[BITList] Lufthansa A-380 going into SFO.

[John Feltham]

I am sure that I posted this video some time earlier but there may be some of you that haven't seen before.

Good ones keep coming around..


FOOOCs…




This is pretty interesting to watch. The pilots sit away from everything, no yoke or stick. Captain pulls up a keyboard once in a while to enter info, but the plane does most of the work.
The humongous A380 makes its first landing at San Francisco airport. 
It seems extensively automated: the air traffic controller gives them heading, altitude and speed, and they dial it in. Looks like it lands itself, too. Pretty interesting.
Go to full screen with sound (so you don't miss the chatter between the aircraft and the control tower).
What a plane! Capacity: up to about 800!

Now click & fly:
http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/


oooroo





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