PilotsEYE.tv | QUITO | MD-11 F |:| Blu-ray Disc® |:| Lufthansa Cargo | Lady's trip to the closed strip | BONUS: MultiviewLanding | [Region Free]

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Product Description ------------------- CAC The commander shows hidden helpers | EPGS fault- Quick repair over intercom | What s so special about the MD-11 | The only abnormal, is this list | 7 airports in 2:20hrs runtime | Cloudy slalom | Bird strike in Sao Paulo | Career ignition by Grandma Käthe | Show me, where all the flowers come from | Quito Downtown landing at ceased airport | Look Who s Talking; The Face behind the Central Aural Warning System Voice, Ms Bitchin Betty.| BONUS: Outside Check by Captain | BONUS II: A perfect 10 - MultiviewLanding in Quito by 10 cams in one picture. |::| In Episode 14 Lady s trip to the closed strip PilotsEYE.tv shows the last mission to one of the world s highest located and most difficult airports. For the first time from the flight deck of a rare Lufthansa McDonnell Douglas MD-11.|::| Eight airports in ten days |::| For the first time, PilotsEYE was given the rtunity to cover an entire cargo mission from Europe to Africa, all the way to South America. Farest destination: one of the world s most spectacular and dangerous airports, located in the very center of the highest located capital of the world, Quito in Ecuador". Claus Richter, Chief Pilot: An adventure, regular passengers won t be able to witness, ever .|::| The flying winter garden |::| A cockpit which offers one of the most impressive panoramic views. The MD-11 with its oversized cockpit windows is often called the Flying Conservatory . The last aircraft, which was sold to Lufthansa in 2004 (D-ALCN) is one of only 200 produced airframes ever. PilotsEYE gives a real sense of being at this wonderful place of a vanishing aircraft generation. |::| En Route Seven airports in ten days |::| Frankfurt (DE) Dakar (SN) São Paulo (BR) Manaus (BR) Quito (EC) Bogotá (CO) Puerto Rico (PR) Frankfurt (DE) |::| Quito Central Airport Too dangerous to be left open |::| Not only due to its altitude of almost 3000m, Quito Central Mariscal Sucre (UIO/SEQU) is considered to be one of the world s most dangerous airports. Embedded in stunning ain scenery, the airport is surrounded by a dense accumulation of residential homes, located at only a few meters from the runway. This runway is highly respected for extreme wind gusts and its inclination. Pilots are not able to overlook the end of the runway while rolling. Technically, high elevation and reduced air density require generally higher speeds. This makes every maneuver even more difficult during landing because of the reduced engine power. PilotsEYE.tv explains the special features and shows one of the very last approaches at Quito Central Airport, which is meanwhile closed for good. |::| Only the checklist is ABNORMAL...|::| I really hate using this checklist during a flight are the Captain s last words, before he takes out the handbook for emergencies and abnormal situations and follows a simulated bird strike. Step by step he explains every command and the associated actions to be executed on the flight deck. ::| The as Unforgettable impressions |::| Approaching Manaus, the capital city of the state of as, the pilots are surprised by the unusual good visibility on the Rio Negro River and its confluence with the world s largest river, the muddy brown . The departure route leads our crew past the Anavilhanas-Archipelago, UNESCO world heritage, a fascinating landscape shaped by 400 elongated islands within the largest fresh water archipelago of the world. Unforgettable beautiful impressions! Day Off - Take me to the rose garden Pichincha, Quito s very own volcano, is about 4800 meters high and the first destination for Captain Wolfgang and Co-Pilot Anne-Katrin during their two day break. They show us the best lookout points, the original equatorial line and invite us to a short stop at the Basílica del Voto Nacional. Review ------ The view from the cockpit of a large airplane has always fascinated people. Unfortunately, with today s security regulations, it is an experience denied most of us as airline passengers. Thomas Aigner, a former television journalist and media entrepreneur, offers a solution with his documentation film project PilotsEYE.tv. He views the flight through the extreme wide angle of the Compact Prime CP.2 lens series from ZEISS. From the coveted middle seat between captain and co-pilot, Aigner s film crew directs the filming eye of the brand-new CP.2 15 mm/T2.9 lens, which is combined with compact HD professional movie cameras. That lets the viewer see exactly what is happening during the flight through the eyes of the pilot. PilotsEYE.tv made its debut on the market in the fall of 2006. Aigner s basic idea was to produce high-quality film content in HD which could be used as material for future HD television networks, for example for programming post-primetime, late at night or after midnight. The project benefits greatly from Aigner s personal enthusiasm for flying. I was able to sit in the cockpit when I was younger, and that was always so fascinating. On the one hand, I was fascinated by the pilots precision. At the beginning of the flight, they talk to each other as if normal manners were completely alien to them. But that s normal during the so-called procedures , as well as during maneuvers like take-off and landing. But the closer you get to cruising speed, the more human they become. A normal airline passenger can only experience such close-up moments in the cockpit through Aigner s camera. His movies contain no voiceover and as a result, the situation you see in the cockpit is completely authentic. In addition to the video material in HD, Aigner s team also captures on eight sound tracks every noise in the cockpit, from the commands during take-off and landing to the radio communication to the pilots relaxed conversation after they reach their cruising altitude. We also film entire transatlantic flights, says Aigner. Many hours of film material have been created in this way. Aigner selects the best aeronautical and optical highlights from the material, edits them into a 120-minute film and brings them to market in DVD and Blu-ray format. Thirteen movies in commercial and passenger airplanes have already been produced this way and are available in bookstores and selected airport shops. Setting up the equipment onboard takes around six hours. The cameras and lenses are fixed in the cockpit. With the CP.2 15 mm/T2.9 in combination with the EOS C 300, only one vacuum cup is needed to them safely. Aigner especially likes the fact that he can also use his CP.2 lens to take pictures with an EOS 5 D Mark III. It means I only need bring half as many lenses with me because the CP.2 can be switched one-to-one between the video cameras and the still cameras. Aigner s team consists of just three people, with Aigner operating as both director and assistant. A professionally-trained cameraman and a third colleague accompany him on all productions. There is room for two of them in the cockpit, while the third person works from the passenger cabin, taking care of, for example, the film images above the wings, GPS logging, and interval images. About: Thomas Aigner (48) began his career as a radio and television journalist and moderator with the Austrian (ORF, Ö3) and German broadcasters (ZDF, ARD, Tele5, Vox). Today he is a media entrepreneur, lecturer and film producer. Since 1995, he has successfully led his company AignerMEDIA, which produces contemporary and digital media content. He is currently concentrating on the PilotsEYE.tv project described in this blog. --CamerLensBlog