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2:24 pm. Waiting for passengers to board, airline meals to be loaded, fuel, and other necessary
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It looks pretty busy as the flight is due to depart soon. |
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Redundant landing gears on this huge airplane. |
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This is how it looks like staring at the 380 from the ground up. |
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Almost ready to depart. Just waiting on a few more late passengers. |
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Doing pre-taxi checklist before taxiing. |
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Check list done, ready for departure. |
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Taxiing down the Los Angeles Intl airport. |
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Takeing a last look at the terminals before take-off. |
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Getting permission for take-off. |
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A380 ready for take-off. |
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Take-off checklist... done. Engines N1 to 100%. |
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Flaps at position 2. |
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"80 knots", "V1" (105 knots), "Rotate" (140 knots) |
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"V2" (160 knots) "Established positive climb rate" |
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Landing gear up |
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1000 ft, retract flaps fully. |
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One last look at LAX. Climbing to 30,000 feet cruise altitude. |
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Up at 30,000 feet. |
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Leaving the US' west coast. |
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Now at cruising altitude the captain has turned off the seat belt sign. Passengers
are free to roam the aircraft. This is a look at economy class seats. |
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Staring out the window. |
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Economy class seats near the rear of the plane. |
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This is the business class. |
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A lot of legroom |
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Passengers have individual LCD monitors. |
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Stairs to the upper deck. |
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Flying over the ocean. |
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In the pilot's cockpit. |
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It's getting dark. I guess this is going to be a night landing in Japan. |
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Closing in on Narita Intl. |
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On final approach. Gear down, flaps extended. Check approach landing speeds. |
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A plane didn't clear the runway in time so I had to go around for another approach. |
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This is approach #2. Cleared to land. |
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Lineing up on the ILS. |
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Touchdown! |
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Reverse thrust, Brakes applied, speedbrake is set. A safe landing in Japan. |