Awesome Video

[Green]

The soundtrack is a little cheesy but this might inspire a few of you. Amazing that you can land a boeing with that much of a side load on the gear. enjoy...

http://www.linhadafrente.net/bin/Pousos.wmv

 

[say again]

I think I've flown with these guys before!!!!!

Quite interesting the amount of sideload those planes can handle-I had no idea!!

 

[Mmmmmm Burritos]

WTF!!! A little beyond the xwind limit?!! Especially from the 3rd landing on! I guess it depends on which way the wind is coming from as to who lands the airplane since the downwind pilot cant even see the runway with that much crab...

 

[mar]

Fantastic machine

What can you say about Boeing except that they make a fantastic machine.

The freaky part about landing an airplane of that size in a crab is that the cockpit needs to be situated over the runway edge to keep the mains on the centerline.

 

[gutshotdraw]

If I'm not mistaken, the text is Portuguese. I think it read "Holy Schnikies!!!"

 

[Flying Illini]

Where were they doing this at? And why? Is that x-wind certification stuff? That would be so cool to do!

 

[Green]

This is the place....




http://www.boeing.com/assocproducts/techsvcs/boeingtech/bts_flita.html

 

[Ex737Driver]

I want to see an A380 try to do that!

 

[miles otoole]

I want to see an A380 try to do that!

I want to see YOU do that.

 

[Clyde]

I didn't recognize any of those airlines.

 

[grog_sit_reserv]

It was me in all 3, except I was in the lav praying.

 

[SWPA Pilot]

no hablo espanol

 

[Green]

think it's Portugese.

 

[Broke in CVG]

Inertia... a wonderful thing

 

[Hung Start]

Been said before, "If it's not Boeing, I'm not going!"

 

[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.