Just wondering where exactly you're filming at ATL. Obviously it's runway 9/27 so are you in the parking deck? I've heard that it's a great place but the police quickly show up to hassle you if you have a camera. Thanks!!

@@michaelcollins6387 yep, this was from the south parking deck. And no, I actually didn't have a single problem with police! I was there all day and was never bothered. Maybe I got lucky..

@@LeppAviation That's awesome! I'm going to go down there and try it then. Unfortunately, ATL has few decent places to watch anymore. There was a great place years ago on Loop rd at the approach end of 27 but the trees have grown too tall.

Michael Collins i'm going there this Christmas

Oh, this explains 1:10

jr132 Captain: Gear Down First Officer: *grabs handle....pauses....* Gear already down Captain: ooohhhhhhh So THAT’S why we burned more fuel than usual...

@@justinripka2855 That's an aircraft performance impossibility.

I was on a flight once where you could tell (feel and hear) the gear was down after takeoff for quite a while. Captain finally came on and said they had a temp sensor overheat on one of the wheels and couldn’t put the gear up. We flew like that for 10-12 minutes then you could hear the gear go up. No further issues (other than costing them extra fuel).

I don't think it had the range. We once hard broke a C-17 at Ramstein and they had to fly in a special Boeing crew (non-military) and they flew the plane stateside (Kelly AFB TX, I think) with the gear down and had to do seven enroute A/Rs. C-17s westbound were notoriously short-legged to begin with. We'd launch from ETAR empty for CHS and always had to make a gas-n-go at DOV or WRI.

Shane Smith experienced the same situation

lisalu910 and sometime a southwest or spirit.

Same will be if you are in DFW and Phoenix you see so many American.

I believe Atlanta is the main hub for Delta, just like Denver is the main hub for United Airlines.

Same with Detroit and Minneapolis

lisalu910 That Is true because delta is Atlanta’s Hometown airline.

I agree, I've been spoiled by the quality of Lepp's videos. Keep up the good work

Same

Naaa

Ditto.....Eric....

I'm sure seeing Boeing 737 Max not being grounded helps with the fear

Eric Lindsey it’s ok man, there’s about 102,000 planes flying over our heads everyday, crazy to think, I understand you’re scared but there’s a better chance of you getting in a car accident on the way to the airport(even if it’s a 10 min car ride) then getting in a plane crash, hopefully that helps a little bit I understand.

Me, too

You need to get your **** together i love flying

Infinitely Flying favourite plane :)

Twilight days :-(

Somebody mentioned something I had forgotten about. The gear is sometimes left down to cool the brakes and tires after long taxiing and braking operations were needed to get to the runway. A blown tire or blazing hot brakes is not something you want in the enclosed space of a gear well. One interesting issue is that sometimes idle thrust is so powerful compared to the friction working against the aircraft's forward movement that the pilots ride the brakes a lot as they taxi to the runway. That may send brake and tire temperatures into an unacceptable range for immediate enclosure by the gear doors.

Fatimah Rabah where at in McDonough. I live in McDonough as well but cant find a place to spot planes.

I'm from Mcdonough too!

The world large est engine plane the mighty Boeing 777 with it's GE90 roar

Where do you watch them from, what area? thank you

Hahahaha

HHopebringer makes the plane look so uglier than it alresdy is

A 16:00 minute video that Captain Joe did with Kennedy Steve. Steve mentions that very thing, very funny. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fJeTfsmLxtrQgWg.html

@@andersonrodriguez8258 Speak for yourself. I personally find the A340 to be one of the most aesthetically pleasing aircraft to behold.

@@MustraOrdo All quadjets except the A380 look stunning.

A lot of their fleet is aging, but there are also plenty of brand new aircraft in their fleet. 737-900s, A321s, A350s, A220s, A330neos, and the incoming A321neo. I’d say about half, if not more, of Delta’s fleet is under 6 years old.

You know what's ironic about it? American Airlines has the newest fleet and the oldest cabins. When you step into a 25 year old Delta 757, you'd think it was a new plane looking at the seats and video screens. And one nice thing about an old fleet is you know the carrier will put more effort into maintaining them knowing they're going to be using them longer.

They acquired a few older planes from Pan AM.

Thanks, Joe! If I remember correctly it was probably 30 seconds after I stopped recording that the gear came up.

Thank you!!

WOW!! I used to be that lucky! I'm sadly not anymore... Would you please lmk where I could get a good view in this pathway? much thanks

What? You can barely hear an MD-88 as it takes off.

nankervisj, I was thinking the exact same thing.

I'll definitely be back!

It's so beautiful to hear. And the 787 is just so unbelievably quiet as it takes off. Boeing really did an amazing job with the look of the 787 too. It is arguably the most distinguished looking airliner in the skies today.

RR or GE?

Maybe RR

Thee_jetsetter it’s a Ge90 engine

Back at AUS I'd watch in amazement as Southwest would turn a 737-300/500 in 20 minutes. They went to longer block times after the acquisition of Air Tran. They pretty much run ground times like any legacy airline now. Southwest is a shadow of what it used to be, but still preferable to the "Evil Empire Triad" of Delta, American, and United.

I was thinking the same thing!!! Especially those Southwest 73's.

The crews use to do that to cool off the tires when the aircraft spends too much time taxiing, then after a while in the air they retract the landing gear

That's a product of good maintenance, my friend

That's awesome! Maybe I'll be on your frequency in the coming years, thanks for commenting!

Could you tell me where I could view the planes esp taking off? You must love your views!! Tks so much

I appreciate it! There are still hundreds of 747-400s flying today. Airlines like Virgin, Lufthansa, KLM, British Airways, and Qantas still fly them. And there are many more

South parking deck!