The best crosswind landing i've seen yet

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Heavens above. There must have been some pax on board with browning trousers in downing street.
 
Eep! It's time to give up on your landing when you can't see the centre line out the front windows anymore...
 
As I said on Facebook, that pilot has some serious skills, but how scary would it be looking out the window to see the plane essentially drifting along. xD

chrisb said:
Eep! It's time to give up on your landing when you can't see the centre line out the front windows anymore...
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While it looks very dodgy, the pilot was obviously experienced enough to make the landing and that might not have been his first time.
 
samh004 said:
As I said on Facebook, that pilot has some serious skills, but how scary would it be looking out the window to see the plane essentially drifting along.
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It would be awesome :p Who needs Dreamworld when you can have a landing like that!

If I was on that plane I would have quite a impressive landing video :D
 
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samh004 said:
As I said on Facebook, that pilot has some serious skills,
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how does the old saying go? the superior pilot uses their superior judgement to avoid situations requiring their superior skill!

i don't presume to know the full circumstances of that landing, but there is usually the option of going around!
 
My first thought was that this was a cross-wind certification flight for defining aircraft operational capabilities. But I cannot find any evidence of this initial thought.

Each aircraft type is certified by the various authorities (like FAA) for maximum cross-wind component during landing. So long as the aircraft is certified for the cross-wind component, and the captain is confident the aircraft is stable and controlled in final approach, I expect the pilot to be able to safely land the aircraft (using Straitman's definition of a "great" landing). These videos may look spectacular, but so long as its within the certified capability of the aircraft and pilot, the risk should not be major.
 
FWIW a 747 can land with 23kts of crosswind with no crab correction, just plant it sideways! Makes for a pretty rough arrival, and it's very hard on the tyres as they get dragged sideways for a while until it all settles down.
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From another forum I happen to frequent..

Anywho, the video says 143 kilometre wind speed. That's a lot more than 23 knots.

I know of vidoes where boeing tests what the landing gear can take landing sideways, it's nice to know that they test them (and land them) above what they're rated to take though.
 
sriver said:
From another forum I happen to frequent..

Anywho, the video says 143 kilometre wind speed. That's a lot more than 23 knots.
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And notice the tree in the foreground of the video is not moving in a manner I would expect of the wind was 143km/h.

The 23knots (42.5km/h) is the component of the actual wind perpendicular to the runway. As such, a wind of 143km/h at 17.3 degrees off the runway direction would result in cross-wind component of 42.5km/h and 136.4km/h head-wind component.
 
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