Pilots and Flying fans: A380 crosswind test

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  • RawAlex
    So Fucking Banned
    • Oct 2003
    • 9465
    #1

    Pilots and Flying fans: A380 crosswind test

    You ain't seen nothing until the largest passenger plane in the world is doing crosswind landing tests... serious 45 degree flying action with rotation on the back wheels only on contact.

    Test pilots make x-games athletes look like slackers!

    http://www.mbl.is/mblvideo/157.wmv
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    • marketsmart
      HOMICIDAL TROLL KILLER
      • Dec 2004
      • 20419
      #2
      nice, im checking it out...

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        • RawAlex
          So Fucking Banned
          • Oct 2003
          • 9465
          #3
          ... and slow as heck too.

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            • LiveDose
              Show Yer Tits!
              • Feb 2002
              • 25792
              #4
              That thing is a beast!

              Thanks for the link.

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                • TexasDreams
                  former Miserable Admin :)
                  • Oct 2003
                  • 4700
                  #5
                  Originally posted by RawAlex
                  You ain't seen nothing until the largest passenger plane in the world is doing crosswind landing tests... serious 45 degree flying action with rotation on the back wheels only on contact.

                  Test pilots make x-games athletes look like slackers!

                  http://www.mbl.is/mblvideo/157.wmv
                  Reminded me of this video. 747 landing at the now closed Hong Kong Kai Tak airport. This was a "typical" landing due to the airport being located in a mountainous cove.

                  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/30410/...treme_landing/

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                    • RawAlex
                      So Fucking Banned
                      • Oct 2003
                      • 9465
                      #6
                      Texas, actually, that was called a "checkerboard approach"... most of the changes of directions were as much for buildings and other man made objects as the mountains themselves. There are some points where the flight path was pretty much right at a building... Now they have a nice airport on a manmade island that is sinking slowly...

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                        • TexasDreams
                          former Miserable Admin :)
                          • Oct 2003
                          • 4700
                          #7
                          Originally posted by RawAlex
                          Texas, actually, that was called a "checkerboard approach"... most of the changes of directions were as much for buildings and other man made objects as the mountains themselves. There are some points where the flight path was pretty much right at a building... Now they have a nice airport on a manmade island that is sinking slowly...
                          I can remember seeing a longer version of that video before, where you could see the "obstacle course" of buildings and towers along the final approach. That's just nuts trying to do that in such a big aircraft.
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                            • RawAlex
                              So Fucking Banned
                              • Oct 2003
                              • 9465
                              #8
                              The last little bit you coudl almost look eye level into people's apartments. Very weird.

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