Thanks very much for posting this vid. As a guy who found out at 18 years of age he was color blind and had his dream of being a pilot crushed, I can at least live some of my dreams through these awesome TH-cam posts. Thanks so much!
Phil, there are some really great Pilot Simulation Programs you can adapt to your computer and you would get a great deal of satisfaction from them, so I'm told. Don't give up the dream man.
I went there while i was in LA! this is probably the best plane spotting airport, its so busy and there are so many great spots where you can see the planes land and take off.
I have an infinite amount of respect for air traffic controllers (and pilots of course!) after this. It must be one of the most difficult jobs in the world monitoring such busy airspace. Thanks for all these videos SuredT! I could watch them all day.
That girl working that ATC is amazingly intelligent......wish I had that job. I' m proud of her. i also like the men who do that job...sometimes bad things happen and they are all ready for it. Yes I know their supervisor is near but...THEY KNOW THEIR JOBS...EVERYONE would like to thank all traffic controllers and pilots for all they do....amazing people she can be proud of her achievements as well as those men
Watching this vid and reading all the helpful and informative comments posted makes me wish every industry had such enthusiam and professionalism. We would have a much better world to live in. Great post!!
Truly awesome! I caught myself at the end of the video wild-eyed and starring into space...I just landed a 747!!!! thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays from New Jersey USA!
From those of us who fly around this great country and world for our jobs every week, I just want to say THANK YOU to all the pilots, attendants, ground people, TSA and the outstanding, ATC crews (people with nerves of steel!). You all do jobs that allow all of us to keep the world working....You all are the greatest! Thank you many times over!! Oh, and, outstanding video as well. :-) : > }
Excellent video! And thank you so much for adding in the radio traffic. And mounting the camera up front just makes it that much better. I wish there a bunch of videos like this on You Tube because I really enjoy them. Thank you so much for posting it.
Thank you for posting this and the other videos. I take a KLM 744 between LAX and AMS at least once a year so appreciate seeing and hearing what happens just a few feet in front of me during the flight. I really appreciate the annotations as it is sometimes difficult to understand what is being said. These videos makes me feel good about choosing to fly KLM.
very bissy airport!. Great video. realy love the ATC. Any tips or advice for an upcoming pilot?. bij klm natuurlijk:P. ik moet alleen nog een paar jaartjes wachten. Keep them coming.
YAY!! a new video!! i was waiting for it for a really long time!! :DD this landing is REALLLLY SMOOOOOTH!!! awesome piloting skills! and thank you for sharing your flight experiences! :)
WOW! GREAT video!!! Not only did you have a steady, non-handheld shot (unlike MOST other similar videos), you also had GREAT audio... Including radio traffic; and no stupid music to completely ruin it! OUTSTANDING!!!
Wat een mooie filmpje! Ik heb ook ooit eens met de KLM B747-400 naar Los Angeles gevlogen. Ik vond het wel een lange vlucht. Maar ik was ook weer blij om uit Los-Angeles te gaan. Chappeau voor de kwaliteit van dit filmpje.
Did you know that you can see Union Station(Alameda Street), Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills Century City on your right and on your left La Brea Tarpits, Rancho Palos Verdes/Long Beach/Catalina Island. Just before touchdown you can see the 405 freeway Hilton Hotel.
I love USA! As that Qantas 747 was on approach I just looked outside and LA is amazing! Comparing it to Australia, LA is so much better. Thank you for posting this vid!
I flew with "this" flight a couple of weeks ago (klm601 to la and 602 back) service was good, airport kinda sucked lol (the departure area didnt have many stores, food courts etc) LA was freaking amazing but damn it was nice to fly the 747, my first time ever :) Thanks KLM!
@guidodeukuzeta1234. In a 747 you start the flare at about 40 ft (the book says 30 ft but in my experience that's a bit too low) by increasing your pitch attitude with only 2 degrees, then close the thrustlevers to idle while keeping the pitch attitude the same. A smooth landing should follow.
Ja toch, dat had ik ook ergens gelezen. Beter krijgt dit even heel veel thumbs up zodat niet iedereen steeds blijft vragen waar de nieuwe videos blijven :P Jij hebt btw ook super videos man, keep em coming !
@MarcoPalva. Do you know there was a time there weren't any PC's? Well in those days I got my flight training. There were only linktrainers, no vision, no 3 axis movements, only very simple computers. And nobody had a PC at home, they still had to be invented at that time. I am talking about the early 70's ;-)
I can see where you're coming from with the 4 and 2 runways, heathrow having more movements if you look at one runway for a given amount of time, but i was talking about the total traffic movements. And yes, I am aware of these rules and I know them by heart.
@1053857 there is always a glideslope. when flying a visual approach, the pilots still use an ILS, just not connected to an Autopilot. There are triangles that show up on the PFD showing localizer and glideslope situation
Another great video . If you ever fly into CYVR, can you please put it on TH-cam? I've been waiting for a good one of Vancouver to come on here for the longest time.
BTW I love seeing your KLM flight whenever I was at the Alaska Lounge in Terminal 3 I would be there just to see your flight arrive from Amsterdam and depart back to Amsterdam. Now with the new Virgin Loft I can see your flight leave and depart again(:/
Hey man, I love your videos. I'm just wondering... I have my CPL and im training for my Multi right now, I really want to work for Air Canada Jazz ( First Officer) but do they need a ATPL OR IATRA and a collage deploma, or just high school deploma? And to work for KLM do you need a ATPL with University level, Please reply back, Thanks
I love the video, have watched it countless times, however I can't keep up with or follow the hand-off to a new controller...can someone break it down for me what is happening?? Like most other commentors, I'm totally digging how the female controller at the end takes command and directs all the flights - she owns LAX!
Ummm...please disregard the last name...apparently my pre-teen son thought this was an appropriate name to use on youtube...I didn't realize it until it was to late...
Just saw this...seven years later! However at 0:26, the approach controller (SOCAL TRACON) instructs KLM 601 Heavy to maintain 180 kts airspeed to LIMMA (the final approach fix for RWY 25L) and to contact LAX tower at LIMMA, on frequency 120.95, (this point or fix is at about a 5 mile final to the runway, at the Harbor Freeway). It sounds like they switched from approach to tower frequency just inside the Harbor Freeway, at 2:17. Unfortunately, due to a lot of other aircraft calling on tower frequency, KLM 601 Heavy isn't able to call in until well inside of LIMMA (only about 3 miles out, at 2:54). Understandably, he was beginning to get a little concerned that he wouldn't be able to call in time to get a landing clearance, before getting in too close. Finally, at 3:04 she responds by saying, "KLM 601 Heavy, L.A. tower, wind 240 degrees at niner (9 kts), Runway 25 Left, cleared to land". He responds with "Cleared to land, Runway 25 Left, KLM 601 Heavy." After landing, at 5:04, the tower instructs the flight, "KLM 601 Heavy, turn right on to (taxiway H9) Hotel Niner, hold short of Runway 25 Right on (taxiway) Tango, which he reads back, almost verbatim (missing only the "on Tango" part, but taxiway tango is the next one in front of the aircraft, so it's pretty obvious. The important part to readback is: "Hold Short" of "Runway XX or Taxiway X" and "the aircraft call-sign". He is still waiting for clearance to cross Runway 25 Right (due to multiple departures off of that runway) when the video ends.
@3:01 KLM 6-0-1 heavy LA tower wind 2-4-0 at 9er runaway 2-5 left clear to land. only took me 10 times to understand what the hell she said. wow lots of instructions from the tower. @4:11 it's cool to see Delta 1508 sitting at the end of the 25R, the challenger crossing 25R and American 1458 taxing to 25R. nice vid. I just learned a bit about ATC in this past 30 minutes. thanks!
@dyn4mic87 That the boeing is heavy ;). I think you're referencing to the "Caution Wake turbulences heavy boeing 747" - These are "winds" or actually turbulences that appear directly behind an aircraft and they can reach about 2-3 miles behind it.
Thanks very much for posting this vid. As a guy who found out at 18 years of age he was color blind and had his dream of being a pilot crushed, I can at least live some of my dreams through these awesome TH-cam posts.
Thanks so much!
Phil, there are some really great Pilot Simulation Programs you can adapt to your computer and you would get a great deal of satisfaction from them, so I'm told. Don't give up the dream man.
I went there while i was in LA! this is probably the best plane spotting airport, its so busy and there are so many great spots where you can see the planes land and take off.
I have an infinite amount of respect for air traffic controllers (and pilots of course!) after this. It must be one of the most difficult jobs in the world monitoring such busy airspace.
Thanks for all these videos SuredT! I could watch them all day.
That girl working that ATC is amazingly intelligent......wish I had that job. I' m proud of her. i also like the men who do that job...sometimes bad things happen and they are all ready for it. Yes I know their supervisor is near but...THEY KNOW THEIR JOBS...EVERYONE would like to thank all traffic controllers and pilots for all they do....amazing people she can be proud of her achievements as well as those men
That girl knows her stuff. Nobody is going to give her any grief. If they do they will get it from someone who sits behind a bigger desk
Agree,she's good,and she has quite a stressful job too.
OMG was that great! I loved hearing the pilots talking AND the control tower talking to other flights. Thank you!
Cool video. It's neat getting to see a cockpit-view landing. We can definitely tell this is L.A. with it's enormous size and thick haze.
The best moment in flying in an airplane is when it takes off and lands. Truly magical.
That ATC lady is boss!
Your right the ATC ladie has a sexy authority to her voice,someone send me her Email address!
I wish I had her intelligence.....she's too cool
Hearing those comms with the ATC reminds me of when I used to watch this video all the time in 2015. I love it still, cannot wait to go to LA one day.
Watching this vid and reading all the helpful and informative comments posted makes me wish every industry had such enthusiam and professionalism. We would have a much better world to live in. Great post!!
Truly awesome! I caught myself at the end of the video wild-eyed and starring into space...I just landed a 747!!!! thanks for sharing! Happy Holidays from New Jersey USA!
From those of us who fly around this great country and world for our jobs every week, I just want to say THANK YOU to all the pilots, attendants, ground people, TSA and the outstanding, ATC crews (people with nerves of steel!). You all do jobs that allow all of us to keep the world working....You all are the greatest! Thank you many times over!!
Oh, and, outstanding video as well. :-) : > }
Beautiful laninding! Thanks for sharing, always love when a new video comes out from you!
Thank you so much SuredT. For all of us who love aviation this videos are quite an experience. Please keep posting.
Excellent video! And thank you so much for adding in the radio traffic. And mounting the camera up front just makes it that much better. I wish there a bunch of videos like this on You Tube because I really enjoy them. Thank you so much for posting it.
My dad and I have the same color circle like yours!
Very smooth landing!
Great vid!
It always a pleasure watching your videos. Excellent job! Thank you for sharing! Thumbs up!
I've seen this approach many times but never from the cockpit view,How cool was that!!
SuredT, you're awesome. You actually take the time to answer the questions from these people. Thanks for your time.
Thank you for posting this and the other videos. I take a KLM 744 between LAX and AMS at least once a year so appreciate seeing and hearing what happens just a few feet in front of me during the flight. I really appreciate the annotations as it is sometimes difficult to understand what is being said.
These videos makes me feel good about choosing to fly KLM.
Great stuff, I always enjoy to see your videos. Hope you continue publishing such great entertainment.
This was good. I like this video. It was neat see the approach to LAX this way
Awesome visibilty! Thanks! I agree, ATC lady is in the zone.
Good to see an LAX approach. Thank you. Welcome to LA.
.... please post more of these, complete with radio traffic.... Thank you !!!
Jeez, its a whole different language they're speaking. The amount of numbers that are made into sentences is wildly amazing.
That was amazing footage. Always love a great landing video.
Beautiful big HD unobstructed view and a nice long time to relax with it right to the end. Much better than quick 30 sec highlights.
watch it in HD.. it´s absolutely beautiful ..watch that cars on highway :) beautiful man..
The best ATC ever !! Dammmn
Thank you for sharing this! I dream about flying a plane, let alone a 747. Enjoy listening to the traffic, that's a lot to listen to while landing!
Wow, I used to take this flight twice a year for 10 years. Amazing memories.
very bissy airport!. Great video. realy love the ATC. Any tips or advice for an upcoming pilot?. bij klm natuurlijk:P. ik moet alleen nog een paar jaartjes wachten. Keep them coming.
Love the ATC with this!
Sweet, this was sort of a response to my recent question! Nice landing and awesome quality
This quality is awesome! Great video i really love it so much.
Awesome video with spectacular LA views. Really enjoy the cockpit videos. Thank You!
Simply awesome ! Great view ! Thank´s so much !
This is the most incredible video on the whole of youtube
Incredible view, I wish I could see it in real life.
Great job! This may just be your best video yet!
That was great! and that woman talking is the BOSS!
Cool. Nice visual
Wicked!! Like it even better with all the ATC chatter in the background!
Thanks for sharing man!, I always download your vids in HD.
Thanks again for another great video! Please make one every trip ;)
Bedankt, ga zo door.
YAY!! a new video!! i was waiting for it for a really long time!! :DD
this landing is REALLLLY SMOOOOOTH!!! awesome piloting skills!
and thank you for sharing your flight experiences! :)
WOW! GREAT video!!! Not only did you have a steady, non-handheld shot (unlike MOST other similar videos), you also had GREAT audio... Including radio traffic; and no stupid music to completely ruin it!
OUTSTANDING!!!
Beautiful, smooth landing, Excellent video.
Wat een mooie filmpje! Ik heb ook ooit eens met de KLM B747-400 naar Los Angeles gevlogen. Ik vond het wel een lange vlucht. Maar ik was ook weer blij om uit Los-Angeles te gaan. Chappeau voor de kwaliteit van dit filmpje.
Sir i love your vids. I am not a jalous type but man what a job you have.
thank you for your uploads and keep m coming.
Did you know that you can see Union Station(Alameda Street), Downtown Los Angeles, Hollywood, Beverly Hills Century City on your right and on your left La Brea Tarpits, Rancho Palos Verdes/Long Beach/Catalina Island. Just before touchdown you can see the 405 freeway Hilton Hotel.
thank you i will look out for these places next time.
Woho nice! Need more of this awesomeness !!!
i think the best part was right after touchdown and the sound of the CF6s roared.. i was tickled.. lol
Damn, big big kudos to the men and women working as ATC on the airports around the world. Amazing how co-ordinated it all can look for a outsider!
I love USA! As that Qantas 747 was on approach I just looked outside and LA is amazing! Comparing it to Australia, LA is so much better. Thank you for posting this vid!
poor people living in those houses below))
great video! i want more!
I flew with "this" flight a couple of weeks ago (klm601 to la and 602 back) service was good, airport kinda sucked lol (the departure area didnt have many stores, food courts etc) LA was freaking amazing but damn it was nice to fly the 747, my first time ever :) Thanks KLM!
this sound is very relaxing :)
This was soo fantastic...i would love to see more of these keep em coming...
@TheKimTwister i still cant get over these awesome videos hope u get more best regards kim
*Cool & Lovely Landing Again! Cheers: KLM Royal Dutch Airlines! :-)*
Man I miss my commute so much (Anaheim to Culver City) that I got teary-eyed watching this =D
@guidodeukuzeta1234. In a 747 you start the flare at about 40 ft (the book says 30 ft but in my experience that's a bit too low) by increasing your pitch attitude with only 2 degrees, then close the thrustlevers to idle while keeping the pitch attitude the same. A smooth landing should follow.
Ja toch, dat had ik ook ergens gelezen. Beter krijgt dit even heel veel thumbs up zodat niet iedereen steeds blijft vragen waar de nieuwe videos blijven :P Jij hebt btw ook super videos man, keep em coming !
Just another excellent video by SuredT! Keep them coming boss :)
Amazing landing as always Captain!
I keep coming back to this video I love it, I land just like this at LAX on GEFS :)
Awesome video
@MarcoPalva. Do you know there was a time there weren't any PC's? Well in those days I got my flight training. There were only linktrainers, no vision, no 3 axis movements, only very simple computers. And nobody had a PC at home, they still had to be invented at that time. I am talking about the early 70's ;-)
excellent resolution !
airspeed seems so slow in this (short runway?)
enjoy the weather Sured T ^~^
Excellent!! as always!! More please!!
Great video. The ATC is a nice touch.
@henkvanderlaak. In the States it is. Certain ceiling and visibility criteria apply.
that's just beautiful thanks for sharing!
Sir all your landings are damn smooth seriously thumbs up x1000000000
beautiful great video..! thanks for sharing pilot.. :)
I can see where you're coming from with the 4 and 2 runways, heathrow having more movements if you look at one runway for a given amount of time, but i was talking about the total traffic movements.
And yes, I am aware of these rules and I know them by heart.
fantastic video !!!!! very impressive.
Excellent video!
Great thank you! Los Angeles is so huge o.O
@1053857 there is always a glideslope. when flying a visual approach, the pilots still use an ILS, just not connected to an Autopilot. There are triangles that show up on the PFD showing localizer and glideslope situation
Another great video . If you ever fly into CYVR, can you please put it on TH-cam? I've been waiting for a good one of Vancouver to come on here for the longest time.
@mechan9. For flights longer than 9 hrs we have three pilots and for flights longer than 12 hrs we have 4 pilots.
Fantastic video, congratulations and thanks for share with us
BTW I love seeing your KLM flight whenever I was at the Alaska Lounge in Terminal 3 I would be there just to see your flight arrive from Amsterdam and depart back to Amsterdam. Now with the new Virgin Loft I can see your flight leave and depart again(:/
Hey man, I love your videos. I'm just wondering... I have my CPL and im training for my Multi right now, I really want to work for Air Canada Jazz ( First Officer) but do they need a ATPL OR IATRA and a collage deploma, or just high school deploma? And to work for KLM do you need a ATPL with University level, Please reply back, Thanks
I love the video, have watched it countless times, however I can't keep up with or follow the hand-off to a new controller...can someone break it down for me what is happening?? Like most other commentors, I'm totally digging how the female controller at the end takes command and directs all the flights - she owns LAX!
Ummm...please disregard the last name...apparently my pre-teen son thought this was an appropriate name to use on youtube...I didn't realize it until it was to late...
Kile Poopenapple
ha ha
Kile Poopenapple
ha ha
I really enjoyed listening to the female tffck cont, wish I could understand everything that was said
Just saw this...seven years later! However at 0:26, the approach controller (SOCAL TRACON) instructs KLM 601 Heavy to maintain 180 kts airspeed to LIMMA (the final approach fix for RWY 25L) and to contact LAX tower at LIMMA, on frequency 120.95, (this point or fix is at about a 5 mile final to the runway, at the Harbor Freeway).
It sounds like they switched from approach to tower frequency just inside the Harbor Freeway, at 2:17.
Unfortunately, due to a lot of other aircraft calling on tower frequency, KLM 601 Heavy isn't able to call in until well inside of LIMMA (only about 3 miles out, at 2:54). Understandably, he was beginning to get a little concerned that he wouldn't be able to call in time to get a landing clearance, before getting in too close.
Finally, at 3:04 she responds by saying, "KLM 601 Heavy, L.A. tower, wind 240 degrees at niner (9 kts), Runway 25 Left, cleared to land". He responds with "Cleared to land, Runway 25 Left, KLM 601 Heavy."
After landing, at 5:04, the tower instructs the flight, "KLM 601 Heavy, turn right on to (taxiway H9) Hotel Niner, hold short of Runway 25 Right on (taxiway) Tango, which he reads back, almost verbatim (missing only the "on Tango" part, but taxiway tango is the next one in front of the aircraft, so it's pretty obvious. The important part to readback is: "Hold Short" of "Runway XX or Taxiway X" and "the aircraft call-sign".
He is still waiting for clearance to cross Runway 25 Right (due to multiple departures off of that runway) when the video ends.
Great 👍👌👍wiew of 405 freeway. Missing la from New York.
Great new upload, thanks!
I'm addicted watching this kind of videos.... may i request videos that include the whole taxiing procedure? that way.. i'll be more addicted ;-)
@3:01 KLM 6-0-1 heavy LA tower wind 2-4-0 at 9er runaway 2-5 left clear to land.
only took me 10 times to understand what the hell she said. wow lots of instructions from the tower.
@4:11 it's cool to see Delta 1508 sitting at the end of the 25R, the challenger crossing 25R and American 1458 taxing to 25R. nice vid. I just learned a bit about ATC in this past 30 minutes. thanks!
whooa man.. that is soo cool! Thanks!
Very nice vid of 747 landing!
@dyn4mic87
That the boeing is heavy ;). I think you're referencing to the "Caution Wake turbulences heavy boeing 747" - These are "winds" or actually turbulences that appear directly behind an aircraft and they can reach about 2-3 miles behind it.
Nice video thanks for sharing!
Again, just perfect, thanks
Great video,must be be best job in the world,total respect for pilots!!
Wonderfull !!! Please, keep filming. Regards, Marcel.
Nice. Looks like a very windy approach.