Proper landing at SFO

[cheeseczar]

http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/

[Frank Capua]

Just what I thought... it goes much smoother if you land on the landing strip and skip the whole water bit.

[PHJIndy]

[steal your face]

I didn't realize it was the 380 till about mid video. I saw a similar SFO landing video a few years back with a Virgin Atlantic 747.

Thanks for sharing!

[rrrr]

Captain Juergen Raps is Lufthansa's chief pilot and he puts on quite the display of competent professionalism in this video. Notice Captain Raps disabled the autothrottles while over San Jose and selected autopilot off during descent over Moffett Field and the south bay. In other words, he was hand flying the visual approach to SFO's Runway 28R in one of the most automated aircraft in production. His touchdown aiming point was the 1,000 ft markers on the runway, the six painted stripes. That's standard in transport jets.

Contrast this to the unstabilized and automation dependent approach flown by Asiana FLT 214. That aircraft actually touched down in the bay, 300 feet before it hit the seawall. The pilots didn't understand what they were doing and ignored obvious signs they were in trouble. That crew has no business flying an airliner, they should be fired. Google "FLCH trap" for more info.

[steal your face]

Captain Juergen Raps is Lufthansa's chief pilot and he puts on quite the display of competent professionalism in this video. Notice Captain Raps disabled the autothrottles while over San Jose and selected autopilot off during decent over Moffett Field and the south bay. In other words, he was hand flying the visual approach to SFO's Runway 28R in one of the most automated aircraft in production. His touchdown aiming point was the 1,000 ft markers on the runway, the six painted stripes. That's standard in transport jets.

Contrast this to the unstabilized and automation dependent approach flown by Asiana FLT 214. That aircraft actually touched down in the bay, 300 feet before it hit the seawall. The pilots didn't understand what they were doing and ignored obvious signs they were in trouble. That crew has no business flying an airliner, they should be fired. Google "FLCH trap" for more info.

With a name like Sum ting Wong , i would fire the captain too!

Sorry i couldn't resist! Thanks for your informative post!

[MoparsRule]

On a somewhat related note...

[jkeener24]

On a somewhat related note...

Cool video but looks fake and a half.

[rrrr]

That's a radio controlled airplane. No death necessary.

In my post above I forgot to mention that was the first landing of an Airbus A380 at SFO. Captain Raps seemed to handle it quite well.

[cheeseczar]

That's a radio controlled airplane. No death necessary.

Built and flown by doc austin?

[MoparsRule]

That's a radio controlled airplane. No death necessary.

In my post above I forgot to mention that was the first landing of an Airbus A380 at SFO. Captain Raps seemed to handle it quite well.

Yep, it's a fake.