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Video of the week (3.05.10)
Welcome to a new feature at Gadling. We've been doing the photo of the day, culled from many of the contributors to the Gadling group on Flickr, for years. But we've come across enough exceptional videos that we've now decided to share them with you each Friday.
The video chosen for our first Video of the Week is from Balleka, a 747 freighter pilot who had the crazy idea to stick an inexpensive Contour HD helmet camera on the nose gear of a 747-200. While the taxi-out and takeoff are entertaining to watch in HD, the approach and landing are simply spectacular. I honestly can't stop watching this video, in fact.
As Balleka says, "The flight was from Johannesburg, South Africa to Maputo, Mozambique, and we were cleared for a visual approach onto RWY 05 as we were passing FL120 about 25nm out. Airline flying doesn't get much better than this!"
I agree. But there's absolutely no way I'll be mounting my camera to the 767 nosegear anytime soon.
Do you have a video you'd like to suggest for our Video of the Week? Let me know via twitter or contact me through Gadling.
As Balleka says, "The flight was from Johannesburg, South Africa to Maputo, Mozambique, and we were cleared for a visual approach onto RWY 05 as we were passing FL120 about 25nm out. Airline flying doesn't get much better than this!"
I agree. But there's absolutely no way I'll be mounting my camera to the 767 nosegear anytime soon.
Do you have a video you'd like to suggest for our Video of the Week? Let me know via twitter or contact me through Gadling.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Scott Carmichael Mar 5th 2010 5:42PM
I love the video, but I can't help wonder what would happen if the camera fell off...
Remember the damage a small strip of metal (allegedly) did to Concorde when it was on the runway?
Of what if the camera fell off during take-off or landing?
Risky stuff if you ask me...
Bruce Mar 5th 2010 6:20PM
Great video. It makes sense but I never realized you had independent control over the landing gear so that the pilot could lower just the nose wheel to capture that great approach.
Bert Mar 5th 2010 7:05PM
Fantastic video! This is why I like flying, even though only as a passenger.
Bruce, I don't think that the independent control of the landing gear was designed for video capture purposes! ;-)
Julie Mar 6th 2010 7:51AM
Wow, that's pretty cool. I'm liking this video of the week thing.
hobanma Mar 6th 2010 11:44AM
I wasn't aware that they could lower the NLG without lowering the mains. I've only worked on military aircraft designs but none of the planes I'm familiar with can lower just the nose gear. Why would you want that feature?
hobanma Mar 6th 2010 11:46AM
Otherwise a cool video. I'm glad I wasn't on that flight - a bit risky to just add something to an aircraft like that.
Franco Iavicoli Mar 6th 2010 1:36PM
Great!
Gonzo Mar 9th 2010 1:11AM
The pilot who made the video posted a new video explaining how he made filmed the video and how they lowered the nose gear without lowering the main landing gear.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=sub&playnext=1&playnext_from=TL&videos=sXYNb9ZjWpc&v=_yo-BZM5BfU