A dab of oppo does not work for landing a jetliner

Kinja'd!!! "Textured Soy Protein" (texturedsoyprotein)
09/25/2018 at 16:22 • Filed to: None

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Alllllmost got it though.

(The best part is at 0:52 where the lady in the purple jacket motions something hopefully properly British like “eg ads!” or “my word!”)


DISCUSSION (24)


Kinja'd!!! RiceRocketeer Extraordinaire > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 16:32

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if they’d had the eurobeat blasting, they’d have nailed the landing.


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 16:36

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Awesome attempt, good choice to go around. That crab angle got really bad right before touchdown.


Kinja'd!!! farscythe - makin da cawfee! > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 16:40

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airfrance bravely ran away.... well theres a shocker :p

gdamn that was sideways tho.... double points :D


Kinja'd!!! Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 16:47

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D a m n , t h a t c r a b a n g l e l o o k e d n e a r 4 5 d e g . I ’ d a s k f o r a d i f f e r e n t r u n w a y b u t t h a t ’ s B i r m i n g h a m U K , a n d t h e y o n l y h a v e o n e , s o . . .


Kinja'd!!! Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > farscythe - makin da cawfee!
09/25/2018 at 16:49

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Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 16:56

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Almost got it straight enough, but not quite. Then another gust and he had run  out of runway. With talk of pilotless planes in the future, I wonder how a computer would have handled that one.


Kinja'd!!! farscythe - makin da cawfee! > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 17:07

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i cant  do that dave *hits control tower*


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 17:07

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Who says a computer wasn’t handling this one? :P

Srsly, though...the “go”/”no-go” decision is often best left to humans and our clenchable anuses...er, I mean Gut Feel.


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 17:09

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I’ll take a human pilot making the call on that, please!

Especially the way Airbus programs their autopilots...


Kinja'd!!! WilliamsSW > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
09/25/2018 at 17:10

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Not enough rudder in the world for that


Kinja'd!!! Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 17:11

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I’ve landed in some crosswinds but this is crazy.


Kinja'd!!! user314 > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
09/25/2018 at 17:15

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Kinja'd!!! facw > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 17:16

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I don’t see any reason a computer couldn’t have made the same decision. I do suspect that at least initially the computer will be more cautious, and might not even attempt that landing.


Kinja'd!!! user314 > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 17:19

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“Screw you, Meatbags, we’re going around!”


Kinja'd!!! user314 > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 17:24

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........Mother of God............


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW
09/25/2018 at 17:24

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And extra star for that reply.


Kinja'd!!! Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > user314
09/25/2018 at 17:38

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O k a y , t h e B U F F c o u l d ’ v e l a n d e d i n t h a t w i n d b u t n o b o d y e l s e .


Kinja'd!!! Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > user314
09/25/2018 at 17:39

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B e n d e r 2 0 2 0 !


Kinja'd!!! Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 17:40

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It was an Airbus, so technically it *was* a computer :)

Normal control law , FTW!


Kinja'd!!! Ash78, voting early and often > WilliamsSW
09/25/2018 at 17:58

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You mean “I see you’re trying to land at this airshow,  how about I just fly you into some trees?”

/too soon


Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Turbineguy: Nom de Zoom
09/25/2018 at 18:04

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Kinja'd!!! ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
09/25/2018 at 18:07

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Kinja'd!!! wafflesnfalafel > ttyymmnn
09/25/2018 at 21:08

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‘puter likely would have waived off far sooner - that is likely the problem in a situation like big cross wind. The computer is limited by preset safety parameters  and c ould put you in a position of “you cannot land here today” and then what do you do...


Kinja'd!!! Grindintosecond > Textured Soy Protein
09/25/2018 at 23:36

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What the....seriously? Not once did i see that right wing lower. Standard crosswing landing is limited a bit by the engine but that guy was aparently not thinking about it.