A B-52 pilot told me part of the approach setup was to dial in the right
angle for the landing gear so a crab would be possible while the plane was
rolling straight down the runway.

"Kobra" wrote in message
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"Jim Carter" wrote in message
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Watching the videos of the heavies crabbing to a landing in high cross
winds
prompts me to ask: why don't they use asymmetrical thrust instead of
kicking it straight in the flare?

Even in a single, why don't we see more forward slips to a landing
instead
of crab, kick, and pray?

I see no reason to pray. There's little difference in out come with the
crab technique or the forward slip. One you put the plane in a slip early
and keep constant control pressures thru-out your approach and the other
you
put the plane in a crab, relax your control inputs and put the plane in a
slip in the last 10 seconds or so. Either the plane has enough rudder
authority or it doesn't in either situation. Neither is superior IMO and
definitely neither makes one a super pilot over the other. Seems to be
personal preference.

If you are proficient at one of these techniques you've got it covered. I
don't think that there is any situation when one of these crosswind
landing
techniques is the preferred and only safe way to land over the other.

Kobra