[Dog]

I think I read that the shuttle does a braking maneuver by doing a zig zag....that might explain the sideways motion..

[GRRRRR]

Those "S" shaped moves don't come until the very end of the landing process...just a minute before they actuall touchdown...180 degree turns, two of them in opposite directions with the final turn lining them up with the end of the runway...

[Chad Fairbanks]

S-Turns, are nt they? Helps slow down???

[Redleg Duke]

I don't think those braking maneuvers are supposed to happen until the shuttle has re-entered and slowed. If the computer initiated them too early, well, they're screwed...that isn't a dogfighter...it is a flying flatiron!