57pbass Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 My brother works in the airline industry and sends me all types of cool videos.. Shuttle Landing From the Cockpit: This lo-res 8.5MB (6min45sec) video looks through the HUD (Heads Up Display) on Atlantis's flight deck. You'll hear flight deck audio of three astronauts interacting. The video starts at about FL830 (83,000 ft), mach 2.5 velocity at 1.1 Gs. You'll hear the term H A C (Heading Alignment Cylinder) used a lot. It's the shuttle's version of a traffic pattern to line up with the runway center-line. It is a circular instead of rectangular pattern. Landing is a team sport, as you'll see. Click: http://www.wades.web.st/Video/atlantis_landing_comm.wmv www.danielprine.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicklab Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Very cool video Dan. Obligatory Social Media Link "My concern is, and I have to, uh, check with my accountant, that this might bump me into a higher, uh, tax..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
b5pilot Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 That was extremely cool! Lydian mode? The only mode I know has the words "pie ala" in front of it. http://www.myspace.com/theeldoradosband Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moot Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 You're a cockpit. Righteous vid though. "He is to music what Stevie Wonder is to photography." getz76 I have nothing nice to say so . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davio Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Awesome. I found myself wanting to use my arrow keys for adjustments. Too many video games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bottomgottem Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 "Still waiting on that landing gear." My whole trick is to keep the tune well out in front. If I play Tchaikovsky, I play his melodies and skip his spiritual struggle. ~Liberace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 Yikes, that thing is coming down at more than 10,000 feet per minute! 82,000 feet to sea level in six minutes! Makes my stomach queasy! Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
... Posted April 12, 2009 Share Posted April 12, 2009 That was bad ass. And yeah, they're coming down like they mean business. Nose down dive all the way to ~1000' or so. Not to tangent terribly but I was on a commercial jetliner that landed like that once coming into SeaTac. We left 45 minutes late and landed 2 minutes early. The pilot did a serious nose dive instead of taking the usual leisurely glide path in. Pretty interesting to be at that point where you know the airport is coming up very soon and your still in a hard turning dive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saxofunk Posted April 13, 2009 Share Posted April 13, 2009 Thanks for sharing! - Matt W. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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