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Squeezy_Ghee@reddit

BigJetTV is pretty solid for plane spotting. I would watch his channel a lot during Covid since we couldn't travel.

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MessHolliday@reddit

“OHHH MOY FLIPPIN ‘ECK”

I want this guy as a commentator on every sporting event I watch

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OOOOH EAASIEEEE!!

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wokwok__@reddit

Good old Jerry from Big Jet TV ahah he recently had heart surgery and suffered 2 strokes but seems like he’s on the mend. Started up a livestream a couple days ago

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swemeatballs78@reddit

Oh wow, did not realise this. Saw his van a few months ago in Staines. He's such a great character and his commentary are ace. Hope he recovers

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OmegaPoint6@reddit

Yeah, he's lost sight in one eye sadly due to the stokes but he got out of hospital 2 week ago and is slowly getting back to the streaming.

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andymk3@reddit

He is on the mend thankfully, but it's going to be a slow process. My wife and I have missed his streams, great to have on in the background on weekends.

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herladyshipssoap@reddit

Who is this man? I want to travel the world with him.

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BigJetTV his name is Jerry Dyer- very popular YouTube live streamer from various airfields, mainly Heathrow. Usually goes viral any time there is a big storm in England with strong winds and everyone tunes in for the live stream. He does great entertaining commentary during these hairy landing moments.

As mentioned above, sadly he has had some serious health problems recently and been in hospital. It is hopeful that he is recovering and will get back to some streaming.

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herladyshipssoap@reddit

Oh that is sad. I just found a post from Captain Chris on Instagram explaining he had a couple of strokes.

https://www.instagram.com/p/DVOg5TqDKEj/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet

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amd2800barton@reddit

Sounds like OzzyManReviews

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reddituserperson1122@reddit

Really excellent!

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Twitter_2006@reddit (OP)

Yeah haha.

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Stealth100@reddit

haha

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csbsju_guyyy@reddit

haha

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farmyohoho@reddit

8/10 for the wheely though

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cwjinc@reddit

Ex carrier pilot?

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Policondense@reddit

Wind.

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keytone6432@reddit

Can someone explain why they kept the nose up for so long?

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gitbse@reddit

This looks like a pretty heavy wind shear. The whole airplane dropped, at a disastrously low height above the ground. The pilots were most likely holding the nose up hard to soften the landing as much as possible after that drop. Then, the rollout isn't stable for awhile, so they don't have complete control for braking until they stabilize a bit.

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keytone6432@reddit

Thanks!

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_sehnsucht__@reddit

Probably thinking that a mile of wheelie will make everyone forget about the crash before that.

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3rd-party-intervener@reddit

Cx went downhill when they let all their foreign pilots go. Used to be great airline. Not no more.

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rambyprep@reddit

Why is this downvoted? They got rid of so many of their best and most experienced pilots when they closed the bases in Australia, the USA, Britain etc.

There are plenty of articles about this online.

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3rd-party-intervener@reddit

The truth isn’t allowed here. But the real ones know

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ActivityIcy4926@reddit

You’re not wrong. But the best pilots in the world can’t prevent wind shear. There’s no correlation between CX going downhill and wind shear causing a navy landing.

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ActivityIcy4926@reddit

I think because it may imply it was the pilots fault rather than wind shear.

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aftcg@reddit

No one wants to know this truth.

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nomisman@reddit

lol the downvotes from those who don’t know the real story

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cranberrydudz@reddit

How are people getting this footage of planes landing? Are people just really camping out by airports and recording planes landing all day long? I mean i get that it's a hobby but all day every day?

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ActivityIcy4926@reddit

Yes

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litoven@reddit

Not only that, there are thousands watching the streams hearing their commentary and they try to be there for when special planes or liveries show up where they are.

For me it's one of the best background streams to watch while working and when I hear something interesting I watch. LAX, LHR, ORD, MIA, FRA... are very busy and interesting locations, ANC is probably the best if you want to see big cargo planes.

Peter@LA flights, Jerry @Big Jets TV and others are great at what they do and I see them as like what the old disk jockeys on the radio did but instead of songs, they comment and show planes.

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ycnz@reddit

Yup. You can find live streams of plenty of very teensy airports.

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RBR927@reddit

Yes.

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ParticularNew5321@reddit

Must be a former Naval Aviator looking for the 1 wire.

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MostOfYouAreIgnorant@reddit

That was pretty gnarly man

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djsnoopmike@reddit

Shout out to the engineering of those landing gear struts, those tires, and the runway surface for not caving in under the weight of that behemoth

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Betelguese90@reddit

Had the same thought back in December when we landed really hard. Was in a 737 into SBA. Pilot landed it like a F/A-18 Pilot on an aircraft carrier

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F1T_13@reddit

I am also surprised the pilot committed to it. Maybe it was low on fuel or something, usually after something like this the pilot lights up the afterburners and goes round again.

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Signal_Fisherman8848@reddit

Afterburners???

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F1T_13@reddit

Not literally, just a colloquial for flooring it/full throttle.

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Laymanao@reddit

Yep, a note to maintenance to do a main gear check. And wipe down the flight deck seats.

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Thewalrus26@reddit

Illegal to watch this on mute.

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_sehnsucht__@reddit

Captain Samir reporting for duty.

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ak_kitaq@reddit

Fly navy!

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Tank-o-grad@reddit

Sail Army

Walk like a Crab!

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n1nj4squirrel@reddit

Used to work in that world and my first thought was that this looked about as good as most of the landings I saw

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ak_kitaq@reddit

Cargo doesn’t jaw back at you when you land at 450fpm

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par-a-dox-i-cal@reddit

He throw.

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maxehaxe@reddit

Lots of folks on that thang threw up I suppose.

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jonometal666@reddit

Side note: I know this wasn't today or even this year, but glad Jerry is back and doing a bit 🖤

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aftcg@reddit

Holy fuck that pilot needs some tailwheel training like yesterday. Downvote if you agree!

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LicherMan@reddit

Oops

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Katana_DV20@reddit

JAS39 Gripen pilot for sure

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DoctorDinghus@reddit

This is one of those rare things on reddit where you absolutely have to unmute.

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Katana_DV20@reddit

Im on the other end, i find the narrator grating so the mute stays engaged on this channel

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Slice5755@reddit

Much better than some shitty EDM music blaring at full blast.

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tarmacjd@reddit

And a fucking anti-human Zuckerberg voiceover

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Anti-redtard@reddit

Steve Erwin reincarnated as an airplane watcher!!!

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im_the_natman@reddit

I dunno, man. Controversial opinion, but the commentary from these videos always kinda bugged me. The vast, VAST majority of the time, the plane watchers are not in the industry and just enthusiats. Do we watch live streams of surgeons performing open heart surgery with a commentary by someone with WebMD open on another page? Do we watch Olympic sports with commentary by some bloke who ski jumps every other Saturday after a few pints with the lads?

Just my two cents. People can enjoy what they want, but I ultimately don't get any satisfaction from watching people commentate on pilot decisions from the security of the ground.

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wotmate7@reddit

A common saying from Jerry (BigjetTV) is that the pilots deserve medals. He never really criticises them, the entertainment mainly comes from watching their brave struggle against the difficult weather.

But I'm not saying you're wrong, everyone gets their opinion

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opop456@reddit

If he was English, sure 🤣

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thmoas@reddit

unsounded for once, the dude and the plaine sound/look like WRC rally

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Maldivesblue@reddit

That’s edging closer to a crash than a hard landing.

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majorassburger@reddit

I think this was a REALLY windy day, like notably so

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The_Ashamed_Boys@reddit

I kept thinking they were about to reject the landing since they kept the nose off for so long. I was waiting for the spoilers to close. Needs to get that nose down asap.

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kschischang@reddit

Does that not increase drag having the AOA like that?

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The_Ashamed_Boys@reddit

You do have some aerodynamic drag, but you can't get full braking effectiveness until the nose is down and you get all the weight on the wheels.

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Silmarlion@reddit

Doesn’t look like it would register as hard landing but certainly above 1.7-1.8g.

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hacourt@reddit

Love the air breaking f16 action.

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MacGibber@reddit

Wow that nose didn’t want to come down did it!

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wizzardyls@reddit

Windshear for sure, held well

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Jester__13@reddit

This was absolutely worth unmuting.

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cbj2112@reddit

Sign’em up boys!- US Navy

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Hugo_5t1gl1tz@reddit

Any estimation on how long that front gear was up? Lol

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drumjojo29@reddit

Counting from touch down of the left main gear at 0:02 to touchdown of the front gear at 0:20 about 18 seconds.

According to this document from Airbus (page 228), the final approach speed at maximum landing weight is 147kt. Of course it would’ve slowed down further after the main gear touched down and we’d have to subtract the wind because that’s probably the indicated air speed (I guess, no idea), but calculating with that number, the aircraft travelled about 1.350 Meters before finally touching down completely.

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RBR927@reddit

Why estimate when you can watch the video…?

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SoftLikeABear@reddit

"Now you know why the Brits won the Battle of Britain. Nobody else can fly in this shit." - Tom Clancy

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OneLorgeHorseyDog@reddit

Go around’er? I barely know’er!

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Alternative-Panic670@reddit

That's what know as the brail method. You know when you hit!

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ryanGC33@reddit

Slip sale !

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WillingnessOk3081@reddit

Ozzy man reporting from HTR

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loaferuk123@reddit

Last little old lady off the plane has to ask the pilot whether they landed or were shot down…

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Billgant@reddit

That’s a brand new plane dawg. Don’t fuck it up

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immunotransplant@reddit

Aesthetically beautiful.

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marksman1023@reddit

Watching that gear bogie go boingity-oingity-oingity

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abgtw@reddit

Landing Flare? Who needs that?!

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luv2ctheworld@reddit

We're landing, no matter what...

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laxintx@reddit

Biohazard cleanup for the back half of the seats.

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CarminSanDiego@reddit

Wind shear

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w0nderbrad@reddit

Kids popping wheelies everywhere these days smh

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Loafer75@reddit

weird.... was just texting my son this morning and he's flying back from Asia on a Cathay Pacific A350..... I'll be sure to send him this LOL

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