Have you ever wondered if it's hard to fly 747 stay tuned
I'm gonna give you three tips that will help you once you start flying turbine aircraft
963 heavy fly heading 190 maintain 1-0 10,000. Runway 1-8 left clear for takeoff
Hey crew, welcome 74 gear. My name is Kelsey. I'm a 747 pilot today
We're gonna be talking about what it's like to fly a 747 or large jumbo jet. I'm gonna give you three tips
That will help you once you transition into flying turbine aircraft as well
I'm gonna tell you about my favorite story of flying the 747, which was one of the first flights I ever had
All right. So, is it is the plane hard to fly?
No, no, it's not hard to fly when I got out started flying the plane in in real life
Man really easy to fly a surprisingly so
First tip once you start flying at turbine aircraft is speed management becomes very important
you're gonna want to come in on ref speed or a ref plus five depending on what type of equipment you're flying and
Here's why that's important
If as you're coming in and you're on ref or very close to ref plus five something in that range
It allows you to leave the power end longer and what that does is it helps keep your forward momentum going
for a longer time period
Which allows the descent rate to be arrested as you get into ground effect
you can pull the power out and it keeps that angle of descent coming in smoothly and
That will generally make your landings a lot smoother
And if you're keeping it close to ref you should be touching down in that thousand foot zone that
Everybody talks about so you should be touching down right on those thousand foot markers
if you're keeping it right on glide path and right on ref speed you can slowly pull the power out and
get that landing and grease it in a common mistake that a lot of people make is they
panic, they want to keep the speed high and
then as they get close they realize they're a
Little bit high or a little bit fast and they have to pull the power back in order
And and within the touchdown zone when you do that
Obviously you stop the stop the forward power coming in and you increase your descent rate. And which makes your
Landing or impact harder if you're having a hard time landing
Don't worry about it. You will get it just keep practicing
my tip when it comes to landing is look at all the things that you did well and
Look at the few things that you did poorly and focus on
What things that you did really well and look at how you can improve that things you did bad
So that will keep you motivated to keep pushing and keep doing well
So if you came in on ref speed, but you didn't flare enough and you kind of pounded it in
Okay, not a big deal
Then you will know okay next I'm I need to flare a little bit more or next time
I need to do this or I can hold the power run first tip just to recap
Keep your power in keep your speed in your scan as you're coming in to land
so that way your speed management is on and that will help you to get your first take get your touchdown and be
smoother on your landings
Tip number two take off now take off on the 747 or large large aircraft like that
You are more prone to a tail strike. What I recommend is let the plane fly itself off the ground
you're gonna get given a
Rotation rate once you start flying larger aircraft and it's gonna be anywhere from 1
To probably 3.5 degrees per second that you should be rotating
Follow in that and let the plane fly itself off the ground
Once you hit your VR speed slowly rotate get the nose back and let the plane fly itself off the ground
What that will do is one
it'll make it a much more comfortable ride for the passengers in the back and
Two what you'll find is as the plane rotates and gets off the ground. You reduce your risk greatly of having a tail strike
Now the second part of the takeoff that's important to keep in mind is if you're in flight school now
You know when you're taking off into a cross when instructors tells you to keep the aileron into the wind that's to prevent
Especially if you're in a high wing aircraft the wind getting up underneath your wing and flipping you over
That same technique applies when you start flying a large a larger aircraft. Our wings are obviously low
But they are very long and you have the risk of with a very long wing is the wind getting underneath it
That's a skill that's good to learn in flight school and to keep it for the rest of your career tip number three
This is gonna be a crosswind landing
If you're in flight school your instructors are generally telling you when you land in a crosswind landing keep your upwind side
ailerons into the wind
It's a skill
it's very important as
your aircraft starts to get bigger on a large jet if you leave your ailerons neutral the wind is coming from let's say the
Left-hand side it can blow your left hand wing up which essentially causes your right hand
Engine to hit the ground make sure that you keep that
Muscle memory of keeping your aileron into the wind once you touch down
It's a good skill, and it's important for you long term. I'm gonna give you my favorite memory of flying the 74
going into
Santiago Chile, so we are here. We are we're flying over the Andes that's in the middle of the night
I've been flying all night. It's a clear night. And the moon is out and I'm flying over the Andes and I'm looking down the
The mountains are just backlit by the moon and they're all white covered in snow. I'm thinking man
You're you're gonna pay me to do this
My the reason I bring that up is I know when I was going through flight school. I was fine planes that were
Not always in the best condition. Obviously. I was trying to save money and do it as efficiently
economically
Quickly as possible and I wasn't really enjoying a lot of it. I had some friends saying isn't it great
It must be so fun and all I could think of is man
I just want to be done with this and get on with my career
so I bring this up to tell you as
You get deeper in your career things start to get more enjoyable
You become more and more
competent and
You'll end up having a lot of fun and you'll have moments like that when you're flying you're looking out the window thinking man
I can't believe that I'm getting paid to do this the tips that I gave you on flying the
747 are skills that will apply to most large aircraft
their skills that you can start using and applying right now regardless of the aircraft you're flying and that will make your
transitions into larger jet easier
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