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    Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    Nice try but too much wind apparently. I'll bet there were a few upset stomachs on that one...

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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    wow ! I would have soiled something
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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    Sit in the aisle seat above the wings

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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    I prefer the front..

    That looks like an intentional wing rock rather than a windshear recovery...

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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    Quote Originally Posted by TeePee View Post
    I prefer the front..

    That looks like an intentional wing rock rather than a windshear recovery...
    Go on - what would that be used for then, aside from trips where you don't like the passengers?
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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    I recall being diverted on a flight into Gib, you get some really odd effects round the rock itself.
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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    Quote Originally Posted by Galant View Post
    Go on - what would that be used for then, aside from trips where you don't like the passengers?
    Showing off at an airshow.

    I'm not convinced the video is related to a diverting flight.

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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    The plane was eventually diverted to Malaga, but I doubt was diverting at that point.

    Planes often have to have two or three attempts to land if conditions aren't great.


    Not sure if relevant, but here's a video of a landing at Gib (by a different plane) from the same direction (some times they land from the other direction, depending on conditions):

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    Re: Not the best day to fly into Gibraltar...

    Incredible. I really wouldn't want to be on there. It's a pilot response to the wind, that gets in to an over control oscillation.. I've seen that happen in a simulator, mostly thanks to the lag on the control inputs that older simulators can have.

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