Concorde Pilot Aborts Landing...

[Bigum1969]

This must have been a fun ride!

Sure wish the Concorde was still flying today...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7wmyx__l-s&NR=1]YouTube - Concorde captain changes his mind[/ame]

 

[jblomenberg16]

Looks like he had some pretty nasty cross winds to deal with there!

 

[CandRFan]

A quick check on youtube didn't turn anything, but one of the coolest things to see is a B-52 landing in a crosswind like that.

The crew just cranks the undercarriage about so that it's inline with the runway while the BUFF itself is angled to the runway flying into the wind!

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

A quick check on youtube didn't turn anything, but one of the coolest things to see is a B-52 landing in a crosswind like that.

The crew just cranks the undercarriage about so that it's inline with the runway while the BUFF itself is angled to the runway flying into the wind!

I've seen YouTube videos of B-747s doing that very same thing.

Gives me the heebie-jeebies just watching it!

-J-

 

[shooter521]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5X_7Xt2ga-s]YouTube - TOP TEN Crosswind and Scary Aircraft Landings[/ame]

 

[Typhon1390]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CEre4tZ3nCw]YouTube - Awesome Crosswind Landings Compilation[/ame]

Here's a longer compilation. Don't ask me what's up with the music, but it's got some good clips. There's an F/A-18 in the middle with an amusing dialogue with tower.

I think crosswinds are fun in small planes..flying a transport category plane..not so much.

 

[Scutter01]

ALL landings are crosswind landings. The amount of crab angle is the only difference. It's actually a lot easier than it looks.

 

[Typhon1390]

ALL landings are crosswind landings. The amount of crab angle is the only difference. It's actually a lot easier than it looks.

I'll concede it's not the norm, but winds can be down the centerline. You'd still define that as a crosswind?

 

[Scutter01]

I'll concede it's not the norm, but winds can be down the centerline. You'd still define that as a crosswind?

Of course not, but winds down the centerline is so statistically unusual that it's not even worth mentioning. Either that or I fly at very poorly designed airports where the engineers didn't understand the concept of "prevailing winds".

 

[Typhon1390]

Yeah, you gotta love those random runways where there's not a chance that the winds will ever favor them. I love (hate) when people without an aviation background get involved in airport planning.. Hey, that's actually a pretty good analogy for people who've never fired a weapon trying to pass gun control regulations.

Now every carrier landing is a crosswind landing. You've got that 15 degree offset of the flight deck from the direction the ship's headed in at full steam. So you're guaranteed at least a 30 kt. crosswind. And crab isn't an option, it's cross controlled all the way down.

 

[Scutter01]

And crab isn't an option, is cross controlled all the way down.

GAH! That's brown-trouser time for sure. The worst I ever had was landing a Cessna 152 (about 50 pounds of aluminum siding with a giant spinning blade of death in front) with a 75-degree crosswind that EASILY exceeded the max crosswind component for that aircraft. I readily concede that that's nothing. I don't even want to try landing a 30 million dollar aircraft using cross-control (forget the whole parts about landing it on a moving postage stamp).

 

[indyjoe]

I haven't seen the video of the B-52, but I remember Wikipedia having a photo of it. Yeah, here it is:

File:XB-52 crab landing.jpg - Wikipedia

 

[hip shot]

The Concord actually flew over us many years ago on a publicity tour. i saw it and it was LOUD and very cool.................

 

[jblomenberg16]

GAH! That's brown-trouser time for sure. The worst I ever had was landing a Cessna 152 (about 50 pounds of aluminum siding with a giant spinning blade of death in front) with a 75-degree crosswind that EASILY exceeded the max crosswind component for that aircraft. I readily concede that that's nothing. I don't even want to try landing a 30 million dollar aircraft using cross-control (forget the whole parts about landing it on a moving postage stamp).

My grandfather has a basic intersecting N-S and E-W grass strip run-way on his farm. I have some great memories flying with him in his J-3 Cub coming in with cross wind.

What was nice is that he would use the wind to help him with his "Slip" manuever to drop altitude very quickly for a very short ground travel distance, and then straighten it out just before landing.

As a young boy it was really fun seeing the nose pointed in a completely different direction than what we were flying.

I think a lot of us take for granted the effects of wind speed and direction on many aspects of flying, especially the very noticeable ones on landing. In the video games you just line it up on the runway and bring her on in. Very rarely do you get it that easy in real life.

 

[Colt556]

I saw some crazy landings and wave offs while I was aboard the Constellation when I was in the Navy. Naval Aviators are the BEST in the world!!

 

[indyjoe]

The Concord actually flew over us many years ago on a publicity tour. i saw it and it was LOUD and very cool.................

We camped at the end of the runway in Oshkosh. They were taking flights up and going supersonic over Canada. When it takes off 200 feet from your tent, it is indeed very loud. And very cool.

 

[Scutter01]

My grandfather has a basic intersecting N-S and E-W grass strip run-way on his farm. I have some great memories flying with him in his J-3 Cub coming in with cross wind.

What was nice is that he would use the wind to help him with his "Slip" manuever to drop altitude very quickly for a very short ground travel distance, and then straighten it out just before landing.

As a young boy it was really fun seeing the nose pointed in a completely different direction than what we were flying.

I think a lot of us take for granted the effects of wind speed and direction on many aspects of flying, especially the very noticeable ones on landing. In the video games you just line it up on the runway and bring her on in. Very rarely do you get it that easy in real life.

In a light aircraft like a Cub or a 152 and with a good strong headwind, you can actually fly BACKWARD (relative ground track) which is pretty interesting.

 

[ATOMonkey]

Since the globemaster was designed to land on improvised runways, it has a pretty ridiculous amount of crab built into the gear so that it can basically land sideways.

Cool plane.

 

[CountryBoy19]

Here's a good B52 crosswind landing... it becomes really evident after the chute come out...

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TCUHQ_-l6Qg&feature=related]YouTube - b52[/ame]

 

[CountryBoy19]

YouTube - TOP TEN Crosswind and Scary Aircraft Landings

The one at 1:45 looked really graceful, bank around into the wind and straight down... until he dipped the engine into the runway not once, but twice... once on wheel touch and again when he pitched the plane turning straight for the runway.