Crosswind difficulties - winter 2013/14

[Bruce Jibboo]

I had a similar landing in Reno once, looked out the window and the plane was far from parallel to the runway

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[Stink Star]

I'm not afraid of flying whatsoever, but that is definitely maximum pucker

 

[DEEZUZ]

No. Fucking. Thanks

 

[SHARKBITEATTACK]

Is this that airport in Germany?

 

[Mike K]

I love crosswind landings. I've had a few where I almost found religion. One where came in just about sideways and they corrected it right at the last minute.

I'd do that all day every day.

 

[jason05gt]

I had a crosswind takeoff from Ohare this Monday. You could feel the plan getting pushed from side to side as it went down the runway.

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

What I find most interesting is the engineering that goes into even commercial grade aircraft.

The wing loading is specifically amazing when you watch the stress testing videos and see just how far those wings can bend before they fail. Its crazy the amount that they can bend them.

 

[nytebyte]

What airport is that?

It's got the most wavy, hilly runway I've ever seen.

 

[PANDA]

These landings look a lot worse because of the camera angle.

 

[SHARKBITEATTACK]

What I find most interesting is the engineering that goes into even commercial grade aircraft.

The wing loading is specifically amazing when you watch the stress testing videos and see just how far those wings can bend before they fail. Its crazy the amount that they can bend them.

Anyone flown a 787 yet? Apparently the wings are designed to do this

 

[jason05gt]

These landings look a lot worse because of the camera angle.

A bit, but look at the center line of the runway. Looks like a lot of the planes are 30-45 degrees from the center line. I am glad that I wasn't on some of those planes

 

[Blood on Blood]

Awesome

 

[greasy]

I have had a few landings like that, just waiting for shit to hit the fan!

 

[Bruce Jibboo]

Mountainous / valley airports require special training but pucker up when that strong crosswind hits

 

[jason05gt]

It was pretty fun landing at Midway this afternoon. Plane was getting pushed around pretty good under 5,000 ft.

 

[Euro]

Crazy. I'd be puckered to the max on a flight where at the last second you get a big gust that that says NOPE TRY AGAIN and pushes the plane upward

 

[Ti28]

The wife loves those take offs and landings. She says watching people turn white is funny.

 

[99PONTIACGP]

we're landing... nope. We're taking off.

 

[sickmint79]

Anyone flown a 787 yet? Apparently the wings are designed to do this

i have, don't think i want to be on one when it's doing that.

i'm confused as to why 787s don't hit ohare. i used to think it was because they were too big and didn't line up with gate/jetway properly? but they've been out a long time, and they are actually not that big either. my favorite bird i've been on is an a380. i also flew in the nose of a 747 which was cool. i don't think a380s get to ohare either.

i've been on over 400 flights now. only really recall having much turbulence on a couple, the scariest one is where it kept going and the drops felt so long, although were probably less than a second still... i don't think i've had any nasty crosswind landing to speak of, thankfully, that doesn't look like a fun time.

 

[PANDA]

i have, don't think i want to be on one when it's doing that.

i'm confused as to why 787s don't hit ohare. i used to think it was because they were too big and didn't line up with gate/jetway properly? but they've been out a long time, and they are actually not that big either. my favorite bird i've been on is an a380. i also flew in the nose of a 747 which was cool. i don't think a380s get to ohare either.

i've been on over 400 flights now. only really recall having much turbulence on a couple, the scariest one is where it kept going and the drops felt so long, although were probably less than a second still... i don't think i've had any nasty crosswind landing to speak of, thankfully, that doesn't look like a fun time.

United fly's 787's in and out of O'Hare.

A380.

NOPE

 

[jason05gt]

I've seen 787's at O'hare. I've seen quite a few at Boston Logan recently.

 

[SirMarco]

My flight last night was pretty crazy. We landed pretty close to 11pm. Coming in was really rocky. I fly a lot and this was one of the worst. They were having a real hard time keeping the plane straight. As we come into the runway a gust caught us and pushed us over the grass. They pulled up slightly and were able to get the wheels on the runway. From that point we landed pretty sideways. It seemed like a struggle to get the plane straight even after we hit the ground really hard.

 

[jason05gt]

My flight last night was pretty crazy. We landed pretty close to 11pm. Coming in was really rocky. I fly a lot and this was one of the worst. They were having a real hard time keeping the plane straight. As we come into the runway a gust caught us and pushed us over the grass. They pulled up slightly and were able to get the wheels on the runway. From that point we landed pretty sideways. It seemed like a struggle to get the plane straight even after we hit the ground really hard.

That's how my flight was. You could feel the gusts pushing the plane around and it was pretty bumpy. I spoke with the pilot when I was waiting to board my flight from Atltante and he said it was going to be a fun landing. The pilot did a good job landing, but had to come in hot and use the rudder to correct the nose before it touched down. The plane was being pushed sideways even when all the wheels were on the ground.

Did you fly into ORD or MDW?
[MENTION=510]Vogz[/MENTION] can probably explain the technical details better.

 

[sickmint79]

United fly's 787's in and out of O'Hare.

A380.

NOPE

this must be more recent, no? i thought they could not for a long time.

i *never* see them on award flights out of ohare, although that might be due to availability on aa/united/alliances and routes. although i would figure i should have seen at least one given how much i poke around that stuff.

 

[SirMarco]

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