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VIDEO - Crosswindlandings at EDDL / DUS
Winds were reported 29030G55KT landing on 23L at DUS. Show how much force the Mains have to be able to absorb, especially on the WB's (www.youtube.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
As a private pilot I use cross control in a cross wind , it appears as if these commercial pilots just crab into the wind and land , just wondered y this is the case.?
pretty much. Somebody told me there was an Airline or 2 that wanted you to dump the CRAB and do level wing and straight plane on short final. I talked to a few of their pilots and they said it was a trip. One was KAL and there was some thinking that was what caused the POD scrape on the 380 last year.
I worked on B53H's while in the Air Force. Their crosswind gear was awesome It still is a remarkable albeit old airplane. At an airshow last March, I saw the same aircraft that I worked on over 40 years ago on the tarmac after flying down from Minot AFB where I was stationed in 1967-1968. Somehow the aircrew looked a lot younger than I remember them being at the time. Time marches on!
Best I remember, with the 52's, the way they are set up, you don't really CRAB; you put the gear on the runway heading and put the plane into the wind, straighten it up after you land.
B52H's sorry for the typo.
Just wait until the next time you get pulled over by a traffic policeman. They look like baby's with guns and badges. :-)