WHY do pilots say HEAVY? Wake Turbulence EXPLAINED BY CAPTAIN JOE
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Dear friends and followers, in today´s video I´ll be explaining, why pilots say "Heavy" at the end of their callsign.
I´m sure many of you have listened to LIVE ATC conversations here on youtube, and ever so often you can hear the controller and the pilot communicate with each other and the pilot always ends by saying his callsign and "Heavy" at the end.
The "Heavy" is related to the ICAO wake turbulence categories. As all flying objects create turbulent air in their path, airplanes create so-called wake turbulence. And the heavier and the greater the angle of attack is the stronger the wake turbulence become. Therefore it´s absolutely vital that airplanes keep a safe distance to each other so to not enter the turbulence of the preceding plane.
Cause of that matter the ICAO came up with a wake turbulence weight category chart.
But see more about the minimum separations etc. in the video :)
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KeinWunder
Prieš 4 dienas
Do a video in german 😍
Kevin Luo
Prieš 5 dienų
Ah yes, 2.26 million pilots watching this.
Rocky Go
Prieš 11 dienų
I imagine a cessna approaching like Cessna 143 "Cute"
Miriam Schmitz
Prieš 11 dienų
There are no German subtitles.. ☹️
Neel Shah
Prieš 12 dienų
Glider flies high than procedding aircraft cause wing top vortices created by glider are negligible or can say less than procedding aircraft.
thebeaz1
Prieš 12 dienų
Thank you for that important information.
Zinah Awab
Prieš 16 dienų
Mr Joe you are not a captain you are a first officer
Daniel Wainaina
Prieš 20 dienų
This question has been bothering me so much,,, Thanks Captain Joe
Darth vader
Prieš 27 dienų
Subtitles suck shit
Don'tSpikeMyDrink
Prieš 11 dienų
they are not that bad
ss ll
Prieš 29 dienų
why arent youtube tutorials available when i was 10. now its too late for me to switch career... T_T
William Edward
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DzyMsLizzy
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Once I read a definition of stress as, "Coming in to land at a large airport in a small plane, with a maximum speed of 140 MPH, followed by a commercial jet with a stall speed of 140 MPH." I don't know how accurate this is, as I'm sure there would be sufficient separation managed by ATC.
Marc Bergeron
Prieš mėn
Ok! But if wake turbulences are so dangerous for airplanes who following us, how can it be possible for multiple airplanes to fly in tight formation without losing control?
George Reynolds
Prieš 26 dienų
The turbulence is behind the aircraft in formation. Small aircraft, including fast display jets, don't produce anything like the turbulence behind a large heavy aircraft.
George Payazitis
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They say heavy coz of the weight of the aircraft, maybe.
robert dickson
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I stupidly thought heavy meant every seat occupied = heavy. duh... My next watch is 'Flt. attendant steals hotel van. 'Hot date?
56PapaBear56
Prieš mėn
I miss the Concord also
Anushree Mohan
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Your videos are awesome ! I don't think anyone makes such detailed videos like you do.
Denial1984
Prieš mėn
German?
Aaditya Pratap Singh
Prieš mėn
Captain Joe (about the Concorde): God I miss this plane. I: You definitely aren't alone, captain. 😔
eLem3nT
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Ok so they're not calling the airplane fat? 🤔
Kyle Pifer
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When I was a kids we had to stack before landing at JFK. We circled around and dropped so long that I got sick🤢🤮. Do they still do that kind of stacking??
SharkJawYokel
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I’ll save you 10 minutes: heavy means the plane is heavier than 130 tonnes and said as a reminder during radio communication.
CHIMOY
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Houses near runway needs special rooftile Philippine houses near NAIA: pathetic
Alphaville86
Prieš mėn
Heavy means the pilot needs to go on diet 😂 well done pilot
Paul M
Prieš mėn
Captain? really?
Carl
Prieš mėn
Excellent explanation 👍
Heidi Coleman
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nomebear
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Super = Airbus A380, Antonov An-225 Mriya
Jesse James Bell
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Big Jet, Big Wake of turbulence !!
d gronzega
Prieš mėn
Yeah, ok. But WHY do they say heavy?!
George Reynolds
Prieš 26 dienų
To alert following aircraft that there is a turbulence risk. On a calm day, this turbulence can hang around for a few minutes, and a light aircraft could be flipped upside down if it encounters the vortices.
Martin Moore
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Capt Joe is not a Captain, his rank shows first officer
Diana Hilburn
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I always dreamed of flying on the Concorde. Beautiful plane
Gustavo Sanchez
Prieš mėn
What's the word again heavy
C Y
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Because Great Scotts! Was taken
Para
Prieš mėn
You are a very positive guy and very knowledgeable which of course you have to be in your line of work. Very well explained Joe
McCoy RiDEs
Prieš mėn
its my dream of becoming a pilot, but it will only be a dream, shattered dream, 😭😭😭 stay safe always captain joe,
numbr17
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I really like this channel! Nice work Joe! Very informative, and plainly explained to those of us new to the content. Really appreciate this.
Harry Van Der Meulen
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I always thought a captain has 4 bars.........
Adrien Pinard
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Delta Methrin
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LK
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Excellent. I thought heavy meant we are leaving so we are loaded W gasoline.
Eduardo Bogosian
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@8:28 "God I miss this plane" We all do captain... We all do...
LPVit
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good stuff, don't know how that info will be helpful to me but it's so interesting XD
BenjWarrant
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You said 'preceding' plane when I think you meant 'succeeding' plane.
Doug Callahan
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depends on the size of the flight attendants
Susan Muraguri
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I'm learning from you, Captain....will that make me a pilotess some day?.....lol!
Paul Collyer
Prieš mėn
No chance of me becoming a pilot anytime soon, but I’m a curious bunny. I always thought it meant they were fully loaded etc. This makes far more logical sense. Thank you
Lunatic Fringe
Prieš mėn
Plane full of fat sistas is heavy!!
Vanduir Da Silva
Prieš mėn
Very cool information!!!!
James Lindsey
Prieš mėn
It means there's a fat lady on the plane,lol
Jas B.
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If a more efficient version of the Concorde could be built and operated at a profit would you pilot it?
SFC Tapia
Prieš mėn
When passengers are getting up to much or unruly the flight hostess calls CPT and puts on the return to seatbelts and bumps the plane around.
socalsilver
Prieš mėn
👍🏼
RickySTT
Prieš mėn
How is the Boeing 757 categorized, since (before the wings were retrofitted anyway) it created wake turbulence above its weight class?
Regular Guy
Prieš mėn
Somewhere on the Tube is a video of a Cessna 182 landing at LAX. The comments section is priceless with advice on how the pilot should have called ATC. "Cessna 182 Heavy requesting your longest runway", that sort of nonsense.
pmailkeey
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8:00 "...a glider ALWAYS flies a little higher than the tow plane...." Oh no it doesn't. It depends whether they're using the high tow position or the low tow position ! The low tow position - as the name suggests, has the glider slightly below the towing plane. So which is better ? A: The low tow position. So why is it rarely used ? Because the towing plane is rarely a Lancaster bomber - or other suitably powerful aircraft. Most aerotows are carried out with very small single-engined planes. The engines are quite adequate for the plane but without a 'trailer'. Some small aeroplanes are not suitable as tow planes as their engines aren't powerful enough. So you set off on tow with only 'adequate' engine power for the 2 aircraft. The first thing to note is that the glider is always airborne before the tow plane as it needs less airspeed to fly. So the high tow position is quite a natural choice. However, where it really matters is when the towing plane is airborne - the glider is being towed from the tail of the light aircraft - so if the glider is slightly above the light aircraft, the light aircraft's tail is being pulled slightly upwards by the pull of the glider. This is FINE ! The towing plane pointing a bit down can accelerate & fly safely. However, if the glider is in the low tow position, it is pulling the towing aircraft's tail down, tending to make the aircraft climb. But has the aircraft engine enough power for an enforced climb ??? OK, so they can lower the elevator to keep their nose down or level - but in doing so, it creates more drag - which needs to be opposed by the thrust the engine might not have ! So, for small tow planes with not a lot of excess engine power, the high tow position is nearly always used for safety ! If the tow plane was a Lancaster, no one would care where you were ! For info, the tow rope can be released at all times from both the glider and the tow plane. It is normal for the tow plane to leave it attached until about to land (as that's likely where the rope's needed again). To protect both aircraft, the ropes have a 'weak link' commonly with a breaking strain of 1,000 lbs. [Dad used to take me to the gliding club some weekends back in the 70s - early 80s.]
pmailkeey
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8:07 +frames 3, 4 & 5 - WTF was that ? The two light aircraft were literally overtaken by something going supersonic speeds !
thebeaz1
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It's a pretty big aeroplane..........
tennisbum
Prieš mėn
Very concise explanation, well done
John Boughton
Prieš mėn
Flying Fat Dumb & Heavy
Jt Williams
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If this guy is a captain, why does he only have 3 bars? Duh! 🤪
thewargod1995
Prieš mėn
So how is "Captain Joe" wearing 1st Officer stripes?
thewargod1995
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@Mark Taylor No. But it is my first time commenting. So instead of a smart ass comment how bout an explanation?
Mark Taylor
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So it’s your first day here, huh?
atomflyer44
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I thought the winglets that most aircraft now have were to reduce the wingtip vortices or wake turbulence?
Jim Malley
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billp4
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cause it sounds cool?
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LEIF HOFFMAN
Prieš mėn
You just answered one of the biggest questions I had about Jets but never did any research. Thanks.............
David Moutardier
Prieš mėn
Thanks for the information. Excellent!
XxMidnightToker420xX
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I miss the concord also. I remember as a kid watching them at coney Island heading for jfk or leaveung jfk it seemed like maybe once day you'd see maybe 2 concords out of all the planes maybe Alil more but man I miss that pointy nose and how the nose angled down when it came for a landing. Ugh what a truly beautiful aircraft. I was lucky enough to see one in person after they were decommissioned there was one at the aviator center in Brooklyn for a Alil while I'm glad I was alil older then to truly admire it up close in all its glory
Ben Klassen
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I learned something. Thanks.
Minor Issue
Prieš mėn
Yeah, atc usually treats fat pilots differently. You can approach faster if you claim heavy, since fat people have more burden on their bodies. They need rest ASAP.
Steve Guest
Prieš mėn
That’s great Info very interesting
Robert B
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“God I miss this plane” You, and me, and so many others ;) Greetings toward München from across the “pond” in Alabama! Guten Flug, Herr Kapitän! Und es speziells Schwiizer “Grüezi!” as I am sure you’ve heard many times approaching ZRH 😉
Alec Mayo
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Don't captains wear 4 stripes, vs a first officer's 3 stripes? Should you be First Officer Joe?
:l
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7:21 Home owner: I hate the noise of the aircraft and my roof is damaged Me: You bought a house near an airport Home owner: .......
Bruno Tulliani
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My wife calls me "Speed bird Heavy!" when in bed.
Cheick Diarra
Prieš mėn
this is so cool
Communism is Evil
Prieš mėn
Very interesting explanation. I thought all planes were heavy! I hope the aviation industry will sort out woke left turbulance! 😆
mickd6942
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Remember watching air crash investigations where wake turbulence caused a small private jet to flip and crash into a city center in Mexico I think
Martin Espinosa
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I thought it meant they had ravioli for lunch
Terry Burke
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hate to break it to you but a kilogram is not a ton.
Rushin' Truckin'
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This was fascinating! Had no idea but makes sense.
Kleur van de Ogen
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Boeing 747 is "Heavy" Airbus A380 is "Super".......
Niteen Mehendale
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Thanks, I've always wondered what "heavy" signified
Valerie DeMello
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Always wondered about the "heavy ", thank you for taking the time.
thebeaz1
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all 3 seconds........
Mark Rossow
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so yes are nails in wood houses slowly shaken loose if in a flight path ?
Nu Pagadii
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Cuman in time 2:14 U have traditional PZL-104 Wilga/Gull.... NOT some ultra light plane....
bllourias
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...and that is the reason there is so much empty and cleared fields around airports. Now, I know
Mingchen Zhang
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An-225 *SUPER HEAVY*
Kleur van de Ogen
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AN 225 is "Super"......
Edin Fifić
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Sort of like the wake a (speedy) boat leaves behind on water.
Richard Joe-Leonn
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I’ve always wondered what heavy meant for thanks
Bill Dillon
Prieš mėn
And geese and ducks have figured this out without a slide rule.
Doug B
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Blasted out of the video by an ad.
eM Pe
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What? I tend to listen to atc transmissions nearby and never heard heavy... isn't it reserved to the busiest airports? Also I heard speedbird callsign from the USA airports usually...
D F
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I was in a small plane as a passenger once that hit wake turbulence. The plane rolled 45 degrees right then quickly rolled 45 degrees left before leveling. I didn’t realize what happened at the time but the panic in the pilot’s voice certainly didn’t help 😂
Gozar 111
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I still remember when we could fly to places.
Jopflah
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Wake turbulence caused the crash of small jet at John Wayne airport in Southern California killing top executives of the In-N- Out Burgher chain. This happened several years ago.
Joshua Brown
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"lined up like pearls on a necklace." I want to be sure ARTCCs get credit for that too 😉. TRACON may take credit but they merely fine tuned what center did, believe me! But I know what you meant, haha
Alucard
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They really are fat shaming the concorde
Jamie Milsom
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Hi Tom you won’t read this but if anyone else can answer the question it would be great. Why do fighter planes or stunt shows like the red arrows not get affected by the wake from the other aircrafts in front as the fly all most touching