Matt Whiting wrote:

wrote:


Matt Whiting wrote:



Did you ever intentionally land with the crab angle intact? This is
what is advocated by a gentleman on the MSFS group who says he is a
retired "heavy" captain.



I saw it done once in a 707 and I thought the landing gear was going
to collapse.


He posted a bunch of references daying that landing with crab was SOP
for airlines and the military. I find it hard to believe and it
contradicts most everything I've read on the subject, but I don't fly
heavies so all I know is what I read.

Typo: I meant "saying." His references appeared completely legitimate
so it appears that landing in a crab is acceptable technique in at least
some airplanes (he referenced the F-16 and a couple of others).

Matt