"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
02/15/2020 at 19:55 • Filed to: a380, airbus, UK, storm
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"pip bip - choose Corrour" (hhgttg69)
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> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/15/2020 at 20:25 |
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Oh, man, I’d have thought he’d TO/ GA on that one. Wow.
ttyymmnn
> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/15/2020 at 20:37 |
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Damn, that thing floated forever . I can hear the computer call outs: 20 feet, 20 feet, 20 feet, 20 feet....
They should have put the crabbing gear on that flying barn door like they did with the Stratofort.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> SBA Thanks You For All The Fish
02/15/2020 at 20:40 |
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TO/GA! TO/GA!
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> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
02/15/2020 at 21:00 |
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These are pretty amazing...
gmporschenut also a fan of hondas
> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/15/2020 at 21:04 |
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its amazing to think those undulations before touchdown are probably dozens of feet.
WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
02/15/2020 at 21:20 |
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I actually googled it, thinking maybe it did have castering gear. It doesn’t, but I’ve seen quite a few videos of A380s landing in a crab like that.
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ttyymmnn
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02/15/2020 at 21:25 |
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It’s a wonder some of those flights were allowed to make the trip, or that the captain agreed to it . A few years ago (like, 15), I was flying to Toledo through O’Hare. Our connection from O’Hare was on an Embraer ERJ, and the winds were quite strong. The plane was rocking on the tarmac after we pushed back. After a couple of minutes, the captain came on the intercom and said, “It’s too windy. I’m not flying today.” The airline arranged a bus to take the pax to Toledo, but I rented a car. No way I’m riding a bus.
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ttyymmnn
> WilliamsSW
02/15/2020 at 21:27 |
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I guess they needed it on the B-52 since the wheels were so close to the centerline. Still, I bet they rubbed some of the tread off those wheels on the 380.
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WilliamsSW
> ttyymmnn
02/15/2020 at 21:33 |
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With the B-52, I suspect it’s the long wing with the tip close to the ground.
Proper cross wind landings require dropping the upwind wing and having the mains on that side touch first. Too easy to scrape a wingtip on the aircraft I suspect.
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> ttyymmnn
02/15/2020 at 21:44 |
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Yeah. Completely agree. It’s been a long time since DL191, but you get the sense the airlines’ ops manuals have gotten complacent about wind shear.
Especially there, where there’s plenty of alternates.
TheRealBicycleBuck
> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/16/2020 at 00:35 |
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I really enjoyed learning how to land cross-wind. On the day of my test ride, the wind was about 20° west of the runway. The DPE was giving me crap about staying on the center of the runway, but he was having a perspective issue. Most of his check rides are in 172s, not Cherokees and he wasn’t used to someone using the crab technique instead of the low-wing technique. H e actually pulled out his iPad to film the landing. He was surprised to see us dead-center on the runway when I straightened it out just before touchdown. After that, he complimented me on how well I handled the plane. :)
I was taught that the low-wing technique is preferred in small planes because a mishandled crab can lead to a bouncy landing. I just like the feeling of swinging the plane straight at the last moment. It’s like a perfectly executed drift in a car.
Captain of the Enterprise
> pip bip - choose Corrour
02/16/2020 at 06:01 |
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Wow that’s impressive.