Wow

Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Well, he doesn't appear to have made any effort towards putting the wing
down at all. Not his fault.He was obviously never taught how to do a
crosswind landing properly. You'd be amazed at how many airline pilots
beleive that this is the way to do it... Mostly, they get away with it.
The crosswind doesn't appear to be all that bad. From the drift angle,
I'd reckon the max compnenet to be under thirty knots and steady. Well
within the airplane's capability. He wasn't realy in trouble until the
flare.

I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I read that they were on
Runway 23 and the wind was 29029G43.

Shirl wrote in
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
Well, he doesn't appear to have made any effort towards putting the
wing down at all. Not his fault.He was obviously never taught how to
do a crosswind landing properly. You'd be amazed at how many airline
pilots beleive that this is the way to do it... Mostly, they get away
with it. The crosswind doesn't appear to be all that bad. From the
drift angle, I'd reckon the max compnenet to be under thirty knots
and steady. Well within the airplane's capability. He wasn't realy in
trouble until the flare.

I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I read that they were on
Runway 23 and the wind was 29029G43.



Well, that makes the component about 25 gusting 37 across, which should be
manageable. Well, obviously it must be within demonstratd for the airplane
or he wouldn't have attempted the approach. The drift angle certainly gives
the appearance of a reasonable cosswind. I've been to Hamburg and it's flat
and 23 is pretty clear on the side of the runway the wind was blowing. I
wonder why they didn't use 31.


Bertie

I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I read that they were on
Runway 23 and the wind was 29029G43.


I'm confused about something as well. The photo indicates that he was on
RWY 33 and the reports indicate wind was out of 290. The video clearly
shows that he was crabbing to the right by as much as about 30 degrees.
The math doesn't add up, does it?

http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.fil...=phpOltUWB.jpg

Either that, or the perspective is skewed in the photo and the "33-15" sign
doesn't correspond to his runway.

-c

"gatt" wrote in
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I don't know if it's accurate or not, but I read that they were on
Runway 23 and the wind was 29029G43.


I'm confused about something as well. The photo indicates that he
was on RWY 33 and the reports indicate wind was out of 290. The
video clearly shows that he was crabbing to the right by as much as
about 30 degrees. The math doesn't add up, does it?

http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.fil...me=phpOltUWB.j
pg

Either that, or the perspective is skewed in the photo and the "33-15"
sign doesn't correspond to his runway.


It's a maekr indicating that the intersection of 33/15 is approaching. He
was on 23


Bertie