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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Susan Muraguri
4 soat oldin
Really loving your videos, thank you!....
David M
6 soat oldin
Stuttgart Airport. I've been there many times. Very familiar with it. Nice to see them getting (and giving) some love!
RickySTT
18 soat oldin
Lamborghini: the follow me car that consumes fuel as fast as the aircraft.
Tom Corwine
18 soat oldin
lol
Max S.
19 soat oldin
Well a Huracan is nearly identical to the R8, just a different generation to the one shown.
Max S.
19 soat oldin
Do they really still paint them? I thought it was all wraps by now.
Max S.
20 soat oldin
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."
bernard bouzon
22 soat oldin
For your information the huracan is the Current follow me car in Bologna.
bernard bouzon
22 soat oldin
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.
bernard bouzon
22 soat oldin
I'd say Schipol (AMS)
Robbie Kenna
22 soat oldin
I'm a pilot based in Poland flying the 737-800 and every airport I operate in (Katowice, Krakow, Gdansk, Warsaw Modlin, Lodz, Wroclaw, Rzeszow and Poznan) have the follow me service mandatory for all arriving aircraft and some of the airports have the service mandatory for departing aircraft too e.g. Krakow and Rzeszow
Tom Tom
Kun oldin
Reminds me of the wonderful Richard Scarry books and drawings
Mikael Sojka
Kun oldin
Your audio is really funky dude. 😋😂
btakesa
Kun oldin
What a horrible sounding narrator
azazi sarah
Kun oldin
13:00
puellanivis
Kun oldin
Huh… I imagine with the massive amounts of lift that the U2 can generate (necessary to fly so high up), that it could absolutely land at the speed a fast car can get up to.
juliansark
Kun oldin
I swear instead of "U2" I heard: "Within that car is another UZones pilot."
Dale Allan
Kun oldin
You’re the best one
Truth Witness
Kun oldin
Fly by the Bermuda Triangle there should be a follow me airplane
Don'tSpikeMyDrink
Kun oldin
please add closed captions for deaf people
Alan Swanson
Kun oldin
how do I get this job?!?
Rolf Helder
Kun oldin
Where to take off? Follow the lamborghini at speed, pull back the stick and raise your landing gear. Goodbeye!
Bobo The mighty
Kun oldin
Work on the audio quality plz
OneOmot
Kun oldin
Saw this car in racing 🏎
Jon
2 kun oldin
Plot twist: the Lamborghini is the actual plane
Klipik
2 kun oldin
I was confused why I'd never heard of these until you said we don't have them in the US 😛
Aroop Roelofs
2 kun oldin
Follow Me car: "Follow Me" Pilots: "I think this car has a questline for us"
القران الكريم
2 kun oldin
8:30 look that he wants a real take off let him do
kreiseltower
2 kun oldin
Thank you for this video! @Captain Joe, Since you're based in Luxemburg, you've probably visited Saarbrücken? Have you been at the airport there (probably not with the 747 ;-) )? Funny thing is... as often as I've been at EDDR, there was always the follow me car. And the funny part about this is.. the airport has one runway (for jets), one taxi way and like two apron parking stands. Still always the follow me car 😂😂😂 I find that very hilarious because at big airports like EDDF I barely see a follow me car....
Tomush
2 kun oldin
Goose clip possible most funniest 😂
Blava
2 kun oldin
The U2 is still in service.
Khiladi 340
2 kun oldin
I have one question for those who are seeing this video.... What are the two types of vehicles whose weight has been focused a lot??
John Siders
2 kun oldin
I would think it would be really embarrassing to pull up to the wrong gate !!!
Rooster Cogburn
2 kun oldin
How did we maneuver the hallways of junior high/high school much less college campuses...
ChloeLouiseeB
2 kun oldin
Never experienced a follow me car, at our field it’s use the only inbound taxiway, pick some empty grass in front of the hangar, try to avoid the bat shit crazy helis that will try to land on you for no apparent reason, and leave it there 🤣
WhiteWulfe
2 kun oldin
I'd never heard of or seen such vehicles, however the instant it was described it kind of had that typical "oh, that just makes sense then" that a lot of aspects of aviation have. I have found myself behind standard airport vehicles in the past though - as the coffee delivery guy! First time on a taxiway in a Ford Transit is an interesting experience!
Marcin W
2 kun oldin
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.
Relaxing White Noise Studio
2 kun oldin
The best pilot in the world 😘
AviationPilot99
2 kun oldin
😂 i love how the thumbnail has a lamborgini as the follow me car
Ethan's Aviation
2 kun oldin
They do exist tho😎
KevinMichaelMichael
3 kun oldin
love the checklist at the end! great video
Escape Reality
3 kun oldin
I never seen one 😭 are they in the US?
88botong
3 kun oldin
Lamborghini $200,000 Boeing 747 $240,000,000
Andy Bush
3 kun oldin
Great video
Luxcium
3 kun oldin
First Time ever I heard about such a vehicle ever !!!
mhs vz
3 kun oldin
Thank you for another excellent video!
king james488
3 kun oldin
cuz pilots are dumb and don't know where to go otherwise?
Chris Kästner
3 kun oldin
DUS- Düsseldorf
Elli P
3 kun oldin
'FOLLOW ME'? Hmm. I remember the 'Fireflash' episode of the Gerry Anderson TV series 'Thunderbirds' where three of the ground vehicles displayed 'LAND ON ME' signs...
J.D.V films
3 kun oldin
lamborGHIni not lamborgini ahah
Alain Archambault
3 kun oldin
I didn't think the airports were still that busy.
fan fan
3 kun oldin
it is Heathrow airport
Emily
3 kun oldin
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.
Malcolm Anon
3 kun oldin
Good video on an under appreciated part of the airport services - maybe one next for your humble ground crew / turnaround guys, just saying like :) Also nice to your former home supporting your content, here's a shout out to SGT
Zetanist
3 kun oldin
Is that a JFK airport? The tower looks similar.
Marco DM
3 kun oldin
it's LAMBORG-INI not LAMBORJINI 🤦‍♂️
Stupid Comment Of The Week
3 kun oldin
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.
Markus Neef
3 kun oldin
Grüße aus Stuttgart wusste gar nicht das du von hier kommst haha 😂
Elliot Taggart
3 kun oldin
Captain Joe, you’re the best!!!! From Chicago O’Hare, and Executive Tower. I agree that we need more follow me cars in Chicago! How do we get that in the books? Our winters and outdoor roads & rough and dangerous (Most of the time) You would think that we have a decent amount of emergency vehicles 8-0
zog zog
3 kun oldin
"Yellow Orange bright colours"?? really I may a bit colour-blind but I see yellow and black.
femanvate
3 kun oldin
If I had that Lamborghini Tower 0800: please inspect runway Me 0804: completed Tower: what so fast? Me: yes sir inspected it twice
Liz Hedlund
3 kun oldin
Me: sees airport Me: is that MBS ? Also Me: no why would it be no one knows about it
canadarocks8b
3 kun oldin
Seems like million dollar planes should have a Tom Tom or Garmin and the ground control could set up your route and stop areas
Beachtime
3 kun oldin
What airliner do you work for?
Jochen Schueller
3 kun oldin
Kind of ironic that pilots are able to fly all around the world at almost the speed of sound, being responsible for the safety of hundreds of passengers and hundreds of tons of metal which costs millions of dollars to replace and are trained to handle all kinds of unexpected failures that may ouccur somewhere over the pacific ocean, but after a successful manual crosswind landing the most challenging part of the flight exceeds their capabilities and cannot be completed without assistance: The apron. Two pilots are unable to read a map and follow yellow lines and signs, while being guided via radio to their destination. So many turns, left - and right, without prior warning by a flashing arrow sign in front of them? no way!
Michele Orbolato
3 kun oldin
Great video, unbelievably cold there ... eh!
Dan Nash
3 kun oldin
I wonder if the local taxpayers know they paid for a $500,000 Lamborghini when a $20,000 Fiat 500 would do the job just as well. If that happened in my area, the local airport commissioners would be kicked out of office.
toolchesst
3 kun oldin
My father used to fly gliders. The tugs they used to retrieve gliders that had landed all had a follow me sign on the back. Glider pilot humor.
Versatile Life
3 kun oldin
Munich, i can see the control tower and that big tent thing where the entrance is
Michael Klump
4 kun oldin
uh i have never seen this
Muhammed Omar
4 kun oldin
9:09 lol Ryanair The king of back breaking landings
nettlesoup
4 kun oldin
I'm very happy to hear that electric vehicles are being used more these days. I guess in Germany it will more likely be a VW or Audi rather than Tesla for the follow me. But it will be cool to see any of these next time I fly!
Dennis Adams
4 kun oldin
You are cool
David Saucedo
4 kun oldin
You never rlly see these in the states
Sérgio Agostinho
4 kun oldin
Who leads the planes to the stand, is that the assignment of ATC or a specific department?
Kristof Kiraly
4 kun oldin
8:23 Strange looking private jet
ubonyele
4 kun oldin
i have flown so many places in the world, i have never seen a yellow and black car with dots on it
Sarath Chandra
4 kun oldin
Love from schwabisch gmuend
simple gamer
4 kun oldin
*jet fighter is taking off* gets the bugatti veyron follow me car
MrDolphins6699
4 kun oldin
Grüßle zurück aus dem Schwabenländle! :-)
sg39g
4 kun oldin
An Lamborguini follow-me-car. Follow me... if you can!!!
Gissie
4 kun oldin
we used to go from München in days when it was like 100m track just one long corridor.! Stuttgart hour away. from us too. it's got abbreviation for Adenosine Triphosphate on its side ATP.wheres the frying pan style airfield we were told about in ATC? Good idea. double decker bus would be hilarious. couldn't miss that. do they ever clean tyre marks off?
ferjelo
4 kun oldin
Is this service free of charge?
NitzzTV Official
4 kun oldin
why is that one screw so small? captain joe : Do you have an hour to spare?
Niek Beentjes
4 kun oldin
U2 Is still in Service! After 60 years!
FeelmyMojo
4 kun oldin
HAJ had an Audi R8 :) but i dont see it anymore
Mariusz Chyliński
4 kun oldin
Super movie, super fun :)
Ashish Gupta
4 kun oldin
all cars on the airport should be 100% electric
Nacho Chitiu
4 kun oldin
You forgot to mention the magnificent world acclaimed Trabant! How DARE you (min 11:53)!! :D :D
ONLY AVIATION- AVIKANT
4 kun oldin
what mic you use please reply
David P
4 kun oldin
After your video i would love to do the job in a follow me car. :)
SH Emon
4 kun oldin
Would you please tell me what does ' vertical speed ' means?
Luis Da Costa
4 kun oldin
Another funny fact: Captain Joe isn’t really a captain. 🤦🏻‍♂️
TechPorkChop
4 kun oldin
Yeah Tap Portugal lol
DJ DA VINCI
4 kun oldin
It’s a free service ?
George Prout
4 kun oldin
I'm surprised they don't use mercedes, they showed at le mans 1999 that they too can achieve Vr
jpsum
4 kun oldin
JFK T4 offers follow me service within T4’s ramp. You have make the request on their ramp frequency.
Boomcrafter_HD
4 kun oldin
8:13 is duesseldorf airport
TheCledis
4 kun oldin
seems unnecessary but I guess it's the ultimate CYA for the airport
Tomas Severyn
4 kun oldin
Dusseldorf airport based on the towe and hangars on that side?
Promonto
4 kun oldin
Bist du deutscher?
Bushcraft-Prepper Survival Inh. Alexander Boyke
4 kun oldin
Es schaut aus wie der EDDL / DUS / Düsseldorfer Flughafen bei uzones.info/plus/video/nWfUgp6fpqaCkI4.html. Der Tower hat Ähnlichkeiten ich war schon ÜBER 10 Jahre nicht mehr dort. @Captain Joe Liege ich da Richtig?