Today’s upload is the first from my trip to Europe, and you don’t want to miss it. This landing, onboard a Lufthansa Airbus A321-200 at Frankfurt Airport, is one of the best I’ve ever filmed. It has it all. Severe turbulence, thunderstorms, a lightning show, and a rainy and windy landing. This may be my favorite landing of all time! Enjoy!

@stephenbrown2367

2 жыл бұрын

@@roadsofsanjuanjevier7122 😒

@AirportPlaneSpotting

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds fun 😂

@NDSAviation1

2 жыл бұрын

Nice video! I was also in Frankfurt recently - it was rainy both before and after I got there but sunny while I was there. Got to fly an A380 and a 747 though. Will upload those someday.

@carlotomass119

Жыл бұрын

Severe turbulence …… what a load shite !!!!!

@zorilaz

Жыл бұрын

this is no severe turbulence mate, this is mild turbulence.

Working as a flight attendant I once had a passenger call me during turbulence like this to ask me to tell the captain that he should please slow down, its too bumpy! That was the one time that I admit to losing my composure and laughing out loud at a passengers request.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

I don’t think many could’ve kept their composure haha. So I don’t blame you 😂.

@sightsandsoundsofaviation

Жыл бұрын

I would have asked for a drink 🤣🤣🤣

@proudTXgal

Жыл бұрын

On the first note it may seem funny, but on the professional note Google what happens in turbulence’s, should speed be slowed down?

@alexandrawilson1998

11 ай бұрын

@Dismoptism my mom and I have to fly to Madison Wisconsin this upcoming Friday the 23rd and I was wondering if planes can fly through thunderstorms since it looks like Philadelphia which the airport we are leaving from and media Pa which is where my mom and I leave might get some storms but Madison Wisconsin that day it looks like is going to have partly sunny skies

@marcjureknielsen2206

6 ай бұрын

@@proudTXgalAll larger aircraft’s have a “Turbulence Penetration Speed”, so flying this speed is optimum for flying moderate and severe turbulence. On the A320 family this speed is 250KT indicated, which is also max speed for all planes below 10.000ft in normal operations. So it’s not a slow speed. It could get less bumpy by slowing down, but the safety margin down towards the stall speed would get compromised, so there this speed 😅

Am I the only one that think it's a treat when the pilots retract the flaps before they put the spoilers down after landing? It's a rare chance to have a much better look at the flap mechanisms. Thanks for the high quality video.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

No problem my friend. Plenty of them on the channel for you to browse through haha. I too enjoy when the flaps are retracted before the spoilers!

You know it’s a good landing when your camera doesn’t shake

What a great video! As someone who’s been flying regularly for over 40 years, this was definitely severe turbulence. The audio clearly proves it. (Listen with headphones) What a jolt! Reminds me of a flight back in the mid 80s on a TWA 767 on approach to Dulles airport during a thunderstorm filled afternoon.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I do my best to call my videos what they are, and I try to never "clickbait" people. Sadly, as you can probably tell from some of the comments, there are a lot of people who think this was not severe turbulence. People are so used to seeing such over the top and over exaggerated things, that when they're presented with a true, real life, situation, it's not good enough for them haha. Thanks for watching my friend! Happy flying!

Thank you for sharing your trip.

I honestly love that you have been able to get footage from outside the US, great video.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve gotten a lot this year. All of my flights through the Pacific Islands, Iceland, and now a lot from continental Europe! A lot to still come! Thanks for watching my friend!

I will never forget this time in poland warsaw. We were coming in to land in an extremely violent thunderstorm and the plane was dropping out the sky 50m at a time. Everyone was screaming and it was so scarey. Many passengers got terrible wiplash in their necks including me.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Sounds like a terrifying flight, even for the seasoned travelers!

@wantflappywing1355

Жыл бұрын

@@sla31 yeah

16:15 just seeing the airport very early at high altitude(relatively), gives you an idea of how big Frankfurt Airport is.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Frankfurt was a very large airport. Bigger than I even expected and I knew it was a big airport. Thanks for watching my friend!

@TheoneandonlyEETFUK

2 жыл бұрын

And they have another runway (18) ontop of the rest lol

Absolutely gorgeous! I actually grabbed my imaginary armrest at the beginning of the video! Great job! Thank you for sharing :) ❤️✈️

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it! As always, thanks for watching my friend!

Wow excellent video and a bumpy ride for sure!

Great video! It shows all the thrills and beauty of flight. Nice to have chapters for reference.

Beautiful thunderstorm

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

Wow! I can’t quite believe how big that airport is!! That video was great btw

Awesome as always 🙏🏻

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

We had thunderstorms in Western Washington early this morning and we may get another one this afternoon. I've flown thru T-storms before. Yes, I even watched lightning hit the tip of the wing of the plane! I've flown in large planes that got bounced around and also in smaller aircraft where you see lightning all around you and your plane is doing some BIG ups and downs. One time, after leaving DFW, there was a loud BANG right above our aircraft and we knew that it was a thunderclap. Jeez! the whole plane shook!

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like some flights I'd loved to have been on haha. As always, thanks for watching my friend!

That was absolutely incredible. Great footage. Made me feel like I was on the plane. Everything was so familiar to me as I fly Airbus A320 family aircraft often. Nice job 👍👍

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it my friend! Thanks for watching!

Gnarly turbulence, it’s thrilling and frightening at the same time, from my experience anyhow. 🙏🏻

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

It was a ride for sure! Thanks again for watching!

excellent catch of lightning 🌩and a scary but awesome landing.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

Great to see you in Europe again

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Good to finally be back. I have a lot of footage from this trip, so stay tuned! Thanks for watching!

You're right and thanks. It has it all: great pictures - moody atmosphere - wonderful 'demi-tons' in clouds, all that with light turbulence. Severe turbulence is worst then that - by far. And we always divert for it as it can harm people.

@sla31

3 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed the video my friend. But, I’ll disagree that this was just light turbulence, and I’ll explain why. I understand just watching the video, especially considering my cameras are very stable, it can be difficult to accurately judge the forces. And, I do understand the difference, like textbook definition, wise, of light, moderate, or severe turbulence. And there’s a reason why and over 3000 uploads, I have only used the adjective severe to describe turbulence twice. There were several moments during the worst of it, where we dropped like a rock. And if you were not buckled into your seat, you wouldn’t have been in your seat anymore. Like what you were saying, there would have been people injured. However, despite us not getting a warning that this was coming, the flight crew had just finished their pre-arrival checks, and everybody had their seatbelts on, including the flight attendants. So we were extremely lucky that no one was injured here because of the timing of things. And also, we didn’t divert because we didn’t need to. We flew through the severe part, but it was not affecting the approach to the runway. We were already at our destination, so there was no need to divert. When we went into that super dense thunderstorm cumulonimbus type cloud, there were moments where the plane was being thrown around so much that you could feel the crew trying to correct the attitude and altitude, and we’re not able to do so. Which is one of the hallmarks of severe turbulence. The crew having moments where they actually lose partial control of the aircraft, because the forces are so great. And it’s unfortunate that the cloud here was so dense that you cannot see the control surfaces on the wing, because the crew of this flight were having an incredibly hard time keeping the aircraft level and stable. So, again I understand that it can be difficult to convey all of that, just by the video, and especially not being able to see the control surfaces. So you’ll just have to take my word for it, you know we could have the discussion on whether or not this was on the top end of moderate versus low end of severe… But it was definitely not light. Anyway, I hope that helps explain why I titled this the way I did.

Beautiful landing. Smooth and right on the blocks.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Considering the conditions before and even during the final approach, it was excellent. Thanks for watching!

The weather looks bad but the quality of your video is still so good! Many thanks for interesting footage!

looks like fun! enjoy Europe .I've been to France

Those clouds looked omnimous. I recently had bad turbulence on an AA flight. The plane bounced all around during drink service and I could barely keep the water in my cup. This was an incredible flight to Frankfurt! Thank you for sharing!

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

They were definitely intense. I'd never flown through clouds as dense as those first few. Sounds like you had a rough flight too! Thanks for watching!

Good video mate, nice views of lightning also 👌🌩️

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

Awesome video. Great landing and really enjoyed all that weather coming into EDDF! Cheers from CYYB.

captins must be sweating after that lightning show. Honestly, this is the best landing vid i think i'v ever seen.

@ChesterPlay380

2 жыл бұрын

lufthansa crew mmmm nope i dont think so... one of the best and most professional pilots and airlines in the world

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you enjoyed it my friend. Honesty, the cockpit crew did an amazing job. All that wind and turbulence and they kept their cool, and still had a really smooth landing. Thanks for watching guys!

@mgomez5606

2 жыл бұрын

I bet it's not as bad when you have control.

Beautiful!

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

Great video!

Love love love 🤙🏾⛈

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

@Ky0927

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 always☺️

Great video and landing!

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching!

That turbulence reminded me of a flight years ago crossing the U.S. when the plane hit some nasty catting right when I was standing in the bathroom in the middle of doing my business. I got bounced around and couldn't help it when the stream started going all over the place. Embarrassing moment...I had to decide between trying to clean up the mess and what I really wanted to do which was get back to my seat and belt in. Nice video by the way!

Great job getting through the Draco or microburst turbulence

As an aerobatic rated pilot this is lots of fun and takes all of the boredom out of an ordinary flight !! For those who think that this is scary for most air passengers, try this in a general aviation small aircraft ! Wahoo !!

Great filming 🎥 excellent job sir!

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

after all that chop, amazing smooth landing!!!

@sla31

4 ай бұрын

100%. Excellent piloting skills on display! Thanks for watching!

Beastmode

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

Wonderful Presentation - Thank yore excellent job. Many Greetings from Karl Duisburg Germany 2022

Wow! That was crazy!! What I don't understand is, I thought that they are trained to avoid severe thunderstorms at all costs. I wonder why they were not deviated around the weather? Thankful that you made it safely and that you continue to bring us such fantastic aviation videos. I have flown into Frankfurt only one time on a mission trip to Serbia and I'm glad that wasn't my experience! Looking forward to the full video.

@sla31

3 ай бұрын

As someone who took aviation meteorology in college, I can tell you we were told to avoid such storms. In fact my professor once said “it’s simple people… If it’s red on the radar, don’t fly into it…” 😂. in this case, I suspect the crew probably didn’t have much of a choice though. We were so close to the airport and there was a lot of traffic. Also, they didn’t give us a warning, which suggests they didn’t realize it was that bad. The way storms were forming at the time, it could formed very quickly and they simply didn’t/couldn’t avoid it at that point. I never went back and listed to the ATC from this flight to see what vectors they may have gotten. Luckily everyone was already seated, including the FA’s, so no one was injured!

That must’ve been a scary landing hearing the cabin noise. Stay safe out there tho and keep it up man🙏

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

There's only been a couple of times, in over 550,000 miles of flying where I've had thoughts of "shot, this is bad" when flying. This was one, and the other was my "Intense Thunderstorm Landing Attempt" in Joplin, Missouri. I had the same stomach churning feelings on both flights. Thanks for watching my friend!

great landing

This smooth landing deserves a lot of claps. 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

It really was a great landing considering the conditions in the area.

@raf682

Жыл бұрын

@@sla31 exactly

Almost missed this gem :)

Nice video! I love a bit of turbulence. You should fly into London City if you have the time

wow..nice landing

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

Smooth landing

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Especially considering the conditions at the beginning of the video. Thanks for watching!

Epic video!

@sla31

8 ай бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching my friend!

Please make more videos in Europe, honestly the sights are more appealing

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of videos coming up from Europe. In addition to more Iceland content, I have a lot of continental Europe videos from this trip. I filmed 10 full flights on this trip including Air France, KLM, Swiss, Helvetic, and Lufthansa.

Nice one 👍✈️

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

I had the very opposite experience on my first ever flight, serious turbulence flying through a big storm out of London Heathrow. The sight of lightning inside the cloud and the giant thunderhead close to the plane was well worth the discomfort - I was spellbound. Zurich, our destination, was hot and sunny without a cloud in the sky.

@sla31

9 ай бұрын

Sounds like quite the first experience my friend. What a way to start out haha.

Frankfurt, my hometown.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

It was my base of operations for this whole trip. I really enjoyed my time there, although I was mostly around the airport.

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS FINALLY LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!! I CANT WAIT TO WATCH THIS ITS GONNA BE AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! I know you don’t clickbait so ima get some popcorn and soda ready for this one! Have a great day

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I hope you enjoyed it my friend! You're spot on. I do my very best not to label videos something they're not, just to get views. I reserve adjectives like severe and intense for only landings I feel they actually fit. As always, thanks for watching man!

@aviation_tus

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 definetely. Fantastic video and terrible turbulence. Thanks

Some people were lucky to have a less tedious flight. 🇵🇹

Must have felt great to finally touch down, i flew IAH-TUL in condition like this a few years ago

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I love flying, obviously haha. But after flights like this, I'd be lying if I said it wasn't somewhat of a relief to be on the ground. Thanks for watching my friend!

@darrenjohnson4420

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 no problem i enjoy your videos

Good work.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching my friend!

Das war eine saubere Landung.

Cool videos 👍

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching my friend !

My partner is a FA at LH. When she is doing the last leg of her tour and has to catch the train home, landing on 23R at FRA *and* having an apron position usually causes a deep sigh of disappointment, because it will take ages to finally set foot in the terminal. :D

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Having had to do that several times on this trip, I 100% feel their pain haha.

It was great, please upload the full flight also

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

The full flight is on the way. I just wanted to get this landing out there!

Great video man, glad you landed safely! Safe to say the de icing equipment was on until the wheels hit the ground on this approach! BTW maybe it’s just the camera angle but it seems that airbus uses much smaller winglets on the wingtips than Boeing does.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend. Older Airbus aircraft do have a much smaller winglet, yes. In fact, they're called wingtip fences, and aren't technically the same thing as a winglet. New A320 series aircraft now come with the larger winglets, which Airbus calls sharklets. Thanks for watching!

@nickpapagiorgio5056

Жыл бұрын

@@sla31 Wow thanks for explaining that to me I did not know that!

Dang... A few months ago I landed in Buffalo, New York in conditions similar to this... without the thunderstorms of course :)

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a flight I'd liked to have been on haha.

As dreadful as the weather was, the contrast and lighting was marvellous on the ground. Also, you were very lucky to come in on 25R seated on the left-hand side, that's the best view of all. Might have been one of those days there were a few tornadoes in the area and Rhineland-Palatinate, not sure tho. However, congrats on that video!

Turbulência Boa kkkkk Belo Vídeo Amigo 👦

omg I would have has a panic attract for sure

very stormy

The landing was butter

danggg @Skylite Productions the worst storm ive flown through is at DFW

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

DFW during thunderstorms is always a good time haha! Thanks for watching my friend!

Wait, this isn't Tulsa. ;) Seriously...great to see you over on the other side of the pond for a change...and at one of my fav airports, too. :)

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Far from it haha. But I was in Tulsa yesterday and I'll be there again tomorrow haha!

Welcome to my home town man how long are you staying in Frankfurt?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I had a great time my friend! I was in Frankfurt for 4 days, but it was mostly filled with flying haha. I filmed 10 full flights in Europe on this trip.

MSFS needs to take notes on how to depict rough air as an aircraft flies into clouds. They don't seem to know how to do that. Love watching that bouncing wing on that Airbus.

This was as good as your Phx A321 storm landing IMO.....but still not as good as the butt kicking you took trying to land in Joplin with that go around and diversion on the e175! I'm loving all these Europe trips....I'm guessing no full flight for this one later? Be cool to see departure out if Berlin.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend. I'm glad you enjoyed this one. I'll tell you. The feeling onboard the flight was just as bad as the JLN landing. The difference was we were much higher, and the clouds obstructed the view on this one. Ultimately though, I'd agree. The Joplin landing was worse, if only because we were so close to the ground. There will be a full flight for this, I just wanted to post the landing first. Since it was so crazy.

Will you be posting full flights going out of the country?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Yes. I filmed 10 full flights in Europe on this trip including on Lufthansa, Swiss, Helvetic, Air France and KLM. This full flight will be posted in the future, but I wanted to get the landing out there first.

@ltodd1987

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 thanks can't wait

Moderate chop at worst but enough to get your attention! Another fab video. Thanks for sharing. Cheers!

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Well I appreciate that and thanks for watching. I'll disagree though on it being only moderate chop. After the first couple of minutes I'd agree with that, but not the first bit. I fly a lot. I've been in a lot of moderate turbulence and moderate chop. You know, the kind that forces the seatbelt sign and might even force the crew into their jump seats. This though, was much much worse. This was, if you weren't buckled in, or your stuff wasn't secure, you/it were hitting the ceiling. Thankfully everyone had already been seated, so no one was hurt. But, stuff went flying. It's hard to fully tell because the clouds we flew into were so dense that it's not even possible to see the wing during the worst of it, and don't forget, the iPhone 13 Pro has some absolutely amazing image stabilization. It's why I avoid using terms like rough, hard, firm, severe, or even turbulent when posting videos. It often times doesn't look nearly as bad on camera. This was bad though. Trust me, it was more than moderate chop. Anyway, thanks for watching my friend. I greatly appreciate it!

@gilliantracy7991

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 Thanks for the reply. I agree the image stabilization makes for a visually smoother ride for us armchair passengers :) I look forward to your next video!

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

@@roadsofsanjuanjevier7122 I do not know yet.

Ok so I was on American airlines from Columbia south Carolina to Newark NJ I had a connection in Charlotte NC . My first flight it went through turblence and the plane litterly drop and shakes through turblence . My second flight wasn't that bad as my first flight was

Yo, if somebody coughing like that on my flight, I'm taking action!!!! lol

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I was happy to have tightly fitting N95 mask on, as that person was directly behind me. It's been long enough now that I'm safe from catching whatever it was. Thanks for watching my friend!

Gorgeous

Nice video! Although I don't know what's worse...the turbulence or the person coughing in the background! 😱😷

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Both were bad haha. Thankfully my N95 kept me from getting whatever that gnarly cough was.

I'm watching your videos to help me prepare for upcoming flights and battle the anxiety flying causes. Were you at all nervous during this level of turbulence? As someone who has flown as much as you, do you ever get butterflies or nervousness if the turbulence is this severe or are you able to rationalize the situation and feel safe? I think it is so cool that people can get on a plane without a second thought and I hope to get there someday!

@sla31

6 ай бұрын

I hope you can get to that place one day too my friend. And I hope it helps knowing that many other people have left similar comments on my videos. Both that they are using my videos to help calm their nerves, and people that have used my videos successfully in doing just that. So, other people have used them for the same reasons you are using them for and it's worked for them. In this particular situation I was not bothered. But, I've also never had to deal with the anxieties you have. I have always loved flying, and I can't wait to get back on a plane. In this situation I knew we had plenty of altitude and I knew that the crew had been well trained in what to do in situations like this. In fact, I probably didn't even pause the movie I was watching. So, I can't say that I understand what you are felling, because I never have. So I won't pretend to know the exact answers. But, here's what I always tell anyone who leaves a comment like this. I fly a lot... Way more than the average person. I've been on over 1,000 flights since 2010 and I've covered 800,000 miles on those flights. I've been onboard several emergency landings, one of which was due to smoke in the cabin, I've been on multiple medical emergency diversions, flown though bad weather, flown though rough turbulence many times, I've been on weather diversions, and I've been on more go-arounds than I can count at this point. And I'm not telling you any of this to try to scare you. In fact, I'm hoping it helps you. I've been through all of those situations. Crazy weather, smoke in the cabin, and more. Things that most flyers will never EVER experience, but I've had them all because I fly so often, and I'm still here replying to your comment. Airline crews are trained to an unbelievably high standard. And they are all trained to know exactly what to do in every situation, even when they may only have seconds to react. This is the reason why aviation has such an amazing safety record today. Since 2001, and the terrible events of 9/11, only one (1) person has died on a major US airline due to an emergency situation. One. And that one is too many, but when you consider that there are 45,000 flights a day in the US, with roughly 4.5 million seats offered every single day... That's 1.6 billion seats per year. Which is some CRAZY high number if you count all the years since 2001. The chances of being involved in some of the scenarios I've been in are already extremely low, but being involved in an incident that actually has a bad outcome are astronomically low. And I hope that helps ease your anxieties. Although, I know that's easier said than done. Believe it or not, despite me being on flights all the time, my wife actually has bad anxiety when it comes to flying. I always end replies like this with this. There are no stupid questions on my channel. If you ever have any questions about what you are hearing or seeing in any of my videos and you want someone to explain it. I will always answer those questions and if I don't know the answer, I'll find someone who does. Anything that will help you feel more at ease about flying, because flying & travel, which is what flying allows us to do easily, is an amazing gift that most people throughout human history haven't had the luxury of being able to do easily. And I want everyone to be able to experience that. So don't hesitate to ask any questions you may have. I run this channel by myself and I don't have any auto-replies. I'm always the one replying. I hope this has helped, even if just a little! Keep at it my friend! Bryce (Skylite Productions)

@amberhall1119

6 ай бұрын

@@sla31 Bryce, I am truly touched by the time and effort you put into this response! I used to love flying as a child and did it often. My hope is to get back to that mentality because I can’t agree with you more, flying and accessible travel are gifts! Thank you so much for sharing your rocky flight experiences. It actually really does help give me some perspective on how well trained folx who work in the industry are. I go to the Fearful Fliers class held at the Pheonix Airport and shared your channel with Captain Ron, the person who teaches the class. It’s really amazing what you both do and I’m grateful to have these videos to watch. Hopefully someday I’ll be watching from the perspective of an aviation enthusiast as opposed to an anxious flier. I’m wishing you happy and safe travels in your next adventure!

@sla31

6 ай бұрын

@@amberhall1119and I wish the same for you! It sounds like you’re really working to overcome this, and I’m sure you will! Again, I’m always happy to answer any questions, so don’t hesitate to ask 😁.

Wow! Taking it to the next level flying overseas ! Good job bud. Is it expensive?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks my friend! I’ve got a lot of content from Europe to post! And yes. It was expensive 😂.

@bravocharlie24

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 can’t wait to see it! Are they requiring vaccination proof to travel overseas?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

@@bravocharlie24 technically yes... I say technically, because not one person every asked to actually see it. It was "required" everywhere I went, but it's hard to say it's requited when they didn't ask to see it.

Nice video! I’ll be flying to Germany in August and will fly on Lufthansa from Munich > Berlin and Berlin > Frankfurt. On Chicago to Munich and Frankfurt to Chicago I’ll be on a United Boeing Dreamliner (9 & 10). This will be my first time flying from Little Rock to Chicago and I’m not sure what United flys up there.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like it's going to be a great trip! Have fun my friend, and thanks for watching!

I've once experienced an aborted approach due to heavy rain and poor visibility on the airport's runway on my latest flight from KUL-BKI on May 7th this year. As soon as the pilot turned the plane to the left, I could berely see the first few meters of the runway. We waited for the storm to move and thankfully it didn't take a long time until we are able to land again. The ground was pretty wet after we touched down.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a good time in my book haha. I bet you and everyone else was relieved to land though. Thanks for watching my friend!

@hoodieplays1624

2 жыл бұрын

@@sla31 yeah, it was an unexpected aborted approach though. And btw, when I looked at the flight replay on FR24, the pilot did an interesting holding pattern with an "S" shape in the middle of it. I do have a screenshot of it if you want to see it.

That definitely looks like flying into a hail core. The green and blue hue look like it was a Cb for sure. Not fun.

I've never experienced severe turbulence and thunderstorms in the air, but I bet it must have been scary.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

There's only been a couple of times, in over 550,000 miles of flying where I've had thoughts of "shot, this is bad" when flying. This was one, and the other was my "Intense Thunderstorm Landing Attempt" in Joplin, Missouri. I had the same stomach churning feelings on both flights. Thanks for watching my friend!

Okay, this made me miss FRA and its terrace! Thanks for the video, looking forward for more.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Plenty more from FRA on the way. Thanks for watching my friend!

Some bad weather up there, carefully avoided by this experienced crew.

That plane ✈️ couldn’t have landed any smoother. Not even the slightest bump.

Which felt worse.. this, or the Joplin missed approach in a storm outflow?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

Honestly, they were really close. This one is harder to actually see how bad it was because the cloud we went into was super dense. You can’t see the wing bouncing around. They were very close, but in the end, I would say Joplin was probably worse just because we were so close to the ground. We still had a lot of altitude here. Still really bad though.

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I had the same feeling in my stomach on both.

Looked like the pilot almost missed the turnoff from the runway haha

Great fly! Have you ever fly though "River Visual" where the aircraft approaches to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport at 3,500 feet though Key Bridge, Theodore Roosevelt Bridge, Arlington Memorial Bridge and the George Mason Memorial Bridge to help pilot following the river?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I have. You can even see it in some of my videos. One that I can think of for sure was a DFW-DCA flight on an American 737-800.

Was that a full flaps landing?

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

As much as I fly you'd think I'd know, but looking at it I'm not actually sure. I feel like I've seen the flaps extended more before on the A321. That said, it could just be because I was sitting farther back. So, possibly haha. Maybe an Airbus pilot will see this and give a better answer. Thanks for watching my friend!

*Very normal. When the wings hit the clouds, it shakes.*

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Turbulence is normal, yes. Turbulence at the level presented here, where if you weren't buckled in, you'd have been out of your seat into the overhead bins, is not. There were moments here where the cockpit crew was struggling to keep the plane level and we were dropping like a rock. I'll admit it's hard to judge the severity based on the cloud being so dense, but this was far beyond normal. Thanks for watching my friend.

Some nice bolts. The cough in the background seems to be pretty dangerous, too.

@sla31

2 ай бұрын

I’m amazed I didn’t get sick with that being right behind me 😂

That airport is half the size of my country lol

Did they inform the pax that they were about to enter that cell?

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Yes, the cockpit crew informed us and the crew of the upcoming weather, which is why there wasn't a bigger deal made of the turbulence onboard. We all knew it was coming, and everyone had already been seated, including the flight attendants.

Worst turbulence was British Airways JFK-LHR and JetBlue JFK-BUF. Worst thunderstorm I've passed through in the air was Etihad AUH-DEL.

Don't envy the passengers.

Smooth landing, not noticeable wing flex, flying very far away from the thunderstorm. The jolt is obviously upsetting, but this would be moderate at best. They would not land in severe, especially with a thunderstorm in the area, due to windshear. Great footage.

@sla31

7 ай бұрын

Well, I agree that there was no severe turbulence during the actual landing phase of this. In fact, it was remarkably smooth during final approach considering the conditions around the airport. The turbulence I was referring to was the turbulence we encountered at the beginning of the video when we were still approaching the airport. And on that point, we can respectfully disagree. I will admit that it's very difficult for you as a viewer to judge it because the clouds we entered were so dense, you couldn't see any part of the wing anymore. But, as someone who has a pilots license, two aviation college degrees, 15 years of aviation related job experience, and as someone with over 1,000 commercial flights in the last 12 years, I do not use the word "severe" here lightly. I wish the clouds hadn't been so dense, and you could see what we felt, but if that were the case then the turbulence wouldn't have been as bad anyway. Anyway, I appreciate you taking the time to watch my friend.

@kuantize

7 ай бұрын

@@sla31 From one fellow pilot license holder to another, you have overreacted a tad. Take care.

@sla31

7 ай бұрын

@@kuantize🤔 I’m mean from my point of view, you seem to be the one overreacting at this point. You disagreed with my assessment of the situation, and I was simply explaining why I disagreed with your conclusion in case anyone else read it. I only listed my qualifications so you and anyone else could see that I’m not just some 10 year old ripping off other people’s videos. So I’m not sure why you took that as me “overreacting.” I thought it was a nice, civil, debate.

@kuantize

7 ай бұрын

@@sla31 All I said is that the chop was moderate at best and I get a very pasional War and Peace exposée. BTW, out of curiosity, what is your type rating?

@sla31

7 ай бұрын

@@kuantize then I guess I'm confused as why you would comment in the first place, if you didn't expect a response. Although, I suppose most channels that get to this size don't usually take the time to respond to comments, so on that hand I get it. However, my channel is not like most. I built this channel by myself, with years of work going into it, and still to this day, I run everything by myself. Unlike many channels, I actually do care about my viewers. I read every comment and I reply to as many as possible. and so when I get one like this, I simply wanted to explain why I chose the adjective I did. And it's fine with me if we still want to disagree, but that's all I was doing I'm not trying to prove you wrong, or make you look bad or whatever. I'm just always happy to have debates and conversations. That's part of what helps set my channel apart. I actually care about the people who watch and reply to comments. I'm a private pilot. I finished ground school for my instrument rating, but never got the license as I switched to management degrees and didn't need it anymore.

Oh oh. I am sorry to see this. You're coming to my country and then you meet this weather up there. That's not very friendly. At least you should had felt safe because Lufthansa's pilots are good trained. Bad weather is a very comon thing when you fly in and to Germany. Like when you travel to Tokyo or New York ( strong winds ) or Atlanta in the summer ( strong thunderstorms ).

@sla31

2 жыл бұрын

I had a great time. On this trip I also visited France, Switzerland, and The Netherlands, but most of my time was spent in Frankfurt and Germany. A lot of footage to come form this trip!

Armchair pilots at work in the comment section. I bet most of them have never experienced this sort of turbulence where you fall dozens if not hundreds of feet sometimes. A few years ago I had similar turbulence when we hit a thunderstorm approaching Ufa (Russia) and we were shaken up in our Sukhoi Superjet. The plane that landed about five minutes after us overran the runway since it started pouring rain. We had to stop on the motorway for an hour or so since the rain was soo intense. I looked the incident up on avherald afterwards and apparently he landed on an unmaintained runway after doing several go arounds. Once of the craziest things I have witnessed. I saw him touch down from my window as we were taxiing to our gate but I looked away when it happened unfortunately. No-one was harmed.

@sla31

Жыл бұрын

Glad you made it down safely as well my friend. Thanks for watching!