Is this you Fly320s?

[mtnbkr]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/03/germany.plane/index.html?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCText

Chris

[Manedwolf]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/03/germany.plane/index.html?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCText

Chris

I can imagine the next transmission from the cockpit after that one.

"Ich scheisse mein hosen!" 

[Brad Johnson]

Will probably have to reupholster the seats - some from stains, some from pucker pinch.

Brad

[bedlamite]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luTxwqxaRcY

[grampster]

They ought to give that pilot a big raise.

[Fly320s]

Is this you Fly320s?

Nope, not me.

They ought to give that pilot a big raise.

Wait!!  Yes, that was me!   

That, boys and girls, is why we have crosswind limitations.  For landing 33 knots, gusting to 38 knots.  The A320 is very squirrly in crosswinds; I don't like it at all.

[Brad Johnson]

That, boys and girls, is why we have crosswind limitations.  For landing 33 knots, gusting to 38 knots.  The A320 is very squirrly in crosswinds;

Yeesh, the stuff I've flown would be wayyyyy beyond "squirrely" in a 33 knot crosswind.   

Piper Cherokee's and Cessna taildraggers tend to get pushed around a lot.

Brad

[Fly320s]

Yeah, but with those you can just land across the runway; into the wind.   

Oh, for all those folks that were skeptical of the video of the airplanes landing in St Maarten, I'm heading there four times this month.  I'll get some good video from the beach for you.  I might even get a video of an airplane landing.

[Brad Johnson]

Yeah, but with those you can just land across the runway; into the wind.   

Runway?  Runway!?  We don' need no steeeeenking runway...!

Brad

[Fly320s]

You mean like these guys?

World's shortest takeoff and landing: http://www.break.com/index/world-record-shortest-takeoff-and-landing-457631.html

Video is work safe.  Some parts of site are not.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

what was wind speed  and what were those planes?

[Fly320s]

Wind speed?  Don't know.

Plane = Aviat Husky on tundra tires.  Possibly modified for short-field operations.

http://www.aviataircraft.com/husky/overview.htm

[Manedwolf]

I thought the world's shortest takeoffs with a civilian fixed wing were with a Pilatus Turbo Porter?

I've even heard of someone putting up a sign of "No takeoffs out of the hangar!"...because it can. 

[Gewehr98]

Crosswind takeoffs and landings?

No biggy, just crab the 4 mains and Bob's your uncle!   

For those not in the know:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/stonefaction/237071351/

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

bout 73 i lived in bellvue nebraksa  with friends whose dad was an af bird at sac
was a line of storms coming through  tornadoes   their sop is launch everything  was at runway end when they came off 2  wide as fast as they could  was educational and inspirational

[K Frame]

The crabbing part I understand. Damned neat system.

Bob's your uncle? No clue.

[Gewehr98]

Mike, it's an old Aussie/Brit term, synonymous with, "There you have it!"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob's_your_uncle

I picked it up via my extended government vacations in places like Diego Garcia, Alice Springs, etc. 

[Jamisjockey]

You mean like these guys?

World's shortest takeoff and landing: http://www.break.com/index/world-record-shortest-takeoff-and-landing-457631.html

Video is work safe.  Some parts of site are not.

Buttah!


Part of the entertainment of working in small towers were the more colorful users.
When I was stationed at KYUM, we had border patrol.  they flew some Piper cubs for fixed wing observation....Clear 'em for an intersection departure at the departure end taxiway....100' later they're airborne and turning out.
 

[Manedwolf]

You mean like these guys?

World's shortest takeoff and landing: http://www.break.com/index/world-record-shortest-takeoff-and-landing-457631.html

Video is work safe.  Some parts of site are not.

I usually try to find the same video on YouTube, because they usually are there as well. Unlike Break, which has a high quotient of "girls gone wild" content and might be banned by workplace firewalls (or get people in trouble, since it comes up as PR0N SITE), youtube isn't generally banned.

[Tallpine]

Search for "cubdriver" on Youtube and see a bunch of short takeoffs and landings.

[Jamisjockey]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1f6r5I8OHXE

   http://youtube.com/watch?v=ct2fNFc8AxY


http://youtube.com/watch?v=haXK_WBLjjg


http://youtube.com/watch?v=dWzx2Ft9pww

http://youtube.com/watch?v=wNwos50tNiM

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7FWL4NBW0Yw

http://youtube.com/watch?v=bTntTqm4gbw

[Paddy]

Looks like that pilot did way better than 99% of us could have.  The aircraft looks cross controlled, though, like he's trying to slip it in.  Dunno what that's about.

[Brad Johnson]

I'd like to hear the CVR.

Brad

[El Tejon]

Hans, ich muss meine Hosen andern!  Jezt!

[Fly320s]

Looks like that pilot did way better than 99% of us could have.  The aircraft looks cross controlled, though, like he's trying to slip it in.  Dunno what that's about.

Riley, if you are referring to the German A320, the aircraft must be slipped to land straight ahead during a crosswind.  The other option is to land in a crab, but that puts the nose of the plane pointed towards the grass, and the wheels of the plane are getting a large side-load.  Not good.