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SWISS Airbus A340-300 DVD |
The Airbus A340-300 is the new flagship of the SWISS fleet. The first
of 12 new A340s joined the airline in July 2003. These aircraft will be used on the long
haul network accommodating 8 First Class, 48 Business Class and 172 Economy Class
passengers.
This program features one of the routes operated by the A340 from its hub at Zurich to
Bangkok and Singapore. You will follow the crew for 5 days on this trip to Asia. On
several occasions they will make presentations about the route, the aircraft, its cockpit,
systems, computers etc... Follow approaches in Bangkok, Singapore as well as an early
morning nonstandard "noise abatement" arrival into Zurich's Kloten Airport which
avoids overflying Germany. |
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BKK = Bangkok,
THAILAND
SIN = Singapore,
SINGAPORE
ZRH = Zurich,
SWITZERLAND |
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A340-300
ZRH > BKK
BKK > SIN
SIN > BKK
BKK > ZRH
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An excellent DVD, I will rate this
one 100%, the pilots do a superb job in explaining everything, the A340 is very impresive,
the Cabin Crew give an excellent introduction, well done to the Camera Crew of Justplanes.
Highly recoomend this DVD along with Qatar Airways.
Adam Gungah ; Burnley, UNITED KINGDOM
Well I think this DVD is absoutely
fantastic. The cockpit tour is excellent,also when they do the walk around everything is
explained in detail. Someone also mentioned about the certain procedures through
Afghanistan was very interesting and I learn't something from that. The crew took their
time in explaining the actual route which was also interesting. Overall view Excellent
10/10.
Jason Thompson ; Leicester, UNITED
KINGDOM
I This in my opinion is one of the
best productions of World Air Routes. The reason I like it so much is that it is not a 3hr
DVD with as many flights crammed into it as possible showing the briefest of shots from
departure to arrival. Each flight is throughly detailed with explanations from the crew
members. You feel like you are actually there. The various heading changes required in
order to avoid the CB's was very interesting. One thing that has sometimes frustrated
me with previous productions is the camera man filming out of the side window when the
aircraft is on final rather than concentrating on the runway ahead! Thankfully this does
not happen in this DVD. Again you feel like you really are in that cockpit on final. Well
done and thank you very much to you the SWISS crew (if any of you are reading this)
Fonawah Atang ; York, UNITED KINGDOM
I thought I was on each leg of this
flight...a fabulous job on your presentation puts you right there! A good flight crew esp.
the first officers...looks like Swiss has some good captains in their future. I'm still
getting over the pilots and their work tables rather than the steering wheel up
front....the sidestick reminded me of my son's video games. keep up the good work with the
airlines and I'm always checking out whats coming up next.
Ron Smith ; Woodburn OR, USA
This is by far one of the best videos
around. The walk around of the 340 was outstanding, the flight deck presentation was very
well presented and the F/O demonstrating the computer that Swiss uses to compute the
"V" speeds was very well presented. Overall this dvd deserves an A+. Keep up the
good work.
David Dillon ; Lexington KY, USA
World Air Routes has again
demonstrated why they are the premium cockpit video source for commercial aviation
followers. The 3 hour Swiss DVD passed by almost as though the viewers were indeed on one
of those flights and enjoying the remarkable scenery and very fine Swiss in-flight
hospitality. As regular viewers have generally become accustomed of late to similar
aircraft, cockpit tours, etc., World Air Routes seems to have adapted by including
information explained from Captain Conrad on such interesting topics as noise abatement
procedures for Zurich, German geo-political concerns for departures and arrivals,
political and military concerns over flying Afghanistan, and an informative demonstration
using an on-board laptop for take-off calculations. Additionally, the 4 take-offs in the
program were shot from different views in the cockpit, one of which included a 45 degree
angle view on Captain Conrad from powering forward to rotation. An excellent perspective!!
All 4 pilots working the 5 day turn around (2 Captains & 2 First Officers) were highly
energetic and seemed considerate for the future viewers of the Swiss DVD.
Dave Taylor ; St. Albert Alberta,
CANADA
Once again World Air Routes has given us an EXCELLENT presentation with this Swiss Air
A340 DVD. Outstanding presentations of the A340 cockpit, route of flight from Europe to
the Far East as well as excellent scenery views of Bangkok. Simply put, this is a MUST
HAVE DVD!!! Keep up the great work.
Stan Lenox ; Nacogdoches TX, USA
I would like to thank all your crew. In my words this dvd is the best so far. Capt Conrad
and his F/O really gave a excellent presentation of the Aircraft and Systems. The cockpit
tour was great. The aircraft Walk around was quite interesting and thorough. The tour of
Bangkok was interesting. The Swiss Fleet Part was really nice as well. I look forward to
fly in the A-340. Keep up the Great Work. I Highly Recommend this dvd to All.
John Linder ; Rancho Palos Verdes CA,
USA
A fabulous production on the Swiss
A340-300! Very good presentation by the flight crew on the cockpit instrumentation and
navigation and the cabin crew's presentation are very nicely done also. I'm impressed with
the liquid crystal displays and didn't know that the newest Airbus had them until I saw
this program. The walkaround inspection of the A340 is really nice to see and the
sightseeing tour of Bangkok is lots of fun. Great job!
Greg Rowland ; North Hollywood CA, USA
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