[islandgal]

Love this - Learning to fly has been on my Bucket List for years!

Twilight Landing At Los Angeles LAX (Cockpit View) - 30 minutes compressed into 3.
With music. Put the full screen on after you start the video.

http://www.flixxy.com/twilight-landi...ckpit-view.htm

[Golf-Tinker]

Prior to 9/11, I had the opportunity to observe several LAX landings in the cockpit because my company had a relationship with Continental Airlines. The most unnerving part was getting the plane though the turbulence from previous planes landings.

[KathieI]

After touchdown on the runway, look to the right about 1/2 mile, you'll see my house. I observed these take offs, landings, and aborted landings all day long. A very exciting a/p to say the least. However, this is a simulation, and I have never known a plane to come in over Malibu and through Santa Monica, there's too much traffic from other airports. Usually, if they are coming from the west or north or southern routes, they will fly straight east out over Corona, Watts, Inglewood, etc. and into LAX from the east. I personally have been on 2 aborted landings... other planes were already on the runway... kinda scary,,, but I'm still here to talk about it.
Thanks, Wiwi, I love the sunset, isn't it wonderful. Although I do believe we have prettier sunsets here in FL.

[angiefox10]

Nice

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by islandgal

Love this - Learning to fly has been on my Bucket List for years!

Twilight Landing At Los Angeles LAX (Cockpit View) - 30 minutes compressed into 3.
With music. Put the full screen on after you start the video.

http://www.flixxy.com/twilight-landi...ckpit-view.htm

Go for it, Islandgal. You'll love it! Many moons ago, I used to fly a small two-seater prop plane (Cessna 150). I never was rated for instrument flight rules as was required for night flight, but loved landings all the same.

[angiefox10]

Originally Posted by Pturner

Go for it, Islandgal. You'll love it! Many moons ago, I used to fly a small two-seater prop plane (Cessna 150). I never was rated for instrument flight rules as was required for night flight, but loved landings all the same.

[kb8tpw]

Neat video, but I agree with KathieI. I have never landed with that approach and I've been flying into LAX on a regular basis for over 20 years. I have lived in Indiana or Ohio all my life, except service stints and I was there for Rodney King, OJ chase, earthquake (2) so you could say I've had some time in LA. I watched the 405 crisis this weekend.

[PylutDood]

Nice post IslandGirl. You can fly with me anytime and I'll show you the basics. I cant give you "Official Lessons" because I'am not a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) but you can sit in the pilots seat and fly the airplane all you want.

Kathie...If this is a simulation, it's a damned good one but I must disagree. Looks like the "Real Deal" to me. Just speeded up alot. They were being "Vectored" (given headings to fly by ATC for sequencing or traffic seperation) quite a bit. Not unusal for an area like LAX basin.

Pturner...c'mon girl...never too late to get back in the pilots seat! Not sure what area you were flying in (May have been a airspace class requirement) but a Private Pilot is not rquired to hold instrument rating to fly at night but it IS good to have the instrument training (safety) but not required.

That was a great video! I would like to see it in normal speed.

Thanks for posting and a big "Thumbs up" to all!

Dave

[islandgal]

WOW, Pylutdood-
Glad you like the video. Sitting in the pilot's seat would be awesome.
I have flown in small private planes but always in the passenger's seat!
The video was 30 minutes compressed into 3 minutes.

[billethkid]

As they are in the final approach just try to look ahead and see the runway. Then appreciate just how complicated landing really is, day or night. And try not to think of what it must be like to do this in the not so good weather!!!

btk

[Don H]

Island Gal: Here's the Carnarsie visual approach at KJFK. Thought everyone would enjoy it.

[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJXPXUD6Opo&feature=related[/ame]

Angie, an instrument rating is not required for night flying, unless it's under instrument conditions (weather).

[Pturner]

Originally Posted by PylutDood

Nice post IslandGirl. You can fly with me anytime and I'll show you the basics. I cant give you "Official Lessons" because I'am not a CFI (Certified Flight Instructor) but you can sit in the pilots seat and fly the airplane all you want.

Kathie...If this is a simulation, it's a damned good one but I must disagree. Looks like the "Real Deal" to me. Just speeded up alot. They were being "Vectored" (given headings to fly by ATC for sequencing or traffic seperation) quite a bit. Not unusal for an area like LAX basin.

Pturner...c'mon girl...never too late to get back in the pilots seat! Not sure what area you were flying in (May have been a airspace class requirement) but a Private Pilot is not rquired to hold instrument rating to fly at night but it IS good to have the instrument training (safety) but not required.

That was a great video! I would like to see it in normal speed.

Thanks for posting and a big "Thumbs up" to all!

Dave

Hi Dave,
It was a requirement at the time. Maybe was an airspace class requirement. However, even though I flew in Atlanta, I avoided Hartsfield's airspace at all cost-- they'd have routed me outta the way 'til I ran out of gas.

However, I was able to fly instruments only with an instructor on board and enjoyed it very much! To practice it, he would put a plastic hood on my head so that I could see the instruments but could not see out of the windshield. The sensation of thinking you're flying up when your flying down was so weird; but as you know, you learn in a hurry to trust the instruments.

Quick story. I flew out of Fulton County Airport aka Charlie Brown Field. It is a Class D and below Hartsfield's Class B airspace. At the time, Charlie Brown had flight instruction but no one onsite who could test and license you after you completed the required flight training. I did a cross-country flight to Jackson airport outside of ATL for that.

Well, I passed and got my license. On the way flying back, a rain storm was coming in. Since I was alone and could not fly IFR, the tower at Charlie Brown kept warning me that they might have to turn me back around if I did not beat the storm in. My car was at Charlie Brown, so it would have been a hassle.

I landed. A split second later, before I could even slow down, they turned the IFR lights on. The FAA folks in the tower waited for me!! It was so cool. I was the first woman pilot licensed there, so they were proud of that. They really wanted me to make it back for the congrats and my ceremonial cutting of the back of my shirt.

I was so touched.

[islandgal]

Way to go, PT!!!!

[DugCave]

Nice video Island Gal. I'll never forget the view from the flight deck of a c130 on approach to landing at Las Vegas McCarran Airport years ago. DC 10's had a camera behind the pilots that they turned on for takeoff and landings. They had screens in the passenger compartment that showed the video in real time. One of them crashed on takeoff at chicago or detroit, can't remenber which, and killed everybody onboard. No more video on DC10s.

[BogeyBoy]

Originally Posted by KathieI

However, this is a simulation, and I have never known a plane to come in over Malibu and through Santa Monica, there's too much traffic from other airports. Usually, if they are coming from the west or north or southern routes, they will fly straight east out over Corona, Watts, Inglewood, etc. and into LAX from the east. I personally have been on 2 aborted landings... other planes were already on the runway... kinda scary,,, but I'm still here to talk about it.

I have to agree - lived most of my life in Southern California and flew in and out of LAX more times than I can remember. Never made an approach from this direction. I was on 1 aborted landing there, pretty scary, we were almost on the ground when we suddenly were full throttle and climbing. After about 10 minutes of manuvers the pilot came on the PA system to tell us there was another aircraft on our runway. 30 minutes later we were on the ground but a storm had rolled in and it was a rough landing.

I'll be in Southern California in a few weeks as part of my road trip, the only thing I'm flying is my motorhome.

Enjoying Yellowstone now - it's 61 out right now, high of about 75 today. We should have nice moderate temperatures through Idaho, Washington, Oregon, and California. Will probably heat up again as we head to Vegas.

Never flew an airplane but had a great experience in a small plane over the Andes Mountains. The cockpit curtain was open and we had a great view of the approach and landing. There were 13 of us in our group and we had 13 flights on the trip. One of my "favorite" memories was when passengers would walk around, not through, the security scanners. No one stopped them!