On Sat, 25 Dec 2004 at 23:29:34 in message
, Morgans
wrote:

It has been my experience, from riding the heavy iron, that the combination
of a slightly low wing and kicking the crab out is what is used. I say that
only from observation, as it feels like one side hits, followed *very
quickly* by the other side landing. Sometimes, it does feel like you are
taking a quick ride towards the lights.

I have a little book that describes in detail a 747 flight from Toronto
to Heathrow. An autoland is carried out at Heathrow. It describes how,
in the first stages of the landing, the aircraft is aligned with the
runway in a crosswind by heading slightly into the cross wind. At 500 ft
to go the auto-pilot changes to 'runway align' and the wing is lowered
on one side and the rudder keeps the aircraft aligned with the runway. I
understand that the maximum autoland crosswind is 25 knots.
--
David CL Francis