This morning hundreds of thousands of viewers had gathered for the live broadcast. It wasn’t a football player presentation, nor an Oscar delivery. It was directly where, one after another, several planes tried to land at London’s Heathrow Airport during the impressive storm that hung over the country. Nearly 200,000 people bite their nails in front of such a spectacle while Big Jet TV host Jerry Dyer kept people glued with his comments about the pilot’s performance.

Will the Qatari A380 ever hit the runway? Welcome to Big Jet TV, the in-flight entertainment you’ve been looking for this weekend.

Big Jet TV, what we all need. Live broadcast The YouTube channel, run by aviation enthusiast Jerry Dyer, has gone viral. It’s really viral. We don’t know if all the commotion was caused by the shocking images of a hurricane moving the plane or by the words of our now-friend, Jerry, who has recounted a high-stakes endeavor with the skill of a professional sports broadcaster. During this time, terrified onlookers watched as the plane tried, and sometimes failed, to reach the runway.

Many planes seem to struggle to stay on track as they approach the airport, often emerging from the side. Despite some bugs, some managed to land. “Let’s see what it’s made of, son,” Dyer said as the Qatar A380 made its third attempt to land. When the plane finally landed, the Internet breathed a sigh of relief. Aircraft allowed three attempts to land at Heathrow, after that they have to be diverted to another airport. The interesting thing is to observe the skills of the pilot and see which planes make it and which spins.

Commentator role. Dyer is a professional aviation broadcaster and live broadcaster, according to his Linkedin page, offering live content “every day,” but usually to a much smaller audience. now found receive calls from all tv shows who wanted to broadcast his image and interview him on the track from which he was recording.

“Calm down my son!”, “Courage, just a little more!”, “I invite you to the round when you arrive!”: his impressive comments blow us away to the screen, while he analyzes all kinds of information related to the origin of the airplane and its model.

Legend. #Jerry #BigJet pic.twitter.com/oxnVmUAAeK

– Miguel Sanz (@Vlanco) February 9, 2020

Landing, from the movie. How did the plane get to the runway safely? Maybe someone asked. In these conditions the “crab landing” technique is used which consists of directing the nose of the aircraft towards the wind, this is to counteract its forces, because the wings remain flat where one of them remains in the position of the center line of the trajectory. We’ve talked about it in Magnet another time.

When landing, neither the aircraft nor the landing gear are parallel to the runway, which can confuse inexperienced pilots, because when they make contact with the runway, their position must be corrected immediately, as there is a risk of leaving the track and causing an accident. .

100k people watching big jet tv pic.twitter.com/6HGjslcc8L

— lucy ford (@lucyj_ford) February 18, 2022

Extreme weather. The storm that Eunice saw winds of up to 122 mph causing damage across the UK and ripped in half the roof of London’s iconic O2 arena. But southwest of the city, planes continued to land at the country’s busiest airport. A red wind weather warning is currently in effect for London and Southeast, as well as parts of Southwest, West and South Wales.

Airports across the UK are urging passengers to check with their airlines for the latest flight updates, with many cancellations and delays continuing. The easyJet flight from Bordeaux to London Gatwick attempted two landings before it was forced to return to the French city three hours after departing.

And we have become spectators of all of this. Thanks to Jerry, of course.