I've been super lucky recently in Hawaii. I've gotten rare reverse operations on several occasions after not getting it for years. On this flight we get reverse ops on both the takeoff in Kahului and the landing in Honolulu. For those wondering what reverse operations is... Airports have what are called "flows." And the flow, or traffic pattern, at an airport is determined by the wind. Aircraft always takeoff and land into the wind. This is done for safety reasons. Say an aircraft needs to be going 100 knots on approach. And let's say the wind is blowing directly down the runway at 20 knots. Because the aircraft if moving though the air and isn't touching the ground, when landing into the wind, the aircraft only needs to be moving over the ground at 80 knots. Because the wind is already moving over the wings of the aircraft at 20 knots. So you takeoff and land into the wind because you can achieve the lift needed while moving over the ground at a slower speed. Flip this example and land with the wind at your back, and you now need to be moving over the ground at 120 knots to achieve the same results. So it's safer to operate aircraft into a headwind as it allows them to fly at a slower ground speed. Now, at most airports around the world, the wind can change wildly throughout the year, or even throughout a single 24 hour period. This will cause the "flow" of the airport to switch directions as the winds swing from one direction to another. However, there are some airports, that because of their geographic location, have the same exact winds all year. Every day, every week, every month, the winds are constant from one direction. Honolulu and Kahului are two of those airports. Because of their positions and the Pacific Ocean trade winds, it is very rare for them to have winds blowing from the southwest. Every once in a while though, something called the Kona winds happens. The Kona winds is an unusual weather pattern that overtakes the Hawaiian islands and actually overpowers the typical Pacific trade winds. This causes the airports in Hawaii to abandon their typical flow. Leading them to "reverse operations." Which, as we just discussed above, causes aircraft to takeoff and land the opposite directions that they normally would. In this case West/Southwest instead of the typical East/Northeast. And on this day, we got that rare weather pattern and we get to see a rare Southwesterly takeoff from Maui and a rare Westerly landing in Honolulu. Enjoy!
Wow thank you so much for this info! At first i thought why would they want to land heading into the wind! Now it makes sense and also now I know why landings can have the roller coaster effect :)
Seeing an airliner with fuselage-mounted engines has become pretty rare. I don’t think any US carriers fly the MD-80 (Mad Dog) anymore. Most passengers don’t appreciate the loud engine noise, but I’d pay extra for it. 😂 As always, great video! 👍
You are correct. Both American and Delta have retired all of their MD-80's and MD-90's. Of course, Delta still flies the 717 too, but the story is definitely closer to the end than the beginning for the 717. Enjoy them while you still can because they won't be here forever. Thanks for watching my friend!
I've gotten lucky a few times and gotten reverse operations on a couple trips. I was very happy, as I hadn't gotten any reverse ops in Hawaii for years before this. Thanks for watching my friend!
Fellow 717-200 fanboy here. I work at an airport and have been talking with Delta pilots who arrive or depart with 712s. I am here to say that the Mad Pup is here to stay until at least 2030. And I say at least because Delta keeps pushing the retirement date on them because pilots love them so much. I don't know what Hawaiins plan is with them, but you definitely have plenty of time to fly on the last mad dog before they retire
So happy to read this as someone who grew up on the mad dog. I’ve only recently started private training, and was pretty gutted because I thought there wouldn’t be a chance for me to fly them when I might reach delta. So glad to hear this!
Aloha SP, great video and good timing on reverse ops, lucky! 👍 Plane spotting at HNL during reverse ops is really nice, you can get great views of the planes landing with the Honolulu skyline in the background. Great job on your channel success!
Another beautiful lovely piece of work and as always gorgeous filming stunning footage compilation and super awesome super amazing camera work looks super sharp and clear .. TQSM
How ironic I was downloading and editing my camera shots of Delta’s B717-200’s up in the North Star State during my 3 hour layover and yet here’s a another video of a trip report onboard Hawaiian’s B717-200 from Skylight Productions and you know I’m a big sucker for Angry Puppies from any airline as they’re my number one favorite aircraft type. Who would have thought this would happen 🤣🤣. Awesome flight onboard B717-200 N492HA Hawaiian’s B717-200s look beautiful in Hawaiian Colors. Love me some Angry Puppies I would love to visit Hawaii one day to photograph all of Hawaiian’s B717-200’s. Love me some Angry Puppies. Hope you had a wonderful flight onboard B717-200 N492HA.
Hi Skylite. Thanks for this video. Always love the buzzsaw of the 717. Got your personal email today. Glad to hear you're feeling better. Will reply soon. Take care. Stay safe my friend.
I just finished watching The Cassandra Crossing (1976) and now, I'm watching your latest Hawaiian adventure. In this movie, some Swedish terrorists strike a US medical facility in Switzerland where they were developing biological weapons. During the fight between the security guards and the terrorists, one of the super-pathogens gets unleashed and the terrorist who escapes is infected with it. He boards a northbound train running up thru Central Europe with an all star cast like Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren, Ann Turkel, Richard Harris, Lee Strasburg, Martin Sheen, and OJ Simpson. And Burt Lancaster was the US colonel who 1) was determined to lock the train down, prevent anyone from boarding or leaving and 2) to prevent the world from learning that the US was developing bioweapons in a neutral country. And he was willing to let everyone be killed by letting the train go over an old, very unstable bridge called The Cassandra Crossing. This was his two-for-one solution to this crisis. So... the Big Question: who will live and who will die in this thriller film? You can see this movie for free on YT, on Daily Motion, and on Tubi TV. Anyhow, love that engine sound on the 717. No jet lag for you on this flight! Keep winning those Olympic Gold Medals.
Unpopular opinion because everyone else seems to love GE and the GE90, but I think Rolls Royce engines have a better sound. Pretty much across the board. I love flying on aircraft with Rolls Royce power.
@@sla31 Those GE90s just have big vibration and bass, which is cool sounds very powerful, but in terms of actual sound I think you have to give it to the 717 here, next up is are the CRJs for me
@@AdenVo-v9p oh the model. I mean, I got each of them at different times. They're all planes I've flown on though. I got them online from various retailers.
AAAND we're back in Travelers Favorite location, HAWAII !!! Hmmm let me see, do we take the Left Line or the Right Line ?? Ok, Left it is. Get those mice on that treadmill, we need to get this bird into the air !!!! And he brings her, ever so gently, on Reef Runway. Haven't see Reef in a while.
@@sla31 Yeah I know. I saw he was coming in, in the opposite direction. But I knew where he was on the inbound taxi path. I saw your note before I watched it.
Great fly! The turnpike that you drive to/from Tulsa Airport, are they all electric tolling? I drove Muskogee Turnpike and they are all electric tolling.
Surprisingly no. In fact, I don't even have any already filmed just waiting to be published. I have like 51 flights in the next 5 weeks and none of them are 757's. But... There are a lot of other cool aircraft that I will be taking including many wide bodies, and even some super oldies like Twin Otters.
I don’t what you mean by “Virgin Electric Express”. Never heard of that airline or whatever it is called. The Virgin Group has 2 airlines, Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic. Former Airlines Include Virgin America.
He probably won’t take Cebu Pacific because they are known to have extremely cramped seats. The Airbus A330’s have a whopping 460+ seats, which is way more uncomfortable than a regular A330 seat configuration.
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I've been super lucky recently in Hawaii. I've gotten rare reverse operations on several occasions after not getting it for years. On this flight we get reverse ops on both the takeoff in Kahului and the landing in Honolulu. For those wondering what reverse operations is... Airports have what are called "flows." And the flow, or traffic pattern, at an airport is determined by the wind. Aircraft always takeoff and land into the wind. This is done for safety reasons. Say an aircraft needs to be going 100 knots on approach. And let's say the wind is blowing directly down the runway at 20 knots. Because the aircraft if moving though the air and isn't touching the ground, when landing into the wind, the aircraft only needs to be moving over the ground at 80 knots. Because the wind is already moving over the wings of the aircraft at 20 knots. So you takeoff and land into the wind because you can achieve the lift needed while moving over the ground at a slower speed. Flip this example and land with the wind at your back, and you now need to be moving over the ground at 120 knots to achieve the same results. So it's safer to operate aircraft into a headwind as it allows them to fly at a slower ground speed. Now, at most airports around the world, the wind can change wildly throughout the year, or even throughout a single 24 hour period. This will cause the "flow" of the airport to switch directions as the winds swing from one direction to another. However, there are some airports, that because of their geographic location, have the same exact winds all year. Every day, every week, every month, the winds are constant from one direction. Honolulu and Kahului are two of those airports. Because of their positions and the Pacific Ocean trade winds, it is very rare for them to have winds blowing from the southwest. Every once in a while though, something called the Kona winds happens. The Kona winds is an unusual weather pattern that overtakes the Hawaiian islands and actually overpowers the typical Pacific trade winds. This causes the airports in Hawaii to abandon their typical flow. Leading them to "reverse operations." Which, as we just discussed above, causes aircraft to takeoff and land the opposite directions that they normally would. In this case West/Southwest instead of the typical East/Northeast. And on this day, we got that rare weather pattern and we get to see a rare Southwesterly takeoff from Maui and a rare Westerly landing in Honolulu. Enjoy!
Wow thank you so much for this info! At first i thought why would they want to land heading into the wind! Now it makes sense and also now I know why landings can have the roller coaster effect :)
@@sla31 no no no it’s just the southwest airlines open seattingand it let you choose a seat
I played this video 3 times in a row -- the engines sounds are sublime. Especially the long landing sequence.
Seeing an airliner with fuselage-mounted engines has become pretty rare. I don’t think any US carriers fly the MD-80 (Mad Dog) anymore. Most passengers don’t appreciate the loud engine noise, but I’d pay extra for it. 😂
As always, great video! 👍
You are correct. Both American and Delta have retired all of their MD-80's and MD-90's. Of course, Delta still flies the 717 too, but the story is definitely closer to the end than the beginning for the 717. Enjoy them while you still can because they won't be here forever. Thanks for watching my friend!
An up the valley take off and down reef landing, wow. I've never seen either one, but both in one video, lol, amazing.
I've gotten lucky a few times and gotten reverse operations on a couple trips. I was very happy, as I hadn't gotten any reverse ops in Hawaii for years before this. Thanks for watching my friend!
Reverse operations always cool and interesting!👍👍
Fellow 717-200 fanboy here. I work at an airport and have been talking with Delta pilots who arrive or depart with 712s. I am here to say that the Mad Pup is here to stay until at least 2030. And I say at least because Delta keeps pushing the retirement date on them because pilots love them so much. I don't know what Hawaiins plan is with them, but you definitely have plenty of time to fly on the last mad dog before they retire
So happy to read this as someone who grew up on the mad dog. I’ve only recently started private training, and was pretty gutted because I thought there wouldn’t be a chance for me to fly them when I might reach delta. So glad to hear this!
Yep - you said you were going to the islands again and here you are - enjoy!!
Perfect seat selection! Very cool rare 26L arrival HNL 👍🏻
Aloha SP, great video and good timing on reverse ops, lucky! 👍 Plane spotting at HNL during reverse ops is really nice, you can get great views of the planes landing with the Honolulu skyline in the background. Great job on your channel success!
Thanks my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed this one!
Another beautiful lovely piece of work and as always gorgeous filming stunning footage compilation and super awesome super amazing camera work looks super sharp and clear .. TQSM
Thanks my friend. As always, I appreciate you taking the time to watch and comment!
How ironic I was downloading and editing my camera shots of Delta’s B717-200’s up in the North Star State during my 3 hour layover and yet here’s a another video of a trip report onboard Hawaiian’s B717-200 from Skylight Productions and you know I’m a big sucker for Angry Puppies from any airline as they’re my number one favorite aircraft type. Who would have thought this would happen 🤣🤣.
Awesome flight onboard B717-200 N492HA Hawaiian’s B717-200s look beautiful in Hawaiian Colors. Love me some Angry Puppies I would love to visit Hawaii one day to photograph all of Hawaiian’s B717-200’s. Love me some Angry Puppies. Hope you had a wonderful flight onboard B717-200 N492HA.
It's always a good flight when you get to ride on a Mad Pup. Thanks for watching my friend!
Very nice jetliner airplane B717 Hawaiian Airlines.
I'm glad you enjoyed this one my friend!
Hi Skylite. Thanks for this video. Always love the buzzsaw of the 717. Got your personal email today. Glad to hear you're feeling better. Will reply soon. Take care. Stay safe my friend.
A nippy little aircraft out of the starting gate.
I just finished watching The Cassandra Crossing (1976) and now, I'm watching your latest Hawaiian adventure.
In this movie, some Swedish terrorists strike a US medical facility in Switzerland where they were developing biological weapons. During the fight between the security guards and the terrorists, one of the super-pathogens gets unleashed and the terrorist who escapes is infected with it.
He boards a northbound train running up thru Central Europe with an all star cast like Ava Gardner, Sophia Loren, Ann Turkel, Richard Harris, Lee Strasburg, Martin Sheen, and OJ Simpson. And Burt Lancaster was the US colonel who 1) was determined to lock the train down, prevent anyone from boarding or leaving and 2) to prevent the world from learning that the US was developing bioweapons in a neutral country. And he was willing to let everyone be killed by letting the train go over an old, very unstable bridge called The Cassandra Crossing. This was his two-for-one solution to this crisis.
So... the Big Question: who will live and who will die in this thriller film? You can see this movie for free on YT, on Daily Motion, and on Tubi TV.
Anyhow, love that engine sound on the 717. No jet lag for you on this flight! Keep winning those Olympic Gold Medals.
God, those engines are just the best sounding things
Unpopular opinion because everyone else seems to love GE and the GE90, but I think Rolls Royce engines have a better sound. Pretty much across the board. I love flying on aircraft with Rolls Royce power.
@@sla31 Those GE90s just have big vibration and bass, which is cool sounds very powerful, but in terms of actual sound I think you have to give it to the 717 here, next up is are the CRJs for me
2 of my favorite Airports ❤
You and me both 😁.
When do you next plan on going to Australia?
I will be in Australia in less than one month from today. 😁🤫
@@sla31 amazing! Can’t wait for that upload 👍
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it my friend! Thanks for watching!
Where did you get the Southwest airlines Skymarks decoration?
Skymarks decorations? I'm not sure what you're asking my friend.
@@sla31 no no no no no it’s just the Southwest airlines toy decoration that I just saw on the community
@@AdenVo-v9p oh the model. I mean, I got each of them at different times. They're all planes I've flown on though. I got them online from various retailers.
AAAND we're back in Travelers Favorite location, HAWAII !!! Hmmm let me see, do we take the Left Line or the Right Line ?? Ok, Left it is.
Get those mice on that treadmill, we need to get this bird into the air !!!! And he brings her, ever so gently, on Reef Runway. Haven't see Reef in a while.
You can thank the reverse flow the airport was in for the Reef Runway appearance in this one.
@@sla31 Yeah I know. I saw he was coming in, in the opposite direction. But I knew where he was on the inbound taxi path. I saw your note before I watched it.
Great fly! The turnpike that you drive to/from Tulsa Airport, are they all electric tolling? I drove Muskogee Turnpike and they are all electric tolling.
Yes. You can stop and pay cash in person, but it's more expensive that way.
¿next: spirit airlines airbus A320?
I do not have any other Spirit Airlines flights planned at this time.
@@sla31 ahh its fine then
Skyward productions do you have any plans to take United airlines from San Francisco to Honolulu?
No, not at this time.
Do you have any 757 flights planned? Id be interested in seeing that!
Surprisingly no. In fact, I don't even have any already filmed just waiting to be published. I have like 51 flights in the next 5 weeks and none of them are 757's. But... There are a lot of other cool aircraft that I will be taking including many wide bodies, and even some super oldies like Twin Otters.
Skyler When are you gonna take AIRCARAIBES
I have no plans to fly them.
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Skyward do you have any plans to go to open again at this time or not at this time?
I do not know what you're asking here my friend.
Skyward have you ever gone to Starbucks in the Honolulu
Yes, I have. Despite not really caring for Starbucks much, I have had Starbucks in Honolulu.
Skyward when are you going to take Frenchbee air
I have no plans to fly them.
Have you flown to Oakland in the past
Yes, quite a few times. All of which are posted already.
Do you have any plans to take flare again at this time?
No, I do not.
When are you going to take CEM AIR
I have no plans to fly them.
Do you have plans to take virgin electic Xpress?
I don’t what you mean by “Virgin Electric Express”. Never heard of that airline or whatever it is called. The Virgin Group has 2 airlines, Virgin Australia and Virgin Atlantic. Former Airlines Include Virgin America.
Again, I don't know what airline you're referring to here. Virgin Atlantic?
When are you gonna take cebu pacific
He probably won’t take Cebu Pacific because they are known to have extremely cramped seats. The Airbus A330’s have a whopping 460+ seats, which is way more uncomfortable than a regular A330 seat configuration.
I have no plans to fly them.
What time did it say? LOLOL
Are we talking about the clock in the terminal at the beginning or something else? 😂