Patrick, Did you see any signs of a yoke or stick? I didn't. It looked like all the pilot had to do was dial in the vectors. On 2/18/2013 11:05 PM, Patrick Wiggins wrote:
Gee, their cockpit looked just like Brent's. :)
The Wagner at the end was a nice touch.
I understand while some airlines have three classes of passengers, first, business and coach, Lufthansa only has two, First Class and non-German... :)
But seriously, it was interesting how much of the flying was "hands off". The captain in the video looks old enough to have spend much of his early career actually flying airplanes. But I wonder how much actual hands-on flying the newbies just coming online have.
Old folks like me remember Arthur Godfrey. He knew how to fly: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6VfkKjlhXs (pretty long but I enjoyed it)
But, hey, here's evidence that with enough determination anyone can learn to fly: http://now.msn.com/jessica-cox-was-born-without-arms-but-is-a-qualified-pilo...
patrick
On 18 Feb 2013, at 09:16, Brent Watson wrote:
That is a cool video. It was celebrating the captain's last trip into SF. The fire trucks are traditional for this sort of thing. I am sure they were just celebrating his last ride as PIC.
Although, I am also sure that those things are within the grasp of most folks if they place a priority on it.
________________________________ From: "Hutchings, Mat" <mat.hutchings@siemens.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] Way OT but interesting -- landing of a Lufthansa airvus
Wow, just wow! Those guys have a great job. Pretty cool things that they have planned later; sailing on the Bay, dinner at the Cliff House! Again, wow.
Mat
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