"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
07/08/2014 at 16:02 • Filed to: planelopnik
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"Chris Clarke" (shiftsandgiggles)
07/08/2014 at 16:02 • Filed to: planelopnik | 2
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See the new Airbus flight-test vehicle perform certification testing in some heavy winds on an Icelandic airstrip.
The A350 XWB program has already achieved more than 2,000 flight-test hours in around 500 flights, and the program is demonstrating the highest flying rate ever achieved in Airbus flight tests, with around 80 flight hours per aircraft per month.
dinobot666
> Chris Clarke
07/08/2014 at 16:27 |
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When you live on the open plains in the US, this is how you land every day. It's fun to watch on Youtube, but nerve wracking when you're on the plane.
WarShrike
> dinobot666
07/08/2014 at 16:49 |
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Yeah, Boeing brought out their newer airliner for testing awhile back to the Lubbock airport.
Really stupid high sustained winds at ground level were around 50mph + the mandatory dust storm.
The Artist Formerly Known As...
> Chris Clarke
07/09/2014 at 14:59 |
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Nice landing. Hardly side-loaded the mains at all.
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The Artist Formerly Known As...
> dinobot666
07/09/2014 at 15:00 |
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Oh, it's just a routine maneuver—except when, on board the old NWA 727 at Fargo, was my mom, dad, and sister, and me, and we were looking out the window right down the rabbit into the C/L lights on the runway going "ohhhhhh, sh.." and then the pilot kicks that rudder and lands. A thrill I can live without.