Posted on 09/25/2015 4:21:03 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
'All crosswind landings are amazing but seeing an A380 fighting against the wind was something special. In addition to that the runway was very wet and the A380 touched down a little late.'
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IMO a side slip is less scary and easier than crabbing. For some reason the jet Jockies always crab.
Kai Tak. They’ve since closed it. mostly for that reason, but also because of land prices. The new airport is built on reclaimed land.
CC
There are definitely some classic scenes in that movie!
Good luck on Saturday - hoping my Vols can finally win one, but I will probably look like Striker by the 2nd quarter.
Years ago I took a ride on an 18 passenger twin turbo prop from Newark to Ithica/Utica NY in a snowstorm.
It was an hour long roller coaster ride. Up down, up down, left right and on and on. People were puking and people were praying.
Beyond good pilot. Just plain tops.
Looked pretty nice actually..
That wasn’t that terrifying. Fairly routine for any large jet landing.
It probably didn’t feel great onboard, particularly toward the rear of the cabin as the tail swung at the end.
Youtube is replete with crosswind landings from Germany. The flying pilot did a great job...he could only log one landing;-)
In my bird I always forward slip in crosswinds. Mooney gear is akin to a Jeep.
Yeah and ya know what the DON'T show?
All the Lufthansa pilots banging it on going waaay too fast and then jamming on the binders.
First time it happened I thought, just a bad landing. Kid musta been a bit aggressive.
After about 10 of them now like that, I'm convinced that it's either a) bad training or b) part of the LH PFM that tells them to do it that way for whatever goofy reason they have.
After all the stuff in the cabin that isn't tied down ends up plastered against the forward bulkhead you want to tell the PF that he's an idiot.
Video tape that!!
...the YouTube's of the old checkerboard approach at Kai Tak are fun to watch also.
Hopefully they DRUG TEST the guy.
Each year as I get older, air travel becomes more scary!
Plus it has been years since I jumped out of a perfectly good aircraft!
"German air traffic controllers at Frankfurt Airport are infamous for being a short-tempered lot," an U.S. pilot notes. So it was with some amusement that a United 747 listened to the following exchange between Frankfurt ground control and the pilot of a British Airways 747:
(BA 747, call sign Speedbird 206) "clear of the active runway after landing at Frankfurt and headed to off load passengers at his designated gate."
Ground: "Guten morgen, taxi to your gate."
(The BA 747 pulls onto the main taxiway and stops.)
Ground (brusquely): "Speedbird, do you not know where you are going?"
Speedbird: "Stand by ground, I'm looking up the gate location now."
Ground (impatient): "Speedbird 206, have you never been to Frankfurt before?"
Speedbird (coolly): "Yes, several times in 1944, but I didn't stop."
ROFL ROFL
Try the old Teguchigulpa, Honduras airport. You dropped from the sky when they reversed engines in flight.
Totally insane.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_z5HtME9n8
Agony Airlines? Allegany?
The 380’s like all the Air Busses are just to wired for me, I much prefer Boeing (if it ain't Boeing I ain't going)but Emiratis has mostly UK pilots so I'm not surprised with this guys skill.
Who are they kidding?. That was a perfect crosswind landing. To the uninformed it may look scary, but you have to keep the decent path over the the runway with the plane’s nose pointed into the crosswind until the moment of touch down. Once the wheels contact,you bring the tail around and straighten the craft down the runway. It was masterfully done.
A bit of entertainment,provided by the Boeing Corporation.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/SE71NJl-naY?autoplay
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