"Ron Webb" wrote in message
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Are these guys good or what???


http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...+landing+video



Boeing 777 and 747SP Crosswind Landing Tests
Video shows Boeing test pilots determining the demonstratedcrosswind landing
limits on the 777 and the 747SP. The engineers make educated guesses, but
then the test crews have to go actually prove the numbers. They sneak off to
Brazil to do these tests at a certain remote BAF airbase famous for its
continual atrocious crosswinds. Should the gear sideloads be excessive and
fold one up, there is nobody there to take nasty pix for the Airbus guys to
wave around in the press.
Crosswind Nightmare Landings (3MB WMV)