and no babies cried , wouldn't you know

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Originally posted by Blume9mm:
"Ground Speed?" Would that not be "Ocean Speed"?
Since they were not over any ground?

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Originally posted by mrw:
Wow, I was suppose to fly over to Heathrow from Newark later today but flight was cancelled due to Caira. Flying tomorrow instead, maybe we will get a shot at that record.

Have fun!




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7vKDKRMIXo




Link to original video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjrfNOclAYQ

Link to some other nasty videos

I sure as hell wouldn't want to be going in the other direction!!!!

The B-52 has a neat, possibility unique, capability. Its main gear wheels can be canted, such that they’re pointing straight down the landing strip, while the plane is strongly crabbed into a crosswind.

"Hey Captain, can you slide your seat back a bit? I can't see the runway through your knoggin."

The B52 must be landed flat; there's not a lot of bank available without striking a wingtip or an engine, and the same is true for most transport category aircraft.

Generally it's best to avoid a side-load on the gear, so the technique is to fly a flat approach, crabbed into the crosswind, and to take the crab out with rudder while putting aileron into the wind. There's not much bank that can be had without striking an engine nacelle; in many aircraft it can be as little as five degrees.

The 747 can be landed in a crab. With eighteen wheels, it straightens out fairly quickly.

Even the MD11, which represents one of the least forgiving aircraft for landings (and highest loss rate, as a result), is now recommended to land in a crab in a strong wind. The gear can take it and it will straighten out.

Aircraft with considerable dihedral (up-tilt of the wings) are a little more tolerant of bank but it's an expensive mistake to strike a pod.

Ground spoilers make the final touchdown a lot easier, though reverse can result in directional control loss in a strong crosswind, if not careful.