Crossing the North Atlantic on NAT tracks has aircraft in the same direction separated by 1000' instead of the usual 2000' which makes for some great views. We were at Flight Level 310 and travelling at mach 0.84 only about 10-15kts faster than the MD11 which I guess was flying at 0.82. Unfortunately they didn't have cameras. (www.youtube.com) More...
Cool video. Since everybody seems to be a music critic here, I'll go on record as stating that this not my type of music either, but I'm pretty sure I enjoyed it better than the alternative, which was probably just that loud, high-altitude aircraft interior sound punctuated by an occasional "ooh" and "aah". :-) Good work Chip!
Looks fantastic! Yesterday I saw some fantastic Air to Air crossing the Atlantic on my way to LHR from LAX. Best one had to be the KLM A333 crossing 1,000ft below opposite direction. Shame from a pax view you can't really get the camera ready as if you were in the Flight Deck. I'm sure would've seen a lot more if the F/A's didn't keep asking to shut the window cover!
What a fab video !...and I know this sounds a bit weird cos i normally hate that kind of `music?' but while watching that video I almost enjoyed it !! Now what did I do with my doctor's number ?.....
Love the overtaking shots. Almost missed a Virgin Atlantic 747-400 passing our 767-300ER on a holiday return. Beautuful against the snowpack and clouds...only managed a couple of seconds of video. Good thing We have youtube!
great vid! @Andy Cornwell: there is a contrail from the center engine, in that stretch of the vid you refer to (0:55-1:05), I think the camera's perspective at that point of the overtake just makes it appear as part of the port engine's contrail. But it's there throughout the rest of the shot.
Love the video, don't care for the background noise. Most irritating. Why can't people take videos without the annoying music (I reckon that fuss can be called music)?
Nice video! I am envious. Wish I had been in the airplane to see this. Too bad Lufthansa did'nt have a camera looking down at you. That would have been cool.
The music DID rock!! It fit the video perfectly. Are you people music critics or aviation enthusiasts? Just enjoy the great presentation and quit crapping on the great job!
I feel like should know the answer to this, but I don't: Why doesn't the center engine produce a contrail? Is there a scheme to reduce thrust on the #2? Check out from around :55 to 1:05-- it really seems that only the wing engines are producing visible vapor.
Excellent Video ! ! ! And thanks to the music critics ! ! ! Initially watched it with the sound muted (just happened to be that way) . . . after reading the hate talk I plugged the headsets in and listened to some real good music ! ! !
It is hard to see because of the angle, but the #2 is producing a visible vapor. Look at the very right edge of the video and you can see it. Notice the distance between where the vapor starts behind the wing engines.
