'm curious to see how you'd fly it
The Expressway Visual has been replaced by the Park Visual. I found the expressway visual to be challenging as I didn’t fly it often. The park visual can be selected as a rnav approach as well in the box. This makes it really easy to fly.
The RNAZ version of the approach actually has all of the waypoints of the visual approach with the alt constraints.
I looked at it during the preparation of the video, but it seemed like things weren't as accurate as I'd have liked them to be. And of course it would draw you an actual procedure on the ND, which in the end you wouldn't follow. Might start getting confusing. On the more positive side however you do have some missed approach guidance which can be worth gold as well!
Brings back lots of memories. Did that approach many times in the Boeing 100/200/300/500/700/800/and 900er over my 10 years flying the 737. A lot more fun with out all the automation. Lots of International wide body flying until I retired in 2019. I missed those days very much.
How does it feel not to be flying anymore after doing it for such a long time?
Are you still flying the same planes you flew in real life in the sim now or have you gone for something totally different?
I do fly the 737 and 787 some but mostly just simple single engine planes in my sim. . I miss my fellow pilots the most but live on the water now and have a 36 foot Trawler boat. I really like that you and so many others put out these you tube videos.
Splendidly performed my friend, keep the great videos up! Can suggest another brilliantly beautiful and tough approach - an RNP procedure which is followed by a visual one-way-in final into VILH - Leh, India
Hi, I tried to have a look at the approach you mention, but I can't find any charts for them. Navigraph doens't seem to have them, neither does NavDataPro. I'm afraid without charts I can't even consider it, let alone fly it.
That’s crazy!
in my younger days I spent many an hour at the park just off the end of 19 Gravelly Point
Must have been an amazing view with the aircraft going overhead so close by!
@@A330Driver indeed it was... sometimes you could hear the air swirling around in the wake after the planes went by
@@k4mco1015 That's one sound which I also clearly remember from a spot right in front of the runway at my homebase, unforgettable when a 747 or C17 goes right above you in about 100ft.
Was FS Realistic plugin in use for this? Nice touch down “thud” noise and shake.
Awesome videos as always! do you have any showing how to fix the CDU messages for example "step descend at XXXX waypoint" I get those often and Im not sure what is wrong with my flight plan, any help will be appreciated thanks!
Do you think, at some point, you could do a tutorial on how to properly use the HUD and its various functions?
I honestly don't know, I wanted to try in the past but just couldn't gather enough information or find a pilot flying the real deal (my airline doesn't have HUDs). Without such information most of the video would be guesswork and that's something I definitely want to avoid.
@@A330Driver You're missing out. Someone needs to give you some hugs.
I take it you don’t fly that approach at night
For sure not in my airline. For us visual self manouvering at night below the MSA is prohibited.
Very nice. Is that 3 degree line always on the HUD, I have to say I’ve never used the HUD as I’m a bit old school, but it looks like a great feature? Also, are you using FSRealistic again?
A bit oldschool? Pilots can't afford to be oldschool. Use the tools available to you, they are there for a reason.
@@Quotenwagnerianer sure you can be old school. As it with lots of things, it can be beneficial and safer to do things in the way you are comfortable doing them and have years of experience doing so, rather than doing something in a more modern way that maybe you aren’t as comfortable with.
Are these the native PMDG camera shake effects? If so, they do not work for me as shown in your landing and flaps 40 extension. Do they work is saved custom camera views? IE Ctrl + Alt + number?
Hi, no they aren't. Mostly default effects, not 100% sure if FSRealistic was running while I recorded this, but I don't think so.