http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-14906539
I didn't think aborted landings were all that rare; I don't fly that much so I've never experienced one, although I don't think many pilots get a wheel on the ground before deciding "**** this I'm out of here" (I'm sure the pilots here will correct me if that's untrue).
Still, that's not a crosswind... THIS is a crosswind http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43lAoovqd8
Let the oneupmanship begin...
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I do quite a bit of travel and I've never had one either.
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I've been in the jump seat of a Dassualt Falcon on hairy approach to Bournemouth International, that was fun
A brown pants moment.
I was once on a passenger jet that got hit by a huge gust just a few seconds before we were going to touch down on the runway - the wing dropped down by about 30 degrees I would guess, and then stabilised before we landed.
Had we been a bit closer to the ground, I suspect it could've been messy. That was probably one of the worst flights I've been on for turbulence though.
Ya see? humans are not ment to fly lol, honestly though i've never been on a plane...and i doubt i will! that would have made me pass out awoken with a horrible smell XD
Originally Posted by TAKTAK
It was so small that mine wouldn't fit into it
Oh hell I've aborted plenty myself!
Thing is you look at the video (shorter version)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-14898746
Look at the windsock.....
Now if thats 60knot ghusts, then thats one hell of a cross wind. Don't know the cross wind operating limits they have, but looking at the video, in retrospect, the pilot shouldn't have tried.
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Surprised he managed to get the tub back into the air, if the pilot was cleared for landing though is it down to the tower or him?
him, he is flying it.
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Always the pilot in command.
The PIC can and legally must ignore any instruction from ground if its dangerous.
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Flying to Glasgow in 3 hours. Bring it on!
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You're lucky you're flying today and not yesterday or monday. There were 72mph winds at Glasgow airport then, it's calm now but we had hurricane weather for the last few daysFlying to Glasgow in 3 hours. Bring it on!
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if its straight down the runway it can make it easier
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Just out of interest, seeing as Britain has a prevailing wind from the South West, do airports orientate the runways to be pointing north east in order to minimise crosswinds?
Ooh, not sure how difficult a landing this is but this is insanely cool:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtnL4KYVtDE
Winds aloft and surface winds are seldom the same!
Most airfields I fly from have general trends, at EGLD for instance is almost always 240, the wind, is generally between 220 and 290, so it has a very little cross wind. They also have a grass strip which can be used if the wind isn't co-operating.... But 9 times out of 10 its 240. When its not 240, 9 times out of 10 its 060, or the same runway backwards, seldom is the cross wind more than a few degrees, and as such the grass strip is almost always un used.
Thats just how it blows round there!
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