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Old August 7th 09, 07:12 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Matt Barrow[_8_]
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Default A380 hard landing at Oshkosh - video


"brian whatcott" wrote in message
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Jim wrote:


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.


This may be a little misleading. The


-- crab angle decreases with increasing TAS for a given crosswind strength.

This may suggest that the


-- crab angle increases with increasing TAS.


Yes indeed. Thanks for pointing that out.



Unless I'm missing something, it sounds like he contradicted himself or left
something out.

Matt