Tokyo
Runway Chicken
Flight description
On Austrian wings to the Land of the Rising Sun
Perfect weather, average temperatures, and a cheerful crew – that’s how PilotsEYE.tv takes off this time from runway 34 of the Vienna airport VIE. For the first time, a takeoff of a PilotsEYE.tv flight is shown from three perspectives – from the cockpit, from a witness’ point of view next to the airstrip, and from the tower. A couple of minutes after takeoff Captain Fritz Strahammer, AUA chief pilot, and his co-pilots Tarek Siddiqui and Josef Trattner will change from the Vienna air space to Bratislava Control. The maneuver to another air space will be repeated a couple of times until the Boeing lands in Tokyo – however always with different dialects. It’s a dream flight: calm weather and an amazing sunrise as it can only be seen over the clouds. A highlight that makes astonishing impressions possible, is a coincidental rendezvous over the Russian Taiga with a Lufthansa 747-400, which flies very close underneath the 777. This is one of the spectacular PilotsEYE.tv moments which contributes to the success of the series.
A sight into the captain’s office
During the flight, Captain Strahammer lets the viewer in on the basics of the Boeing 777 cockpit. What is the function of the left and right display, and which buttons does a pilot need most? Why does the altimeter automatically show the height of the plane also in “meters” rather than “feet”, which is the more customary aviation measurement?
Exact visualization with ‘Moving GPS-Tracks’
For the first time “Moving GPS-Tracks” is used in a PilotsEYE.tv-episode: To visualize the position and the covered distance even better and to make it more comprehensible, this technique which uses Google Earth to follow the flight route, will be used regularly from now on.
Impressions from Tokyo’s neon and glittering world
The land excursion on the day of rest before flying back is practically a PilotsEYE.tv classic. Captain Strahammer does not hide his passion for Asia and declares himself a tour guide. He shows how close tradition and modernity are side by side in Japan and takes the viewer to one of the most famous landmarks, the Tokyo Tower. From the highest platform, one gets a 360-degree view of the skyline to the Zojoji temple next to the Japanese Eiffel tower. With a stroll through the blazing neon streets of Tokyo, this Far Eastern trip comes to an impressive conclusion.
Outtakes:
Even in a serious business as aviation, there is plenty to laugh at: the best outtakes, the funniest slips of the tongue, are shown at the end of the Tokyo flight.
The DVD and Blu-ray offer subtitles in German and English.
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The Video on Demand version offers subtitles in 24 languages:
BG – CN – CZ – DE – DK – EE – EN – ES – FI – FR – GR – HU – IT – JP – LT – LV – NL – PL – PT – RO – RU – SE – SI – SK
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DVD: ISBN 9783940358059 EAN 4260139480050 ASIN B001U8F1VO
Blu-ray: ISBN 9783940358158 EAN 4260139480159 ASIN B001U8F1W8
Flight data & Crew
- Flight no.: OS 51/52
- Aircraft: Boeing 777-200ER
- Run time: ca. 90 min
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Chief Pilot & Captain |
Fritz Strahammer -
Sen first Officer |
Josef Trattner -
First Officer |
Tarek Siddiqui
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Subtitles
DE, EN
Highlights
- Breathtaking air to air shots
- Jeppesen Flightmaps and GPS tracking
- Pilots office made simple
- Bonus: Tokyo-tour with the crew
- Computer aided checklist explained
- English subtitles for German conversation