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Old August 6th 09, 03:06 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Brian Whatcott
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Default A380 hard landing at Oshkosh - video

Gilbert Smith wrote:

On the crosswind, all aviation videos (other than those taken standing
on the centre line) appear to show massive drift angles.

What sort of crosswind would require 10 deg of crab on an a/c of this
size ?


Ahem...
for an aircraft of ANY size, a 10 degree crab is required by an 18 kt
crosswind, for every 100 kts of approach sppeed.

But approaching aircraft are photographed by telephoto lenses - which
greatly exaggerate visual crab angle.

Brian W