Awesome Video

[P-Dawg_QX]

LOL at the 747SP. Those things crack me up.

 

[Flying Illini]

My wife did a rough translation:

It is not every day that we find the winds calm. What to make in these situations? He flies. He comes back to the time of flying club. One remembers his (instructors or instructions) and he makes a safe landing. These pilots have certainly flown conventional aircraft. He learns with the best ones.

 

[ToiletDuck]

***nevermind lol***

 

[Newjetjockey]

Man, those Aeromexico guys land about as well as they communicate......OK, I know its not Spanish but I had to say it.

 

[MJG]

Boeing 777 crosswind certification videos....

Saw them originally back in 96' during a special vip tour of the Boeing widebody plant. They had some even crazier stuff that they showed us that day as well. Cool stuff all around.

The way some of these Asian airlines fly those things it's a good thing that even something that big can take stuff like that.

 

[ToiletDuck]

Does the landing gear on a 777 "tilt" to catch the ground? it looks like when they get close the gear moves some to align itself.

 

[SWA/FO]

Don't those fockers know how to lower the wing and kick the rudder?

 

[RJPilott]

The mains pivot. They are made that way. A conventional X-wind technique would drill the engine cowl into the ground. Notice how easy the roll is after touchdown (including the absence of smoke from the wheels). Which means the tires arent blown. Any conventional aircraft landing with such a side load without pivoting mains would have blown the tires on touchdown, followed by tons of smoke, followed by tons of sparks, followed by flames trailing the gear. Wise up people.