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10-24-2008, 06:31 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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 | Would you have wet your pants? Look at this A320 trying to land in heavy winds.....great pilots hats off to them and no one was injured YouTube - Lufthansa Airbus320 crash landing in heavy winds Hamburg |
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10-24-2008, 06:33 PM
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| aka Dickcheese   Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Yep. I would have hated to be on the windward side windows.
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10-24-2008, 06:43 PM
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| and this one?  YouTube - Japan Airlines Boeing 747 crosswind landing Hong Kong Not as bad but still bad........This was basically the kind of landing I had on the 737-900 coming back from Florida on vacation very scary.....lots of turbulence too. |
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10-24-2008, 06:46 PM
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| Also, YouTube - Fantastic Video of Crosswind Landings YouTube - These are some damn good airline pilots! and YouTube - Lucky Airlines Palm Beach just kidding about the last one |
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10-24-2008, 10:59 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Dallas, Tx
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| Holy crap!!!! Would I have wet my pants? I just watched the video and I still wet my pants.
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10-24-2008, 11:04 PM
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| The Pop-Tart Whisperer   Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: South Jersey, United States
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| I don't think wet would be a proper description. Holy Moly!
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10-25-2008, 04:27 PM
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| Good imitations of an AIM9 Sidewinder! |
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10-25-2008, 04:31 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: billingham nr middlesbrough uk
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| my wife's just said we arn't going abroad again
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10-25-2008, 06:08 PM
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| Um... that would have been slightly terrifying How about this one. YouTube - worst aircraft landing I can't remeber if this was already posted |
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10-25-2008, 07:31 PM
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10-25-2008, 08:24 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Stafford Springs, Connecticut
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| Not only would I have wet my pants, I would've crapped my pants.
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10-25-2008, 09:03 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Appalachian Foothills in Virginia
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| A landing like these would be like trying to ride a bucking bull through a china shop!! My hat is off to the pilots that are able to make these landings. |
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10-26-2008, 02:11 PM
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10-26-2008, 03:10 PM
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| aka Dickcheese Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Washington State
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| Didn't hear about that one, Vassili. When was that?
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10-27-2008, 12:43 AM
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Here's the link on wikipedia. British Airways Flight 5390 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia And here's the first part of the episode from Mayday(Air Crash Investigation) YouTube - air crash investigation (english): blow out part1
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