Re: Ack!! video A320 xwind in Germany
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Re: Ack!! video A320 xwind in Germany         

Group: rec.aviation.ifr · Group Profile
Author: Bertie the Bunyip
Date: Mar 3, 2008 21:42

"Neil Gould" myplaceofwork.com> wrote in news:y9Zyj.19181$J41.7752
@newssvr14.news.prodigy.net:
> Recently, Jim Logajan Lugoj.com> posted:
>
>> Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
>>> "gatt" godhateskansas.org> wrote in news:13sol8u8jlhokb5
>>> @corp.supernews.com:
>>>
>>>> WTF kind of crosswind does it take to cause this?
>>>>
>>>> http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Wasn't so much the crosswind as the technique used to deal with it.
>>
>> Perhaps so - but it's been alleged there was a wind gust of 155 mph:
>>
> Could it have been caused by that wing almost hitting the ground? ;-)
>
> The entire approach looked bogus to me, but I'm nowhere near a heavy
> driver. The result was exactly what I'd expect with that technique...

The approach was fine all the way to the flare.

Bertie
>
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