Originally posted by Prometheus Xex
There's a whole lotta people tin' bricks with these landings!
There's a whole lotta people tin' when the airplane is in a storm..
i think its kind if cool:D
i like the "adrenaline"
Ian
lol i bet most are unaware inside. it's those outside who run
fbgdavidson
That video is from the island of St Maarten in the Dutch Antilles (hence the KLM aircraft) and this landing is the standard approach. Maho Beach underneath the flight path is quite an attraction. See the link below for some more photos. That said, even for St Maarten that landing is quite low.
this is lanzarote airport which i frequent upto twice a year if i can :D I love landing cos u land coming in from the sea and when ur on the right hand side of the seats, u can barely see the land, and it looks as if you're going to land in water each time, quite fun
San Francisco is very similar. In fact on pretty much any small island you think you are going to ditch before ending up on asphalt...
Ian
now that's cool
Abercrombie
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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit
another crazy landing, except performed sideways
That's EXACTLY how my plane landed in Perpignan, France. It's along the mediteranean, so winds are brutal. When I looked out my window, it looked like I was in the front of the planecus it was going diagonally like that. The pilots are experts since they have to land like that almost every day there.
fbgdavidson
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Originally posted by Abercrombie
That's EXACTLY how my plane landed in Perpignan, France. It's along the mediteranean, so winds are brutal. When I looked out my window, it looked like I was in the front of the planecus it was going diagonally like that. The pilots are experts since they have to land like that almost every day there.
You haven't seen a crosswind landing until you've seen this video. The final two are ridiculous! :eyes:
Click on the video and the description on YouTube describes what is going on why Boeing are doing it.
Zoso
Holy hell. That looks difficult as . Respect.
tubularbills
this kind of weather [crosswind stuff] is exactly what we kind of do in the AF. low level shear [from sfc-850mb] can grossly affect a landing/take off.
and with million dollar aircraft, it's something to invest the time into.
ps, hawaii is kind of the same thing - the runway basically ends @ the beach. at least, that's what i've been told.
Prometheus Xex
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Originally posted by fbgdavidson
You haven't seen a crosswind landing until you've seen this video. The final two are ridiculous! :eyes:
Click on the video and the description on YouTube describes what is going on why Boeing are doing it.
Talk about skills. The pilot must have a lot of confidence when landing these crafts in that kind of condition.
As for low landings, I remember landing in the Dominican Republic one time. I was thinking how we were so close to the water just before reaching shore and just arching up and over this small hill to the runway. That was freaky.
d_bag
I love this place.
Nice beach.
Hott chicks.
Low-flying aircraft.
What more could you want?
Omega_M
dis is whack !
Ok, you gotta watch the 6 mins of video to understand the whackiness...:o
Ripped Bag
None of those really compare to what these guys do routinely:
Or maybe if they were at night, with no lights, and on a moving ship
