First Aviation-Related Item of the Day: Excellent Cockpit Video of an A320 flying in and out of Rio de Janeiro (And Other Airports) // Quick Update
Every once in a while a video pops up that embraces the spirit of aviation — this is one of them. This video takes you inside an Avianca Airlines Airbus A320 while flying around South America in one of the best cockpit videos I have seen to date. Man, now I want to go flying.
Via Airline Reporter
As a side note to the video, which is a short but beautiful number of take offs, approaches and landings, is the amount of work on the stick the Captain has to do to keep the aircraft steady and on the glide path. Some of those are probably windy days, but still it's impressive and it shows how deserved is pilots' pay. Enjoy!
Update: You can choose the resolution on the bottom bar, I didn't see it. In any case, the suggestion remains a valid one: If you watch the video on Youtube, by clicking such option on the bottom right of the video, make sure to select the highest resolution. When you see it in all its 1080HDish, full fledged beauty, it seems to be sitting right there with the crew, on the jump seat behing the Cap.
Piloting/Stick & Rudder note: as a commenter added, large but brief inputs on the controls make the flight overall smoother, especially at low speed. An obvious point for the initiati that I forgot to make.
