Crosswind landing

[Chas]

This is the most severe crosswind landing I've ever seen, he's virtually at right angles to the runway as he touches down before deciding to go round.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUSqnZRxEAM#t=11

Courtesy of Steve Lowe on Face Book.

 

[StarCruiser]

"Clean up required in rows 2-26"…! [emoji33]

That looks normal, until you see the runway.

 

[Firewout]

Reminds me of the flight ushuaia-el calafate we took somewhere in the 90's in an army plane...
same type of airplane that crashed in the Andes with a complete rugby-team.
we had to land on an airfield that was officially closed because of the wind. Tha approach must have looked the same as the one in chas' movie. Fiancee very green

 

[clivehorridge]

You can almost hear the pilot thinking...

"errrrrm............. NO WAY!"

Might have mentioned it before, but I came in on a 12 seater from Jersey to Weymouth in quite a severe storm some years ago, and we approached the runway in a similar fashion (maybe not so extreme).

The pilot straightened up as he planted it, but we reared up onto one wheel and had a wingtip strike tearing a sizable scar in the grass alongside the runway.

I'm normally quite ready to accept my fate, but this was the scariest moment ever in my air travel experiences. I fly regularly now, something like 2-3 times a month, and nothing has come close to that one

 

[Chas]

I used to fly gliders (fixed wing not hang) and it's an odd feeling to be pointing one way but moving in another when you are doing a crosswind landing

 

[BobMurphy]

Those little BA 146 jets are tough (STOL aircraft, you should be on one when its taking off from London Docklands Airport - its like 'The Ride of the Valkeries'!).

I had an 'interesting' landing at Leeds-Bradford Airport in a gale one day. Its on the top of an escarpment and gets the full force of the wind. The Captain got the Embraer jet down on the second attempt but you don't usually, as a passenger, find yourself looking down the runway when on 'finals' .

Bob.

 

[Crispin]

Those little BA 146 jets are tough (STOL aircraft, you should be on one when its taking off from London Docklands Airport - its like 'The Ride of the Valkeries'!).

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Take-off from there is fun but the landing is the best part. More of a controlled crash and hopefully the shock absorbers will stop the tyres bursting.


'The Ride of the Valkeries'! - That's going to make me chuckle next time I take off there. Will be playing in my head.

 

[BobMurphy]

'The Ride of the Valkeries'! - That's going to make me chuckle next time I take off there. Will be playing in my head.

It was always playing in my head .

They taxi down to the very end of the runway, turn and stand on the brakes, give the motors the full berries and hold it as the tyres start to drag then release everything and go. Passengers are pushed back into their seats as they hurtle towards a line of tower blocks. Frantic climb to 500 ft with a RH bank to miss the buildings and then throttle back because of the 'noise abatement' rules, they then zig-zag over the green bits until they are high enough to fly normally.

I loved it .

I used to fly 'Scott Airways' from Edinburgh about three times a month (Inter-Bank Committee Meetings ). Scott's flew the Dornier 328 Turbo Props which were good. Occasionally I flew BA who used the 146s.

Bob.

 

[clivehorridge]

Had a search for Dornier after your post Bob, and it was something like this that I had the wing strike in, it was like a transit van inside

 

[BobMurphy]

I was having a 'Senior moment' there, it was a 'Dornier 328' that I used to fly in (32 seater).

Your picture looks like a 'Short Skyvan' (made in Belfast), a useful little cargo carrier.

Bob.