Hi everyone!I'm thinking of buying an aviation video recorded in the cockpit during a real flight where the pilot and his crew members describe what they do along the flight and so on. Any good suggestions what I should go for? I found one video called 'Go 737 flight video' over at http://www.flight1.com, does anyone know if this one is good or are there even better ones?Would greatly appreciate any advise you could give me.TIA,Richard

Hi Richard, I happen to own the "GO 737" VHS and it was VERY well done. You will get a nice insight into the B737-300. You get a nice mix in this video with lots of technical information and how the airplane operates, great ATC coverage to hear what is going on. You will go on a flight with the Crew from London Stansted (EGSS) to Lisbon Portugal and then the return trip back to Stansted. I think when deciding which video you want to purchase you should look at possibly which type of Aircraft you are interested in ? There are a lot of excellent videos similar to this one that have Great technical information, ATC coverage, and great quality. I would take a look at http://www.itvv.co.uk/, this is the company that produced the "GO 737" video and many other great Aviation videos. Every one of the Videos I have got that were produced by this company were A+ quality. Also check out www.justplanes.com in their "Cockpit Video" section, I have also found these to be excellent quality. Let me know if you have any questions about these I would be more than happy to assist.ThanksSteveCanada

Hello Steve and thanks alot for your reply and tips!I do have one question, the GO 737 seems to be a really great inflight video from what you said about it and also what I've read now but since I'm flying the PMDG 737-700 and the video is based on a 737-300 maybe the differences between the two models are quite big or are the systems quite similar between the two models? Because it would be really great if I could take some of the experiences from the video back to FS and the PMDG 737 I'm flying.All the best,Richard

Hi Richard,The 737-300 and the 737NG series (600,700,800,900 etc..) are a bit different in terms of Cockpit looks and certain things like Navigation displays and some systems are a bit different. If you are interested in a good 737NG video I would suggest http://www.worldairroutes.com/VirginBlue.html This video covers the 737-400,700 and 800. This will give you a view of the older "Classic Style" cockpit (The 737-400) and the "Next Generation cockpit in the 700/800 series, as found in the PMDG 737NG. I will warn you this video is not as detailed in the Technical areas like the "GO 737" is. You will get to see plenty of the cockpit and scenery around Australia but not get as much technical info about the systems and FMC etc... Hope this helps a bit with your decision. On a side note World Air Routes appears to have quite a few different 737NG type videos available but I have only viewed / own the one I linked above so I can't comment on the others. Let me know if you would like to know anything else :) Happy flyingCheers,SteveCanada

Interesting topic!I cruised to the ITVV website, and lo:http://www.itvv.co.uk/baconcordedvd.asp...this looks very interesting!

Hello again Steve!Well, honestly it's hard to know exactly what you want when you have no experience of these kind of videos. Right now I choose between the Go 737 and another one I found here:http://www.worldairroutes.com/GOL.htmlThe Go 737 might be the better choise since it's obviously very detailed on all the systems and that sounds good to me since I'm more interested in the cockpit rather than the surroundings. But on the other hand the title mentioned above is based on 737NG A/C while the Go 737 is not which may be a little bit sad since I'm flying the 737NG version in FS...hmm...this sure is a tough one - maybe I end up buying both of them :-) Just wondering how detailed the 737NG video is when it comes to the cockpit operations and all the systems, anyone with any experience of it?//Richard

Hey Richard,I agree it is a tough call, I can tell you the "GO 737" does have lot's of coverage of the FMC operations, now some of this is similar to the NG FMC but a few things aren't the same on the NG. Now the thing that concerns me about the GOL video from World Air Routes above is that most of the Flight Segments they show you are 8 min or so in length which is about enough time to have the camera on for Takeoff and Landing.. not sure that you will get the "Technical Overview" you are looking for ? Just go to that link and look at the "Chapters" section mid way down the page and you will see what I am talking about. Sorry I am not more help with finding you a 737NG video :) But I can say that "GO 737" will get you started to understanding the 737 and how the crews operate it.ThanksSteveCanada

Hi Rlk,I own the ITVV Concorde Video !! This is by far the best video I own in my collection !! If you are a Concorde fan you have to get this. It is approx 5 hours long on 2 VHS tapes (I think you can get it on DVD now ?) anyways you will get almost a 30 - 45 min long explanation of everything on the outside of the Airplane and how it differs from typical Sub Sonic aircraft, the best part is they do this at the Maintenance hanger so you are not standing beside the plane on the ramp with a bunch of noise in the background, they even go as far as opening the engine covers off the bottom and take you right in to see the engines and how they operate etc... You then will get to do the flight from London to JFK and the camera is on for a lot of the flight, and they start to explain everything there is to know about the Concorde and how to operate the cockpit until they land in JFK. Then the next tape is the Return leg from JFK - London and you will get the same type of tour during the flight but spend most of the time with the Flight Engineer and learn practically every switch he has and how to use them !! I have to say it is quite the Engineer panel WOW !! If you have any questions about this let me know.. but trust me you WON'T be disappointed !!!Cheers,SteveCanada

Added to Christmas list...thanks for your comments!

I just ordered 'GO 737' and I'm sure I'll enjoy it, just wondering how many days it will take shipping to Sweden :-) Found it a little bit strange that I didn't get any info on that.Anyways, really looking forward to this video!!Thanks again Steve for all advice you've given!//Richard