Today's Wind - Aborted Landings at B'Ham Airport
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imagine bring a passenger in one of those!
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Crew needs to swap with those who land in Jersey.... 50% of landings in winter plane is around 45degrees to the runway just before touchdown, then they spin it round & slap it on the deck...
Character building stuff the first time u experience it...
Character building stuff the first time u experience it...
strugglinauthor
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I'm not the best of flyers and I must admit I'd have been chewin' on my undies if I were in there. For Dr-Z, I'm not a million miles from Brum airport and it has considerably calmed down now. I think tomorrow is going to be 'breezy' at worst. 
Here's some test pilots showing that it can be done.
http://youtu.be/_z2LtHrn9Jw
http://youtu.be/_z2LtHrn9Jw
You make it sound like an every day occurance Tim :lol:
Yes they train for it, and windy landings are commonplace, but those videos are pretty extreme and it's certainly not easy. I've landed a light aircraft sideways in my youth and it's pretty full on, even without 300 passengers sitting behind you.
Yes they train for it, and windy landings are commonplace, but those videos are pretty extreme and it's certainly not easy. I've landed a light aircraft sideways in my youth and it's pretty full on, even without 300 passengers sitting behind you.
I had to fly from bham to dublin yesterday... I usually sleep until landing but both takeoff and landing where so rocky... You could actually feel the plane going sideways.
Been in worse though when on a little prop plane.
Credit to the pilots out there that can fly in those conditions.
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Been in worse though when on a little prop plane.
Credit to the pilots out there that can fly in those conditions.
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That's not really fair though runway 33 in Birmingham is very short and standard width compared to the 60m wide 4500m runway the test pilots landed on. Coupled with the fact that they were light and without passengers makes a wider margin for error.
