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Saturday, January 14, 2012

"WICKED"........... CROSSWIND LANDINGS...TAKE-OFFS...... during a storm at Düsseldorf B777,767,757 A330 Sturm Andrea....

PRETTY DAMN AMAZING VIDEOS....................PLENTY OF RECOGNIZABLE "
TAILS"
NOTHING BUT..............BADASS........ PILOTS!!!!!!!!!!!!
http://youtu.be/mMvLuUJFHYk



 SAINTS GAME..............15:30 LOUISIANA TIME......JAN 14!!!!!!
LETS...................




8 comments:

Bas said...

AWESOME! I'm going to make myself something to eat and watch this in full screen!

Thx!

getjets said...

Bas............DID YOU FIX YOURSELF A STEAK??????
GLAD YOU LIKE THE VIDEO.......AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!


OH YEA..........I'M STAUUUUUUUVING........LOL

carlton said...

Great video, sheer pilot skill there. It reminds me of an EasyJet flight into Gatwick last November in gale force winds - we were tossed all over the place ; )

getjets said...

CARLTON..............SNEEKING IN............HUH????
KIDDING.....
AWESOME TO SEE YOU........YOU HAVENT'T CHANGED A BIT........;)))))

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE.........HOW SCARY THAT LANDING MUST HAVE BEEN...........??!!!
NOTHING 'EASY' BOUT 'EASY JET'....

THIS VIDEO..........JUST LEAVES ME SPEECHLESS........I HAD NO IDEA..........PUNISHMENT THESE BIRDS CAN TAKE......AND NERVE'S OF STEEL!!!!!!!!!!


I HOPE ALL IS WELL.......WITH YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
AND SO LOVELY OF YOU TO CHECK IN...........PLEASE COME BACK.........I PROMISE TO MAKE IT WORTHWHILE.........

MISSTWA

Giulia said...

Carlton! Good to hear from you again! :)

carlton said...

Yes, it was not an easy landing for the EasyJet crew or the aircraft.

I have been following - quietly ; )

It was nice to be safe on the ground after that rough approach, I normally like turbulence - but not too close to the ground!!!

Hello Guilia and everyone else from the Capt Doug team ; )

getjets said...

Carlton.......following quietly.......is great.......I love the 'silent treatment'..Kidding with ya.......
:))
Turbulence......can rock ya to sleep.........like a baby......then....oops......

if there are crosswinds.........there must be wind shear.....too,even with the doppler...for warning....... I would think......??SCARY..!!!

How funny those jets.......those pilots........showing such Skill........
then once on the ground......just a "Shaking their Tales"..with satisfaction to the terminal........lol

Take care Carlton!!!

hey there ~G~......I know so lovely of Carlton.......to visit....

capnaux said...

Just saw this vid--WILD!!

That Condor (2nd or 3rd landing) was wild--not sure why, but he seemed to not put ANY rudder in…

Crosswind landing technique is to "crab" into the wind (sorta "sideways" like you saw them doing) then simultaneously turn into the wind and kick the rudder to align with the runway for touchdown. I usually do it 50-100 feet up so I know I have enough rudder to actually land! But all these planes seemed to do it at the last second, probably b/c it feels weird to passengers, as they feel like they're falling out of the plane!

For takeoff, you do the reverse. What gets me is NONE of the takeoffs seemed to use the technique--they just slid sideways as they rotated!