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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostNever seen it come up on the screen to be honest. But I've helped land the plane on one or more occasion.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostWe landed before dawn. All I could see was the runway lights getting closer - and not entirely lined up with our direction of flight.
In layman's terms each landing requires touching the wind facing aft landing gear to the runway and then twisting the plane before touching the other aft gear followed by the nose gear . I think as a passenger it can seem a little unnerving, the advantage the pilot has is he feels it in his seat.
This is pure perfection. https://youtu.be/-4BTVzL5VDEComment
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Originally posted by clearedforlanding View PostMost of the time final is with a cross wind. In fact most of the flight the plane is crabbing to some extent, and corrected by the rudder or trim.
In layman's terms each landing requires touching the wind facing aft landing gear to the runway and then twisting the plane before touching the other aft gear followed by the nose gear . I think as a passenger it can seem a little unnerving, the advantage the pilot has is he feels it in his seat.
This is pure perfection. https://youtu.be/-4BTVzL5VDE
It's what you get when you build a airport on the side of hill that only gets crosswinds...
And even this Corncorde pilot had to abort and go round again...
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"It's what you get when you build a airport on the side of hill that only gets crosswinds...
It's a bitch, that is for sure.
"And even this Corncorde pilot had to abort and go round again...
I think it's more a question of the high angle of attack needed to land the damn thing, than too bad a crosswind.Comment
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Originally posted by clearedforlanding View Post"It's what you get when you build a airport on the side of hill that only gets crosswinds...
It's a bitch, that is for sure.
"And even this Corncorde pilot had to abort and go round again...
I think it's more a question of the high angle of attack needed to land the damn thing, than too bad a crosswind.Comment
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Originally posted by stek View PostAnd the hump in the middle of the runway won't help with the nose up I bet??!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostI flew last night from Johannesburg to Zürich. On my screen I had the usual flight location display. However, as we came into land, the view switched to the view from the cockpit.
Probably well known you jaded jet-setting lot, but I thought it was cool.
Hopefully MF will be along later to give us the view from the cock...Comment
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