Amazing views from the cockpit, the tail camera and the ground of a Lufthansa Airbus A380 landing at San Francisco airport.

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The professionalism of the flight crew is impressive.  All of this coordination is necessary to ensure a single airplane lands safely.  Hundreds of hours of flight simulator training and technical knowledge is required to do become a good pilot.  Aviation also has its own "language."  Below we have compiled some of the terms used in the video for you:
Super: special designation for the Airbus A388 indicating that this huge airplane generates wake vortices and requires wider separation from other aircraft.  ILS: Instrument Landing System - a radio beam transmitter that provides a direction for approaching aircraft VOR: VHF Omnidirectional Range navigation system Armed: ready for action or operation.  DUMBA: flight approach pattern that goes over the DUMBArton bridge.  AXMUL: aviation waypoint over San Mateo, CA  Retard: to delay or slow down.  Why the water? This was the first time an A380 Airbus landed at San Francisco airport.  APU: Auxiliary power unit

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