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Old Apr 16, 2012, 10:45 pm
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Nose camera in plane?
I remember flying into Dallas (I think) on a wide body jet (AA DC10 I think) and was surprised when the Captain announced that we could watch the landing on TV. There was a camera in the nose of the plane pointed towards the ground. As we landed we could see the runway approach and could watch all the way to touchdown. A very nice cheap thrill.

Have you seen such? Any airlines do such a thing nowadays?
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 10:47 pm
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JAL has them. Not sure if it is on all of their planes, but have seen several times.
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 10:51 pm
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Lufthansa has cameras on the A380. I watched our landing in Frankfurt last week.
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 10:53 pm
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EK has cameras, I believe QF has them as well. Maybe even SQ has them?
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 11:06 pm
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Originally Posted by JOSECONLSCREW28
EK has cameras, I believe QF has them as well. Maybe even SQ has them?
QF has them on the 380-- I don't know about the rest of the fleet. It is a "tailcam" in that case (I don't recall if there were other views).
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 11:25 pm
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Old Apr 16, 2012, 11:43 pm
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 12:22 am
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Korean Air has them on their A330(?).
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 2:23 am
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Originally Posted by JOSECONLSCREW28
EK has cameras,
also on the undercarriage......
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 2:30 am
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CA has them.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 2:42 am
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Originally Posted by Bear4Asian
I remember flying into Dallas (I think) on a wide body jet (AA DC10 I think) and was surprised when the Captain announced that we could watch the landing on TV. There was a camera in the nose of the plane pointed towards the ground. As we landed we could see the runway approach and could watch all the way to touchdown. A very nice cheap thrill.

Have you seen such? Any airlines do such a thing nowadays?
I always assumed those cameras were mounted on the nose landing gear... explaining the reason that their orientation changes when the wheels are deployed or retracted. They are very common in flights around Asia.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 3:53 am
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SU too, on their A330 at least!
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 6:38 am
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I flew EK last week. The A380 had cameras looking forward and directly down from around the nose, as well as a camera mounted high on the tail, giving a great overview of the plane and the forward view.

The 777-300ER has just the forward and downward looking cameras.

Here's a video someone took of the tail camera view, on the IFE, during landing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KK1Al4WxoU
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 9:42 am
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Korean Air has them on their A330(?).
On some of their 777s as well. Had it on my last IAD-ICN flight, but not on the return.
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Old Apr 17, 2012, 9:54 am
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Originally Posted by CPRich

Here's a video someone took of the tail camera view, on the IFE, during landing - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KK1Al4WxoU
Pretty cool - interesting how off-line the plane lands.
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