After watching this video, I'll never be ashamed to do a "go around" on a questionable croswind landing appraoch.

Heh.

Posted by jzawodn at October 23, 2006 07:59 PM

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# Damon said:
on October 23, 2006 08:23 PM
# Jeremy Zawodny said:
on October 23, 2006 08:31 PM
# nigel said:

Not bad, check this one from Wellington, New Zeealand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_LaAkAyoz0
I've done a few at Wellington like that, I believe it's rated the worst commercial airport in the world for wind, if not one of the worst, it's an aweful location, the old 737's were rough, the new ones & A320's are alot smoother :). To be avoided in a small plane though.
The worst I've been a passenger on was finally getting down on the 3rd attempt, that was Invercargill ( New Zealand ) & it was windy !, it felt like your last one looked Jeremy :).

on October 23, 2006 09:17 PM
# nigel said:

Not bad, check this one from Wellington, New Zealand
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_LaAkAyoz0
I've done a few at Wellington like that, I believe it's rated the worst commercial airport in the world for wind, if worst, definitely one of the worst, it's an aweful location, the old 737's were rough, the new ones & A320's are alot smoother :). To be avoided in a small plane though.
The worst I've been a passenger on was finally getting down on the 3rd attempt, that was Invercargill ( New Zealand ) & it was windy !, it felt like your last one looked Jeremy :).

on October 23, 2006 09:17 PM
# Stephan said:

The people in that first plane had to be queasy as they stepped off of the plane.

on October 23, 2006 09:44 PM
# Brad Key said:

Jeremy, you *have* to see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rMageU9lng.

Shocking.

on October 23, 2006 11:03 PM
# Jeremy Zawodny said:

Brad:

Ouch. Looks like it could have been a PIO (pilot induced oscilation).

Not fun at all.

on October 24, 2006 06:18 AM
# Nick Arnett said:

Been there, done that... not in nearly as large a plane, though. Try Los Banos sometime when the wind is going. I made what seemed to be a horrible landing there with some friends who all started talking about walking home. Then a Cub came along, pretty much sideways, touched down... and ground looped, into a cloud of dust. "Good landing, Nick," was the next thing I heard, as we waiting to see if the Cub would reappear with the wheels pointed down. It did.

Taking off in that kind of crosswind at Los Banos is kinda scary, too. If you don't crab into the wind right away, the telephone poles and power lines start coming at you incredibly fast.

on October 24, 2006 12:57 PM
# rr said:

Much cooler is what a Boeing can actually do ...

http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133484&highlight=crosswinds

on October 25, 2006 10:43 AM
# Jason Fesler said:

As long as you've got fuel and an engine, go-arounds are A-OK, regardless of who's watching.

on October 26, 2006 09:15 AM
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