Post by: mtnbkr on March 03, 2008, 11:34:00 AM
Chris
Post by: Manedwolf on March 03, 2008, 08:19:17 PM
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/03/03/germany.plane/index.html?iref=mpstoryview#cnnSTCText
Chris
Chris
I can imagine the next transmission from the cockpit after that one.
"Ich scheisse mein hosen!"
Post by: Brad Johnson on March 03, 2008, 08:21:24 PM
Brad
Post by: bedlamite on March 03, 2008, 08:46:26 PM
Post by: grampster on March 03, 2008, 09:02:45 PM
Post by: Fly320s on March 03, 2008, 09:45:21 PM
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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.
Post by: Brad Johnson on March 03, 2008, 09:50:37 PM
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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
Post by: Fly320s on March 03, 2008, 10:00:03 PM
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.
Post by: Brad Johnson on March 03, 2008, 10:09:26 PM
Yeah, but with those you can just land across the runway; into the wind.
Runway? Runway!? We don' need no steeeeenking runway...!
Brad
Post by: Fly320s on March 03, 2008, 10:28:17 PM
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.
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 03, 2008, 10:36:29 PM
Post by: Fly320s on March 03, 2008, 10:39:38 PM
Plane = Aviat Husky on tundra tires. Possibly modified for short-field operations.
http://www.aviataircraft.com/husky/overview.htm
Post by: Manedwolf on March 03, 2008, 10:42:20 PM
I've even heard of someone putting up a sign of "No takeoffs out of the hangar!"...because it can.
Post by: Gewehr98 on March 03, 2008, 11:44:01 PM
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/
Post by: cassandra and sara's daddy on March 04, 2008, 12:10:51 AM
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
Post by: K Frame on March 04, 2008, 03:12:50 AM
Bob's your uncle? No clue.
Post by: Gewehr98 on March 04, 2008, 03:17:30 AM
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.
Post by: Jamisjockey on March 04, 2008, 07:31:31 AM
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.
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.
Post by: Manedwolf on March 04, 2008, 07:35:11 AM
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.
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.
Post by: Tallpine on March 04, 2008, 07:47:15 AM
Post by: Jamisjockey on March 04, 2008, 12:46:13 PM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ct2fNFc8AxYhttp://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
Post by: Paddy on March 04, 2008, 01:06:59 PM
Post by: Brad Johnson on March 04, 2008, 01:16:30 PM
Brad
Post by: El Tejon on March 04, 2008, 01:57:50 PM
Post by: Fly320s on March 04, 2008, 02:07:14 PM
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.
Post by: Boomhauer on March 04, 2008, 05:40:01 PM
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.
Yeah, if you are in an aircraft that does not have crosswind gear, you are supposed to transition into a slip before touchdown- to put the gear straight down the runway. If you have crosswind gear, you can crab till landing, no problem. A slip has it's limitations, though- you can run out of control authority.
I was up practicing crosswind landings yesterday- I hadn't done any in a while, and the gusting wind gave me some good practice. I took along an instructor, though.
Post by: Nitrogen on March 04, 2008, 06:26:35 PM
Here's an A320. The commentary is in
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GHrLB_mlir4&feature=related
Here's a better video showing the extreme, this time an American plane, with portugese subtitles. You can see the crosswind gear on this video pretty well:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=sldcahRFZKg
I really need to finish my classes and get my paper.