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.'
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Regardless, I bet he needed a new pair of underwear!
It still has its rudder. I guess they beefed that up on the 380.
That didn’t look so scary to me. Go watch some of the videos of planes landing at the old Hong Kong airport. Some of those are scary.
Anybody know what the cross wind was? What was the angle? I couldn’t find that info in the article.
Wow. The pilot bravely trusted the huge plane to land correctly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gF9n7ShkOJ0
They had a show on TV about the world’s scariest airports.
There were a few which really did require a good pilot. Hong Kong was one but there were some others too.
LOL!
As soon as the rear landing gear touched down, the plane was controlled again by the engines instead of the wind.
Airplane is designed to do this, for an airplane that size he did exactly the right thing, coulda been a bit earlier kicking it straight but it’s a strong crosswind, the trucks are built for it and it was short sideload duration.
You don’t land on the upwind wheels in an airplane that size, you’ll break the gear.
The most fun (or “fun”) landing I’ve had on a civilian commercial flight was on the island of Saba in the Caribbean.
Highly recommend it.
every one on the news is freaking out about this video. I don’t know why. Crabbing a landing - regardless of the plane’s size - is a basic flight skill.
‘Passengers now arriving at Gate 9... Gate 10... Gate 11...’
“I just want to tell you both good luck. We’re all counting on you.”
Yep. Or down the canyon into Queenstown NZ.
“every one on the news is freaking out about this video. I don’t know why. Crabbing a landing - regardless of the plane’s size - is a basic flight skill.”
What I thought. Our one runway airport was not well aligned with the prevailing winds. I had to do this all the time with a Cessna 152 that got blown around like tissue paper.
engines move aircraft.
Here’s how it’s done-
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCUHQ_-l6Qg
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