A pilot earns his pay
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I was once on a propeller plane landing in Sonderborg (not that far from Hamburg) in similar stormy condition,
and with the wind coming at 90 degree angle to the runway, as in the video.
When we were approaching the runway, I looked out of the window, and could see straight down the runway,
the plane must have been flying in at least a 45 degree angle to the runway untill just before touchdown.
In the video, you can see the pilot doing the same maneuvre.
and with the wind coming at 90 degree angle to the runway, as in the video.
When we were approaching the runway, I looked out of the window, and could see straight down the runway,
the plane must have been flying in at least a 45 degree angle to the runway untill just before touchdown.
In the video, you can see the pilot doing the same maneuvre.
Why does nothing like that ever happen when I fly???
Looks like it would have been more fun than a roller coaster
Looks like it would have been more fun than a roller coaster
In addition to that video on the right side there are others.
The BA jumbo landing sideways is pretty good. the pilot timed it perfectly. Bet he's glad he paid attention in school.
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The BA jumbo landing sideways is pretty good. the pilot timed it perfectly. Bet he's glad he paid attention in school.
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toughb said:
Provided that the protocal is same here (Canada and USA) as it is Europe the pilots reley mostly on other pilots that have landed and reports from ATC. If previous pilots had reported little to no problems then there's not much you can do.
The Air France crash at YYZ a few summers back - no problems reported and I think it was attributed to a wind sheer. Something that is almost impossible to predict. The other one that comes to mind is Southwest sliding off the runway at Midway in Chicago. The previous pilots had reported slippery runways but not un-landable. The problem is that it was about 10 minutes between the last report and when the plane in question came in to land. That 10 minutes made the difference.
IMO it looks's like the only thing this pilot is responsible for is saving the live's aboard the plane.
toughb said:
Pilot was actually praised by the airline as implementing an "absolutely professional maneuver". The winds that knocked the plane around could have come out of anywhere. See link below.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080303/ap_on_re_eu/germany_rough_landing_1
I was on a plane that had similar problems when taking off from Cuba with a hurricane in the area. Once the plane's nose lifted up the plane when a bit sideways and then one of the wings was caught by a gust from the side and lifted up, assuming this, and it felt like the plane was going to flip over. It all happened very fast. Once in the air the plane had to circle and maneuver around the clouds to gain altitude and be above the storm.
Hammerstein
bored and sleepless again
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superman
The general expression is 'flying is (thousands of) hours of boredom, punctuated by a few seconds of sheer terror.' - And it is for the seconds that they pay.yesguy said:
Hammerstein
bored and sleepless again
Try again
wheels are the closest thing to the ground and I seriously doubt that the any other part of the plane woiuld have created that whisps of smoke other than the tires.
toughb said:
wheels are the closest thing to the ground and I seriously doubt that the any other part of the plane woiuld have created that whisps of smoke other than the tires.
Hammerstein said:
German jet wing scrapes runway; all safe
Airline spokesman Wolfgang Weber said the plane was rocked by wind clocked at 155 mph as it tried to land.
The left wing grazed the runway for a moment, but Weber said the pilot was able to stabilize the aircraft and take off again in what he called an "absolutely professional maneuver."
Hammerstein
bored and sleepless again
