Twilight Landing At LAX (Cockpit View)

*** For those waiting for an HD update it’s been posted at www.youtube.com (Make sure you select 720p) *** An HD version of the full approach in real time with no audio is now posted at www.youtube.com Landing at LAX International Airport via the SADDE Six Arrival. The song is “Los Angeles” by Sugarcult. If you like the song please use one of the links below to buy it so maybe progressive bands like Sugarcult will let us continue to use their music on our homemade non-commercial videos. Thanks! General response to comments: First, thanks for all the positive comments. It was an amazing night and the combination of the Sadde Six approach, the sunset, the visibility, an empty aircraft (maintenance ferry), and ATC vectoring us down to 2500 feet all worked together. Here are some general responses to the many comments: The video is sped up to somewhere between Mach 1 and Mach 2 (depending on actual airspeed about 8X). The original idea was to a) compress a 30 minute approach into three minutes; and b) to see what it would look like if you you were riding on the back of a cruise missile. There will also some minor timing issues to get it to “fit” with the song. The camera was a Canon S95 which is a great pocket low light camera. This video simply wouldn’t have been possible with any other pocket camera. If you want a great travel camera, be sure to check it out. 9 on Amazon. The video was shot in 720p at 24 FPS. I’m not sure why YouTube dumbed it down. The camera was …