Jay Honeck wrote:
This is cool! You wouldn't think anything that big could survive the
titanic forces on that landing gear...

For more, go to youtube.com, and search with "crosswind" or "crosswind
landing" for a great selection of short films.

I remember many times landing on commercial flights into Monterey CA
back in the 70's... the plane was quite often hugely sideways coming in
over the ocean, and those in the right seats could look almost straight
down the runway until the pilot kicked out the crab. It was most fun
when there were newbies on the flight... watching their faces turn
white like mine did the first time :-) What worried people was that I
swear they would turn up the cabin music during landing, as if they
were trying to hide the engine noises. Hee hee.

Kev