Pilot's perspective: BA flight deck videos
Nov 25, 2018, 2:06 pm
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Pilot's perspective: BA flight deck videos
Dave Wallsworth, a BA captain who is an active user of social media, has recently posted up a video of the first 787 to land in JNB, it has a stereo feed to it
It's had quite a lot of traffic already, it is on the BA youtube site.
While I'm here, here are the other videos that I'm aware of, not all by Cpt Wallsworth. The next one is from him and I've posted this elsewhere, however, it's LHR-SFO on a 380 - set to music
Then there is this one of the Funchal landing, which is one of the trickier airports served by BA
And then there is this beautiful one of SEZ / Seychelles over on Facebook
https://en-gb.facebook.com/britishai...7217276030830/
It's had quite a lot of traffic already, it is on the BA youtube site.
While I'm here, here are the other videos that I'm aware of, not all by Cpt Wallsworth. The next one is from him and I've posted this elsewhere, however, it's LHR-SFO on a 380 - set to music
Then there is this one of the Funchal landing, which is one of the trickier airports served by BA
And then there is this beautiful one of SEZ / Seychelles over on Facebook
https://en-gb.facebook.com/britishai...7217276030830/
Nov 25, 2018, 2:24 pm
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Dave Wallsworth, a BA captain who is an active user of social media, has recently posted up a video of the first 787 to land in JNB, it has a stereo feed to it
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It's had quite a lot of traffic already, it is on the BA youtube site.
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It's had quite a lot of traffic already, it is on the BA youtube site.
https://www.flyertalk.com/forum/30454117-post143.html
There is also this YVR approach and landing from Dave from May
and this landing
In fact there are a few other videos on his channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvd...J0KGZyTnW_YVlA
Nov 26, 2018, 6:00 am
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Oooh - I didn't know he'd been there the first evening. Not that our guy wasn't great - affable, engaging and clearly knowledgeable (had flown at least 3 variants of the queen iirc). But I have had various conversations with Mark in the past online and would have been lovely to meet him in the flesh. Oh well.
Nov 26, 2018, 12:20 pm
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Apologies for the OT since I know it's not BA, but I'm personally a big fan of Christiaan van Heijst on Facebook, because:
1) his photos are just incredible
2) he 'drives' 747s, including 748s
3) he's a cargo pilot, and that's cooler
4) he flies to places where we as BA would never dream of flying to
1) his photos are just incredible
2) he 'drives' 747s, including 748s
3) he's a cargo pilot, and that's cooler
4) he flies to places where we as BA would never dream of flying to
Nov 26, 2018, 2:57 pm
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Nov 26, 2018, 5:13 pm
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I have followed Captain Dave Wallsworth's reports for some time and find them highly informative with a great sense of humour. Oddly on an A380 flight from MIA-LHR some time ago the Captain onboard introduced himself as "I am sorry it is Captain X X X X and not Dave Wallsworth" I did wonder how many passengers had a wry smile about that introduction 
Nov 26, 2018, 7:52 pm
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Dec 1, 2018, 12:10 am
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Dave was a passenger positioning to JNB to bring an A380 home. He was going out as a pax on one but changed to the first B787 flight. So Dave set up the cameras etc but wasn’t on the flight deck. Mark Grigg was our lovely sim pilot and did the landing in the 787.
Dec 2, 2018, 12:58 am
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Apologies for the OT since I know it's not BA, but I'm personally a big fan of Christiaan van Heijst on Facebook, because:
1) his photos are just incredible
2) he 'drives' 747s, including 748s
3) he's a cargo pilot, and that's cooler
4) he flies to places where we as BA would never dream of flying to
1) his photos are just incredible
2) he 'drives' 747s, including 748s
3) he's a cargo pilot, and that's cooler
4) he flies to places where we as BA would never dream of flying to
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Dec 4, 2018, 12:44 pm
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Thanks for the clarification. I think Capt. Wallsworth has a second career pretty well nailed down.
Dec 4, 2018, 1:51 pm
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and this landing
https://youtu.be/qjZqf8nqHPs
https://youtu.be/qjZqf8nqHPs