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WOW! This is a pretty cool video of a 777 & 747 SP landing in a cross winds down in Brazil. This little item shows the Boeing factory determining the demonstrated crosswind 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.This is some good piloting in getting these planes down. It comes close to "incredible".... tire change anybody???? If you haven't seen these it's pretty amazing to watch planes of this size crab walking in on a landing. I can hear the whole crew and the pilot just yelling "Yeehaaaa" at the top of their lungs.Note the rudder action on landing. PS: I suspect that the pilot and co pilot are wearing Depends.

Channel: Entertainment
Uploaded: May 3, 2006 at 1:55 pm
Author: zetre

Length: 02:57
Rating: 4.79
Views: 685072

Tags: 747  777  Airbus  aircraft  airplanes  amazing  Boeing  cool  crosswind  landing  testing  

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Derangedteddy (August 20, 2008 at 4:50 pm)
Or if that's not good enough you could see the FAA flight manual... "If the crab method of drift correction has been usedthroughout the final approach and roundout, the crabmust be removed before touchdown by applyingrudder to align the airplane's longitudinal axis with itsdirection of movement. This requires timely andaccurate action. Failure to accomplish this results insevere side loads being imposed on the landing gearand imparts ground looping tendencies."
Derangedteddy (August 20, 2008 at 4:47 pm)
Yes, I realize it's called crabbing, I'm not stupid. Anyone who thinks I don't know what I'm talking about should see a flight manual or two... Hell, just go on wiki and search Crosswind Landing. Any one of these will tell you to straighten it out just before touchdown. So fuck you and have a nice day.
danthebeatles (August 19, 2008 at 5:43 pm)
its called crabbing
icudan (August 16, 2008 at 4:18 pm)
Yes my friend!!!!
Qaboos777 (August 16, 2008 at 10:21 am)
It was really killing, Amazing landing.
Qaboos777 (August 16, 2008 at 10:20 am)
Yes it is, Amazing.
l0rdm4rxl (August 15, 2008 at 3:04 am)
O nome dessa musica é:Enigma- Return to innocenceabraços
joebrother (August 8, 2008 at 2:28 am)
amigo voce pode me falar que musica é essa que esta tocando no video?
thomasksc20000 (August 6, 2008 at 1:03 pm)
Is this the crosswind landing testing of Boeing 777 ?
icudan (August 5, 2008 at 5:54 pm)
I am aware of that my friend.

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