News Boeing 777 struggles to land December 7, 2013 (HT: Danny Akin) Please leave this field empty Oh hi there Thank you for visiting DennyBurk.com Enter your e-mail below to receive my posts directly to your inbox. We don’t spam! Read our privacy policy for more info. Check your inbox or spam folder to confirm your subscription. Share this:TweetPocket
Michael Heitman December 8, 2013 at 4:42 am Reply That’s just crabbing on a larger scale. Alaskan bush pilots do it all the time, even on icy runways. Crazy seeing that with a 777 though. Glad they were all ok.
Chris Ryan December 9, 2013 at 3:29 am Reply Flew a twin prop to Roswell, NM once. The entire flight there was at that same 45dg angle. And that was the last time I flew to Roswell!!
Bill Griffin December 9, 2013 at 9:31 am Reply Crazy stuff. Watch this first cross wind landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moRMWWo6bOM This is a reason pilots are well paid and well trained.
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Matt
That’s a normal landing for Huntington, West Virginia.
Michael Heitman
That’s just crabbing on a larger scale. Alaskan bush pilots do it all the time, even on icy runways. Crazy seeing that with a 777 though. Glad they were all ok.
Chris Ryan
Flew a twin prop to Roswell, NM once. The entire flight there was at that same 45dg angle. And that was the last time I flew to Roswell!!
Bill Griffin
Crazy stuff. Watch this first cross wind landing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moRMWWo6bOM
This is a reason pilots are well paid and well trained.