One of these days you'll be getting videos from SAA pilots flying the new A350-900 out of Johannesburg. The A340-600 is a magnificent machine, having flown on her myself 4 times..

BEAUTIFUL! Thank you! A340, B747 and A380 are such awesome planes.

Proudly South African! Great Video!

Wonderful video with a perfect take off. All my respects and admiration to pilots around the world.

I get a smile out of the cutouts on both pilots' sides where perhaps some optional analog back-up instruments could be. I think I've seen that on multiple A340's in videos, not just this one. But , what a friendly, nice narrative from the captain. I love it.

@Marco-wz3ff

5 жыл бұрын

what are you ralking about? thats not a cutout, thats the speaker

@trueffelsucher

5 жыл бұрын

@@Marco-wz3ff Well, right above the speaker there is indeed a cutout, and I think that's where the (optional and extremely rarely ordered) AoA indicator would be.

The a340 is such a beautiful aircraft it’s going to be sad when it retires same with the 747’s

Always totally amazing videos x thanku x love an god bless x

got to love those silky smooth skies above Johannesburg

I love this cockpit!

Beautiful hand flown SID

Excelente vídeo.

I ain't an *AIRBUS fan* but I love the *A340-600* it's just Beautiful 😍

Wow very nice video 👍 and very nice aircraft

WELL DONE!! One week from today, I am flying from Newark airport to my native country of Sweden for two weeks. I will be flying with Scandinavian Airlines Airbus A330 it is one of my favorite planes. I’m going to miss that one too when it gets retired. However, SAS is buying the Airbus A350-900 they will be flying on their Newark Copenhagen route. That is the route that we live. Another words, I’ll have a pretty good chance of flying on that plane!!

Very impressive aircraft!

Maravilhoso. !!! 10h e 20 é obra, mas adoro.

Long Route, Lovely Flight 😘😘

Amazing!!

awesome video

Very good take off.. I like flying

It's not very often that you still hear WILCO on the radio, some of the older pilots use it though

I'm going to miss the A340 when they all retire... So I better spot the Edelweiss and Lufthansa A340s that fly into SAN ASAP

@tomsolon9766

2 жыл бұрын

fast fwd 2021...

@FlyersAviation

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomsolon9766 I mean they still are here and the chances of Lufthansa bringing them to SAN for a bit more time is actually kind of high. The question is, what aircraft would they replace it with for the route?

I love.. A340-300

The last time I flew out of Jo'burg was in July 1999 on SABENA A340 to Brussels, then onto Gatwick. I thought the A340 was such a smooth aircraft and the Service on SABENA very accommodating! I was very surprised when I heard they had gone belly-up..... We must have been on one of the last flights! Little did we know at the time. I have only ever flown once on SAA, and that was way back in 1970 from Salisbury, Rhodesia to Frankfurt via Ile do Sol. I think we had to fly over the Ocean back then so it was a long flight, but very comfortable on the old now but new then Boeing 707. It was my first time on an aircraft at the age of 11..... I slept a lot of the time as there was no In Flight Entertainment back then, just some horrible earphones that played pretty rubbish music - over and over again!! But the food was good.... Thanks SAA! Thanks for a great Video. Ciao.

747 and a340 are the most iconic and majestic wide bodies.

Whats the trim wheel used for, and why does some planes dont have trim wheels in the cockpit?

Repost ? I remember watching this a few years ago

Hola!

Pleasant Captain to fly with. Smooth handling by the SFO. Is it SAA SOP that the CM2 has hands on the TLs till thrust is set or to remove the hand after commanding the Thrust to be set? In case of a reject take off with the FO's hand on the TL then is it the FO that rejects the Take Off? How I trained on the Airbus is releasing the hand as you set approximate Take off Thrust, which in the Airbus case is the required TL Detent and let the Captain take off over the TL for his decision to reject or continue before V1. Good crew co-ordination.I would love to some day taste the A340-600 simulator. Am curious how the initial rotation is handled properly to avoid a tail strike and offer optimum rotation rate. I assume it has two stages of rotation and that is what the SRS will guide?

O. R. Thambo Johannesburg. Thank you CAPTAIN.

Stunning video! How do you always get permission to be in the jumpseat? To me it would be a dream come true 😁

@liberalsnowflakes3844

5 жыл бұрын

I had the wonderful privilege to experience this once about 5yrs ago when I was in the cockpit jump seat. I was the airline's ground handling service provider security representative and we were flown for a security briefing at HQ. On the way there i was in a normal seat among other passengers, but upon my return, I got the jump seat. It's in cases like these or when you're an off duty crew member that u get to book the jump seat inside the cockpit. It's up to the airline pilot who gets to decide who gets that hot spot lol.

@dwoodkamp4550

5 жыл бұрын

@@liberalsnowflakes3844 so the only solution will be a job at the airport or airline, maybe a job switch will fulfill my dream😅

This is no ordinary job.. I'm guessing one's math skills has to be way above average.. great job sir's keep it up

@deonellis8577

5 жыл бұрын

Roy excellent Alexander Mathematics and physics - both

@royexcellentalexander8308

5 жыл бұрын

@@deonellis8577 thanks for the info

@islandcactus1508

5 жыл бұрын

Not as much eh, you don’t need to be doing calculus but your computational arithmetic needs to be quick, do degrees, quick divisions etc.. Everything is so computerized these days you just input into the FMS and the AP will calculate your angle of attack, rate of ascent/descent etc etc..

@royexcellentalexander8308

5 жыл бұрын

@@islandcactus1508 just fooling around with boywood curiosity.. I'm now 69yrs.old.still fascinated by the big leap in technology

@islandcactus1508

5 жыл бұрын

Roy excellent Alexander never give it up Chief! If anything you should try out some flight simulators. They do a good job of replicating the systems.

🙏🙏🙏✌✌✌👍👍👍

i wonder how many airlines still have this plane?

@theboardshorts

5 жыл бұрын

Virgin Atlantic.

Love that plane and flight deck so much. I hate these new large PC like screens in the A350 and co. Makes it look too easy.

@tkk777

5 жыл бұрын

😂 😂 😂

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seems like v1 is early on this aircraft. Heavy

@patrickg757

5 жыл бұрын

It all depends on runway length and expected acceleration of the aircraft.

@airesjone7721

5 жыл бұрын

Not it all!

Who else likes a3/2/3/40’s lcd cockpit display style more than 350/380’s big screen

Philemon & Platneus are going to take over the controls soon - I look forward to the first major incident and fireball !

Baie oulik!

Lekkka .... Frikkie needs to brush up on his geography though

@michaelngcobo7279

4 жыл бұрын

Kosmonooit Haiboh 🙆🏾‍♂️ what's that country

My favourite airliner the A340-600. Until the A380 came out. Then dropped gently to second position.

T/O roll begins @4:42

NO. SMOKING. 2:32PM

One might have assumed that someone of African descent would be familiar with their own continent.

I think other African carriers need to buy the A340 I.e. ET has only one type of aircraft from Airbus which is sad.

Flew this plane many times over Atlantic with Austrian. What a horrible experience. Most uncomfortable seating ever.

These old pilots from the so called old bad SA, is what still keeps SAA flying. The day they r gone, SAA will be done too.

@deonellis8577

5 жыл бұрын

Grumpy Cat And where will they find them? In South Africa? 🤣

@islandcactus1508

5 жыл бұрын

Dis Captain Julius Malema.. hello! Hello! Ah said.. dis is Captain Malema speaking! Yes please, you brace for impact!

@liberalsnowflakes3844

5 жыл бұрын

@Grumpy Cat YEAH RIGHT U COULDN'T CONVINCE US U SAA STOOGE. IF IT WAS TRUE WHY R THEY NOT IN THE COCKPITS. GET LOST URE BABBLING HERE!!!!!!👎👎👎

@mkmnguni4487

4 жыл бұрын

SA has a steady backup of young qualified black and white pilots to ensure continuity.

@devinfraserashpole4753

2 жыл бұрын

@@mkmnguni4487 lol.