747 Crosswind landing video

[Sabercat]

747 crosswind

 

[Sabercat]

scratch the crosswind, the sock doesn't look that bad. This one might just be a FUBAR'd approach.

 

[FastCargo]

Just a thought...

Dude,

I think that's the old Hong Kong runway....you know, the one with the 'Hong Kong curve' of lights? Seen pics of more than a few engine nacelle scrapes out there.

FastCargo

 

[TEXAN AVIATOR]

Which one is the video?

 

[Sabercat]

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[TEXAN AVIATOR]

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Thank you. **CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED****CENSORED** man that windsock looked weak for that wild a landing. I had a 23knot X wind component in a 172RG the other day practicing from the right seat; and they were much prettier than that. Aren’t there windsocks for different wind velocities though?

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

That pilot has all balls, no brains... I mean sheesh! landing on the displaced threshold! How dare he!
It's not good when your passengers can see the runway better than you!

 

[Big Duke Six]

From TEXAN:

I had a 23knot X wind component in a 172RG the other day practicing from the right seat; and they were much prettier than that. Aren’t there windsocks for different wind velocities though?

Yes there are. In Wyoming, they hang chains from poles. I'm sure they do in parts of Texas too.

 

[sonicyouth]

Ya you know you can't go around man, you would lose face!

 

[helavapilot]

That windsock maybe weak but it's showing a quartering tail wind. if you look carefully you'll notice that he's landing the wrong way.
I don't know about you but any kind of tail wind in a jet of any size is not easy to land in. there might have been windshear which killed the wind at 200ft.
I give him kudos on the smooth landing considering it IS a 747

 

[Dizel8]

Pretty awful if you ask me. Go to www.airliners.net and look for landings into Kai Tak airport, Hong Kong. You will see some sh@t, which will make you go: "WTF was he thinking?" Asian carriers, in particular KAL, seems to be the worst, perhaps due to the whole face loss thing.