Crosswind Landings...

Don Plumley · Don Plumley's Garage

It's been up before, but I never get tired of watching this. Nice treat at the end (747 in old HK airport):

svandamme · svandamme's Garage

but, can they corner sideways while taxi'ing???

IROC · IROC's Garage

If I'm not mistaken, those 777 clips were made during testing. I seem to remember them doing them in Iceland, I think, as there are tremendous crosswinds at some airport up there.

Mike

Porsche-O-Phile · Porsche-O-Phile's Garage

Think so, I've seen 'em too - think it had to do with getting the swivel-able main gear certified or something.

Crazy-arse shots though. Those bring back a few memories of flying into some of the places on the Oregon coast in winter. . . Never had to quite crab it THAT much though!

Don Plumley · Don Plumley's Garage

I think these test are shot in Brazil. Here's the discussion from an earlier thread.

Iceland was recently used by Airbus:

Quote:

The A380, successfully completed crosswind tests in extreme wind conditions at Keflavik Airport in Iceland, on Friday 10th November. A minimum of 23 knots (42 km/h) crosswind must be demonstrated at take off and landing for its Type Certification that is expected in mid-December. MSN004, one of the five developmental A380 aircraft, carried out a series of six landings and five take-offs with crosswinds above 40 knots (74 km/h), gusting up to 56 knots (104 km/h), which is considerably higher than the value required for Type Certification. During the tests, the A380 was put through its paces, and it showed that it will be able to operate easily with very strong crosswinds during normal operations. This is the first time an Airbus aircraft has performed tests in such crosswind conditions

rouxroux · 12-01-2006, 01:42 PM

I love watching the B52's come in on final over our house for BAFB...Wish more commercial planes hade steerable centerline gear...just have to have a WIDE runway for the wingtip "training wheels"...makes it look SO easy.

VincentVega · 12-01-2006, 02:14 PM

Amazing what a good pilot can do.

The guys that got me home safe to BWI today did a great job. The plane was all over the place, little 'firm' on the landing, but we made it in 1 piece.