WHY is the FOLLOW ME CAR so IMPORTANT?! Explained by CAPTAIN JOE
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Dear friends and followers, welcome back to my channel!
So lets take a closer look at the famous follow me car itself. From the outside it definitely stands out with its black and yellow checkered paint job. That‘s the primary reason, to stand out from all other ground vehicles. On the roof you have a set of antennas to receive data link messages and to be able to communicate on all airport frequencies. Then the large infamous „Follow me“ sign which the driver controls from his dashboard and another feature you‘ll see in minute. Some follow me cars have extra bright lights mounted on their roof or bonnet to light up the taxiway or runway during night time operation.
Inside the car, the dashboard with the associated switches. A traffic screen to send and receive messages from dispatch and the mentioned radio to listen to given clearances. Besides standard safety equipment like a fire extinguisher, first aid kit etc. the car comes with an extra set of wheel chocks and these handheld wands, but more about in a minute.
But the primary purpose for what the Follow-Me car is best known for is of course, hence the name „Follow me“. So guiding airplanes around the apron and the taxiways, to or from active runways. If a Follow-Me car is requested upon landing, the driver, who is called a marshaller, will be notified by one of the air traffic controllers in the tower, either on a separate radio frequency or via data link messaging to his monitor. Once he receives and confirms the order, he positions his car where the arriving cockpit crew can see it best once they exit the runway. Then monitors the active ground frequency and waits for you to receive your taxi clearance. Once you’ve read back your clearance only then will the driver turn on his beacon and the “Follow me” sign and expects you to keep up with him and match his speed. Some of the of Follow me signs have arrows which will flash up once the driver uses his indicator, signaling the pilot that a turn can be expected and second now. Some also have a trigger in the handbrake, switching the follow me instructions to Stop!
But see more in the video ...
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imagine you have to go back to V1 speed just to follow that lamborghini
"Exit at taxiway bravo and follow the car ahead, but try to keep up with him. He's on a push lap."
i bet the lambo would have a special sign when the driver puts it in racing mode.
😂
No stopping
@Mind's-Craft no
I saw it at a airport once. Thought it was a taxi that took a bad turn lol
Same idk why
technically that's worth five stars
lol
I had to enter an airport and deliver a parcel to the engineer working on the new construction site.The "follow me" met me at the gate and took me across the runways and holding bays and back again.I would have ended up buried in the tarmac without him.😃
Some people play GTA in real life!
Car sign in Italy: "Follow me!... ... If you can!"
lmao
Boeing 777: "I have 100 times the horse power than you and am 200 times heavier than you! Try me and I will send you to the shadow realm, puny mortal!"
@@firstname9954 planes are still much faster tho
@@firstname9954 well yeah a plane isn’t made to be fast on the ground
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Boeing 777: starts rolling on the runway for takeoff Lamborghini hurrican: oh yeah? “Challenge” accepted!
Don't forget that the 777 is more powerful as it has its GE90s
@@ag6371 yeah but the takeoff speed is slower than a Lamborghini hurrican goes and hurrican has faster acceleration
@@Jordan-ko7me After the engines reach full thrust the 777 can't be beaten
@@ag6371 the takeoff speed of a 777 is 130 mph and the top speed of a Lamborghini hurrican is 205 mph and it would reach 130 mph before the 777 so it will not be beaten in a race especially for how fast it accelerates compared to the 777.
@@Jordan-ko7me Huracan
8:24 the bird felt entitled too to use the runway, "Don't scare me away. Just give me clearance."
What kind of bird is that? Is that a swan?
@@CaptainM792 no idea. But it looks like pelican..
Bird 1, cleared for takeoff runway 27 left, wind 180 4 knots. Cleared for takeoff, 27 left, Bird 1. Proceeds to takeoff using 0.001% of the runway.
@@chesterwang3070 That would be one case where V1 is greater than Vr.
@@danuttall yep. Quite rare to see that on commercial planes tho. And I'm always intrigued by how close V1 is to VR. like it's always V1, rotate, within 5 seconds of each other.
"I'm sure all of you have seen a follow me car" Me: ...what the heck is that
😂
I want to say the same, because here in Spain there isn't that fucking car ;-;
I’ve never seen it at a British airport
I built a few of them for the Norwegian airports.
Never in my life have I seen a "Follow Me" car on an airport apron. On the other hand, I have been aboard an arriving flight where the pilot took an extra couple of minutes to find the correct gate.
"Tower, we hit some birds during our takeoff roll" "Affirmative, catering services are on the way"
Well at least you know it's actually meat then
Most underrated comment
MFS2020 ATC coms in a nutshell
I used to work as a Marshaller. I remember my first night shift with low visibility. I was terryfied, i couldn't see what was in front of me, it was like 50m visibility. Great that you mention what marshaller is doing on the airport. You should decode all marshaller signs, because most of the GA pilots don't know what we want them to do.
Isn’t the car basically a police spec version of something like a Ford Crown Victoria, or something similar?
"Chase car with another KZhead pilot" putting in the work!!
Haha😂
Ah, would that be Mentour or 74Gear? Or DutchPilotGirl?
I hope Pilot Michelle Gooris aka DutchPilotGirl likes that😉
Yea
@@flywithcaptainjoe you realize the U2 is still in operation right?
Very accurate vídeo. I am marshaller at Madrid-Barajas AirPort. Here we operate Nissan Navaras and Ford Rangers
Thanks
That airport seems larger than Rhode Island. Are they compensating for something?😉
@@lowercherty small p... planes
Wow that's nice
Now called Adolfo Suarez...It has one longest taxing experience you'll ever have...You would think you're taxing the length of Andorra...Probably a good 30 minutes rolling on the ground before it parks in the Gate.
I have driven the follow me car and I recall how scary the first time was. From our perspective we feel so tiny with this huge aircraft so close behind. But it's a great feeling to have that responsibility.
what is the exact procedure to guide an airplane into the bay or at the take off hold position.
Landing at Bologna be like "When you need help getting around the airport but the follow me car is on a push lap."
777: *Hold my power*
I’ve been to the Bologna airport several times, never seen it!!
Nice to see airports involving themselves in supporting great content. Go Stuttgart Airport!
Thanks 🙌
"You have to go all the way to the end, are you familiar with the airfield at all?" That made me laugh out loud!
Best intro ever.
Great opportunity for the "Well last time I was here was 1944...it was really dark and you were shooting at me" Ah...the oldies....
In fact, under the word "Follow me" on the Lamborghini at Bologna airport there is also a second word: "IF you can"
Love the video Joe🙏
Didn’t expect to see NonstopDan in here haha! Love your videos lmao.
Hi Nonstop Dan, yes I agree
Hi Dan..
Omg hi dan
@Vetz hey,mad look at channel name first
3:24 the 747 is about to catch it diner for the night a tasty follow me car
lol well if they put the parking brake on and revved one of the engines to full thrust I’m pretty sure it’ll ingest the car lol. The intake is so big the car would fit no problem lol
@@chesterwang3070 Don't know if it can ingest it, but the exhaust can sure push it away and depending on the car's stability, roll it over (once it goes one turn it goes many too)
@@Kalvinjj Basically the engine gonna first rip the car to pieces, then turn around and suck the debris up lol.
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0:01 My God!! Joe's new outfit is the biggest surprise of 2021😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂 I love that jacket😉
@@flywithcaptainjoe me too😍😍 Greetings, sir😀
What jacket is that actually?
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@@riki_spotter thanks!
"Speedbird, have you ever flown to Frankfurt before?" "Once in 1943. But I didn't land"
once during a flight from london to koeln i overheard the conversation between the passengers behind me, where the german one asked something like "do you like the landscape?" (apparently the other passenger, american by the accent, was looking outside the window), "not really... i was just wondering if my grandpa ever flown over there", "oh... nice... with which airline?" "the 8th bomber command"... and an eerie silence fell upon the conversation
@@kskdtr lol
Uncalled for.
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I love your pfp
Haha that happened to me too
Ah, what I did not miss since I opted for KZhead Premium...
That's a captain I would want to have when I become a pilot
If
If
If
When bitches
dont want to be like him try to be better
From beginning, I knew your channel will get a great success thank you Mr joe
Thanks buddy
I am studying in medicines but always love your videos coz I Always learn something new everyday from you Rock on captain Joe
Same bro, medicine and aviation isnt that far apart afterall😁
Follow Me car: "Follow Me" Pilots: "I think this car has a questline for us"
hah
I love captain Joe He is my inspiration 🙂
Happy to read that!!!
Sama
@@flywithcaptainjoe you are an awesome pilot man! You are the main man who inspired me of becoming a pilot, I really want to be a pilot like you but for the beautiful airbus a320
Great video! I'm a Follow Me and Marshaller in Portugal and we already have electric follow me cars 😊
[4:31] Nothing like a quick game of table-tennis to unwind after a stressful flight and a taxiing error.
Captain Joe referred to the U2 as "did", "was", "needed" & "flew during cold war era" as if the Dragon Lady wasn't still flying. The USAF has no plans to retire the U-2, which first flew in 1955, despite previous attempts to replace the aircraft. The service still operates 33 examples of the "Cold War-era" spy plane. And they still use a chase car. 🙂
The footage shows a Pontiac GTO (actually a Holden), but I believe they are still using Camaros. Some of the fastest cars available without spending >$50k in the US.
The follow me at Le Touquet in norther France is a guy on a bike. Works well!!
Your Upload is always the Highlight of my weak!
Means a lot, thanks!
Having flown from Bologna many times I’m so proud of this. I never got to see the actual follow me car but Lamborghini has a cool showcase at the entrance of the airport where they usually put a couple of new cars and yes, that’s SO Italian.
You know the Follow Me car is a supercar when you hear the driver say "V1, rotate"
You are a real captain. Not of any plane but of Your profession. Hats off sir!
Fabulous! The diversity in topics is unbeatable ❤️ Awaiting cool airport stuff further!
Thanks
I grew up in Bologna, Italy and saw the Lamborghini Follow me car sooooo many times. Absolute beauty it is.😍
I always enjoy your productions and look forward to them every week. Giving a shout out to Stuttgart Airport for their help in this video. I flew from there 58 years ago after I was born at the US Army Hospital in Bad Cannstatt.
The way you said, "Your Captain Joe." ❤️ So glad for what you are sharing ❤️
That looked like DUS Intl. airport. The one I used to fly out very frequently pre-Covid. unfortunately not been there over a year. Love your content, never learned that much about aviation than on this channel. hope to be back on a plane some day in the future. and may also to have one of our paletts being flown by you to one of our customers...
Correct!
Some three decades ago a friend told me of a story, which happened at Hamburg Airport EDDH. A worker had forgotten to switch off the orange lights of his construction van when he -- looking in his rear mirror -- suddenly realised, he had made a "catch" and a jet was following him. Luckily he stopped, as moments later the buildings around would have come too close to the wings... The jet was pushed back and the worker never was allowed again to drive construction vehicles at the airport.
As a passenger in a Cessna 172 it’s a Great experience to be behind a follow me car
Morning Joe, brilliant video as always! At our airport we also use follow me cars on particular taxiways that don't have any taxiway lighting. If we haven't got taxiway edge and centerline lights during hours of official darkness or LVP's, a follow me will be mandatory to comply with the aerodrome license / manual and regulatory regulations.
Thanks for the video! It's so interesting and useful to get so much insight of the operation of all the airport "background" crew! It's always so much fun watching your educational videos!! Can't wait to hear you again on ANY airport related issues! And don't forget: a good student is always learning from the best pilots😘 like you😍
I sat in that Lambo follow me in Bologna, it truly is amazing, me and my crew got some amazing photos that day 😎
My tenth (or around there) birthday we did a "behind the scenes" tour at our local airport (Hamburg, Germany, fairly small). The guide said "and those are the follow me cars. Usually they drive far enough ahead for the pilot to see them. We use the Busses (VW T4 at the time), because their size gives some resonance for a loud crunch when the plane wheel hits us, so the pilots know to back off a bit."
10:28: The U-2 is still operational
*"Lamborjeenee"* 😭😭
Doing the daily FOD runway check at the Norman Wells, NWT airport is one of the most coveted tasks. There are only gravel roads in town with no outside vehicle access except for winter roads. The runway is the only asphalt surface in town so it is the only opportunity to go fast.
I’ve bin in the Lambo, also as a Passenger. they get a new one every summer.. I’m an aircraft mechanic, and have been a lot in “Motor Valley” Bologna 😍
Love the Lambo as a follow me car. Wonder if Lamborghini sponsored it...
with out looking in to it. I can see them doing that. A good advertisement. The driver may be tempted to use the runway to thy to take of them selves.
No public business in their right mind is going to run a supercar with super maintenance costs as a fleet vehicle unless it's subsidized by the manufacturer I would think.
it's done by Lamboirghini itself (using pre series and mules) as an ad stunt.
ermm, Joe, the U2 is still flying to this day...
Indeed it is! I watch it flying missions out of the UK every day
Was looking for this comment. Up with this!
Yes not only i who noticed this..
@Thomas Jefferson Maybe he meant “since”.
Hello Capt. Joe. You are by far the most personable KZheadr I've followed so far. Without exception, your videos are all very educational. A big thank you to your very clear pronunciation. As a non-English native speaker, I have few problems understanding you. But this is mostly due to the technical terms. Thank you for the many hours of video material and I wish you all a good flight.
Back in my Air Force career, we had Follow Me Trucks. Usually a Ford F150 painted blue guiding planes around the tarmac. Some had the duty of collecting the parachutes from the F4 Phantoms when they deployed them while landing.
Hybred f150. Hybred ektric be great
Just here again learning more useful stuff. Thx captain Joe.
I for one have NEVER heard of a “follow me” car, what??? Also I live in Chicago so... as you said we don’t have one at O’Hare and Midway is such an easy airport to navigate I doubt you’d need one.
You would no doubt be amused by Heathrow, where a taxiway crosses a main road and we have a giant sized level crossing. It is only used a few times a day for aircraft to access the maintenance areas. It is great fun to see the reaction of foreign drivers when they stop expecting a train and a Airbus 380 crosses in front of them.
There should definitely be Follow me cars inside the terminals, as it is so easy to get lost at O’Hare. Still looking for terminal 4 ....🤔
Thank you Sir Joe for the knowledge. You are amazing. Keep up the good work.
Stuttgart Airport. I've been there many times. Very familiar with it. Nice to see them getting (and giving) some love!
Joe, apologies if I have missed a video on this topic, however would you be able to do a video on the typical duty roster. Ideally explaining how many locations you will visit over a period, how long you stay, and how this impacts working with different crews. Keep up the good work.
as a truck driver when i see "follow me" it's normally the police/dvsa pulling me over to do some checks lol
Follow me also means I’m highways and I’m about to do a stupidly slow rolling roadblock. Get comfy 😭
@@ChloeLouiseeB last week i've been parked up in the 2nd lane of the m5 for about 25 minutes just because they were replacing a lamp. 3 lane closed for a freaking bulb.
@@perlamiseriaccia “How many Traffic Officers does it take to change a lightbulb?”
One of the best videos you’ve put out in a while - nicely done! The in-the-field stuff is so cool!
that Trabant follow me car is so cool and such a unique piece of history
Soo good of him in such a cold weather he went to make a video just for our knowledge
My soul died a little bit hearing Joe say Lamborghini that way 9:38
but the next time he said it it was correct lol.
Here in the states, it is a luxury 😁. Another informative video, thank you Capt!
Supported the U-2's out of RAF Alconbury 1992-1995.. thanks for showing that awesome aircraft Captain Joe!!
As an Avgeek, fan, and car guy, you saying ‘Lamborgeenie’ hurt me. Love the vids ✌️
Stuttgart Region is my Homebase as well.
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EDDS
Thanks for the video. I took a flight from Vienna to Munich last year and the plane was guided by a follow me car due to low visibilty after landing.
I like the way you explain its so clear.
Also same follow me car has transponders, like aircrafts.
You can use flightradar24.com to observe the movements of ground vehicles at some airports.
As i was riding and walking a few times on the runway, (08:20) i can say for sure, that this is DUS, where i worked for 5,5 Years.
Yes Sir!
Yeah, that part about Dusseldorf is so true, I've been numerous times on the observation deck there and was often surprised and wondering why on earth is everybody leaded by the follow me car, wasn't that a feat from the 90's?)) Other aiports seemed to pretty much keep the service only for the lost crews since.. I thoght
Thank you for making this video Captain Joe, I drive a follow me car in Australia.
dude I live in Bologna... I'm glad you appreciate our "follow me" car ahah
Capt. Joe teaches me all the things that Flight School teaches me within 8 years. I’d love to fly with you once I become a pilot ❤️
I got to lead the Royal Jordanian Aerobatic Team on to the runway in a follow me car at the RIATT airshow some years ago!
Thank you for this video. I always needed a good understanding of the follow me
Sir your videos give me inspiration to follow my passion and be a good pilot in the future 😉... Thank you so much ❤️ lots of love from india ❤️🥰🙏
Yet another awesome video! My weekly dose of Captain Joe is here 🙂
i love this mans video keep up the good work
The U-2 has two cars also. The pilot chase car and crew car, usually a pickup truck. This truck has the wheels to be reattached for taxi. Very interesting to watch the pilot “balance” the wings if there is a hard enough wind while the crew is reattaching the wheels. Great video!
I use these in FSX Steam Edition, and they’re very helpful. Other times I’m having to look at an airport diagram I pulled up on my iPad, which can be a bit time consuming and a bit frustrating at times, especially in X-plane 11 and MSFS. 8:02 Or worse, cause a plane to crash after takeoff. Much like what happened to Air France 4590.
Chief. Flew air o r Concorde to gun fky by 400 knots
1:04: A330 (butter landing by the butter machine) 1:15: 777 1:16: A320 Family idk which one 1:17: A320 Family 1:18: A320 Family 1:19: 737, 737, 737, A320, 737, 737, Q400, E175, Q400, A320, 737 1:58: 737 & 2 A320's in the background 2:55: 787-9 3:17: Chunky boy 747-400F 4:41: 4 747-8F's 4:54: A320 Family 4:57: A320 Family 5:09: A319 6:09: A320 Family 7:07: A320 Family 7:09: Q400 7:15: A321 & A320 Family (the air berlin) 8:20: idk Dusseldorf (changed my answer) 9:04: C-5 Galaxy 9:10: 737 9:49: A320 Family 9:54: 777 9:58: 777-300ER If i missed any reply plz.
After the first Q400 in that crowded line of planes, it isn't an A320. Maybe some embraer (idk the spelling) becuase the size is smaller and engines are also small as compared to a320. But good job compiling!
7:18: Airbus h120 helicopter (not a plane but I just wanted to mention)
7:52: 737, 787, 737, A320
8:30: bird plane lol jk
8:43: 737-800
Driven past Stuttgart airport many times in the way to Munich. The huge Bosch parkhaus over the A8 is impressive and I once saw the fire training model visible from the autobahn actually on fire - seeing an aircraft shaped fire was a sobering sight at a distance !!
I'm an aprrentice at a german maintenance company. For some checks, e.g. of the Weather radar, we need to take the Plane to a more open space, which in oure case is on a Taxiway right next do the Runway. Eventhough our airport is rather small and the Ground Control kows that the Worker maneuvering the Plane does know the way with only 2 or 3 turns. They nevertheless send out a follow me car to guide us back to the hangar every now and then. They propably do so if there isn`t much airtraffic to keep themselves busy lol. Btw, I really like your videos, they`re really interesting and informing, even our teacher shows them to us quit frequently. Keep up the good and passionate work. greatings from bavaria
Good one Joe, but would you PLEASE do a video on the parking systems used at big airports to help the pilots align with the terminals and jetways!
Ready and going online soon
@@flywithcaptainjoe Brilliant!
This was an awesome video!
Excellent, Capi. Thanks for the video.
I really love this channel!!! From Nigeria
I've lived in the US my whole life and never heard of this, also worked as a baggage handler at Delta in my early 20s I'm 32 now
8:13 düsseldorf
love the checklist at the end! great video
Joey, you are the first one to upload a video which supports 4k format and it shows 4k. Cheers man
The Legend is back guyz!
ORD could use these especially since the layout is always changing
In the early '90s I got a ride in a U2 chase car during a landing... Cool AF! There was also a CUCV M1008 (Ten-O-Eight) behind with the wing gear in the back and two crew who tried to get the gear into the wings before it rolled onto a wingtip. (The 1008 was a Chevrolet pick-up and the forerunner of the HMMWV (Humvee))
Eltric humerus beter zero fule zero enusions
Another amazing video mate. Thanks from down here in Australia.
I was afraid the the most unusual follow-me car . . . was a bicycle!
Being Dutch I could see that happen. We might make it a e-bike now.
@@sirBrouwer Thanks for the quick comment!
@@arneldobumatay3702 what can I say we are passionate about bicycle.
And when the week needed him most, he returned
I've provided a follow me service a few times. I was an airport reporting officer and works safety officer for a small regional airport (YWSL). We were under going mager upgrades and some taxiways were closed. While the nearby military base provided air traffic control for the area, my airport has no tower and as such there is no ground control. Enter the pilots who got a little lost and my plain white utility vehicle with only amber beacon lights and a radio to guide them to their parking. Not a service normally operated at such a small airport, but necessary at the time due to contruction works which I was supervising.
Another GREAT video C.J. THANK YOU !!! What a simple yet BRILLIANT idea !! Maybe a system like this could have prevented the carnage at Tenerife ?? (I know...both aircraft were outbound, however ground traffic confusion is still a cause of "incidents") This service should be available to all aircraft at EVERY major airport. (In my humble opinion)