Crosswind landing

[N601RX]

http://www.today.com/video/today/53754111/#53754111

[Hank]

"Horrifying"? Just a strong crosswind and a go around. OK, two go arounds and a diversion. I've done that once myself, with a CFI in the right seat who worked the radio going into the Class D on the crosswind runway that is now closed. My wife was waiting for us, and picked us up without the need for a phone call.

[N201MKTurbo]

Must be a slow news day....

[John Pleisse]

Flown like a Skyhawk....awesome.

[Jeff_S]

Here's a better look at the full footage. It is funny how "horrifying" something like this can be to the uninitiated. Even though we scoff, I believe that if any of those anchor people were in a plane attempting this maneuver, they probably would wet their pants.

 

https://www.youtube.com/embed/sqVU2YDTCkY

[1964-M20E]

Somewhere there is a whole bunch of these all together.

 

When getting my PPL the CFI and I were doing T&Gs on 36R at KNEW either 12-31-86 or 1-1-87 just after a front had passed. Pretty stiff wind from the NW I kept ending up on the right hand side of 36R and after the 3rd time the CFI said let me show you how to do it. He ended up in the same spot I was and he said lets switch runways. Great Xwind practice.  

[Seth]

At least he didn't touch a wingtip like that A320 in europe a few years ago.

 

-Seth

[Marauder]

That must be quite a sensation crabbing like that and being a few stories up in the air.

[Z W]

I always try to remember to warn my passengers before a strong crosswind landing.  I forgot to once, and scared a friend pretty bad.  It just looked like we were going to land crooked, apparently.  I use the crab method.

 

To those that don't understand wind correction angles, it can be scary.  It doesn't help that strong crosswinds on the ground come with the associated turbulence, bumps, and engine power corrections on short final.

[flyboy0681]

I remember this one from a few years ago. 

 

[Fly By Night]

I see no attempt to actually make a landing out of this approach, the one at Birmingham, no wing low, no attempt to kick it out during the flare. It looks like a low approach to check the actual conditions at the runway prior to attempting a landing for real, albeit, lower than I would go.

In the BUFF, that I flew many years ago ( more than I wish to admit) this would have been a non event. I seem to recall that the xwind capability of the B-52 was on the order of 45 kts.

[flyboy0681]

In the BUFF, that I flew many years ago ( more than I wish to admit) this would have been a non event. I seem to recall that the xwind capability of the B-52 was on the order of 45 kts.

 

Let's keep in mind that the B-52 has a pivoting, adjustable landing gear which allows it to land sideways.

[Ned Gravel]

The second video is, if anyone doesn't remember, from the old Hong Kong airport called Kai Tak.  A disaster waiting to happen with that red and white building at the top of the hill where they had to turn (although not shown in this video) even though they were already on "final".  OK for a little Mooney, but scary when we are talking about 500,000 or 600,000 lbs of 747 (not MTOW).

 

They levelled an island and built Chek Lap Kok some 14 years ago, did they not?