Nice LH A380 - SFO video.

[LHRFlightman]

http://www.wimp.com/approachlanding/

[HoHoHo]

Very interesting - thanks for posting.

Having flown on the A380, the video simply doesn't show how big the 3 part ailerons are - they look like they have the footprint of a family car!

[brenflys777]

Thanks for posting that, A380 Go Ugly Early!

[ccr32]

Thanks for posting, enjoyed watching that, really brought out the inner pilot geek in me - GF was rolling her eyes at me being glued to the ipad!

Noticed how they were initially told by SFO to expect a visual approach before changing their mind - I would assume that you would have to be able to fly a visual approach on an A380 as a training requirement, but would you ever expect to actually have to fly one under normal ops?

[LHRFlightman]

If your nav aids were unserviceable at the airfield then VFR is all you have left. Unless you divert.

[5150]

Visual approaches are more common than you think.

Unless you're carrying out a low-visibility approach to an auto land, then all approaches end visually (!).

San Fran quite often offer a visual approach as well as a lot of the Caribbean islands which have little air traffic or airspace restrictions.