Airport Oppo

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/10/2020 at 18:10 • Filed to: wingspan, Planelopnik

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More video of airplanes (and a helicopter) struggling with the ridiculous crosswinds from storm Ciara. These pilots earned their money on this day.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 18:35

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Here in America we have this thing called crosswind runways which mostly eliminates these videos.

Shame on us for stifling YouTube economic growth!

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 02/10/2020 at 18:40

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A lot less room in Europe to build all the runways. Austin doesn’t have any xwind runways, but our winds are out of the south about 90% of the year. 

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 18:48

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Yes, my tongue was firmly in cheek of course - land is at a premium there. But it still amazes me that not even Heathrow has a crosswind runway.

Then again, here in Chicago, both strong SW and NW winds are fairly common, depending on the season. 

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 02/10/2020 at 19:01

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We can’t all be Midway....

I find it fascinating to look at old airports, or the visible remains of old airports at modern airports, to see the old triangular layout of the runways. You can even see it at O’Hare.

This is an interesting site if you’re looking for something to waste some time with:

Abandoned and Little-Known Airfields

Censored > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 19:16

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At 5:30, that guy  gets any dinner he  wants in the terminal.

WilliamsSW > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 19:34

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Ha Midway has its own issues, thanks to short runways and airspace problems caused by nearby airports and, um, the Sears Tower (fun fact - the Sears Tower is *on* the extended centerline of runway 4/22).

I’ve seen that site before - probably from a link you sent.  Amazing how many airports were in and around Chicago back in the day - including a couple that were nearly on O’Hares property.

WilliamsSW > Censored 02/10/2020 at 19:38

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The crew at 6:15 nailed it too. 

facw > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 19:53

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Crabbing is fun! Really!

Yeah, I did my flying lessons at a single runway airport, so you just had to deal with any crosswinds.

ttyymmnn > facw 02/10/2020 at 20:28

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Probably not 58 mph gusts, though. 

ttyymmnn > Censored 02/10/2020 at 20:29

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I’m kind of surprised he stuck with it. He looked almost 45º off center line.

ttyymmnn > WilliamsSW 02/10/2020 at 20:29

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Yeah, that was really well done. 

Only Vespas... > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 20:31

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This is my fireplace. My surf braking over the rocks . I could watch these forever. Birmingham is pretty odd with the hill in the middle of it’s main runway. That one 737 [@4:30]had rubber on the runway but the ski jump boosted him into the blue again. It seems the guys that really struggle are the ATR/Dash turboprops [the Are Lingus at the beginning]. They have high  wings riding ground effect and that tall tail weathercocking  into the wind.  

facw > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 20:31

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Certainly not in a Cessna 152 anyway. 

ttyymmnn > Only Vespas... 02/10/2020 at 22:38

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I’d be interested to know just how big and how far apart those humps are. The telephoto really squeezes it all together. But yeah, I could watch this stuff for hours. Here’s another one, from Amsterdam, in amazing 4K.

Censored > ttyymmnn 02/10/2020 at 23:18

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Yea, me too. After they showed a few bails, I was expecting it again, then he set her down. Crazy.

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > ttyymmnn 02/11/2020 at 00:04

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UK needs to invest in aerodromes.

also they need a new survery crew, to flaten that out