Classic British Flight Sim

........ this one must have been quite a ride.

Kudos to the pilot. I suppose the final decision is the captain's, but is there a technical "limit" for landing conditions?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=02ddnGzxNZs

I'd say he earned his pay with that one!!

ATB
DaveB

All bow down!
Talk about last second correction, very neat.

Crikey !!

Looks like one of my normal approaches.
Pilot did a grand job there.

Back in the late 90's I was a passenger in a Piper Chieftain from Llanbedr to Benbecula. The aircraft was a civilian operated single pilot contract as opposed to the 'normal' Farnborough shuttle. Weather was pretty rough but as we were about to touch down at Benbecula we hit a very strong gust (I think it was gusting up to 50 kts with a crosswind) which the pilot managed (thank goodness) to catch very quickly. Our Chief pilot was in the co-pilots seat & we all applauded the civvy pilot!

Reminds me of another trip out of Benbecula in the Llanbedr Devon, the weather had turned somewhat foul during the day & there was a strong gusting crosswind, now that was a hairy take off, needing a lot of crabbing once airborne just to try and stay aligned with the runway!

Worst trip to Benbecula was in a Jetstream from West Freugh, an Astazou powered one, very noisy on the props all the way up to cruise altitude, (too many revs & the tips going supersonic) but on the slow descent it quietened down. I was sat at the back & was getting a lot of burnt kerosene smell, ( a bit nauseating) not sure if the heating, or the pressurisation system was leaking!
Keith

Well done that KLM pilot. Amazing flying skills !

What's also amazing is how rapidly a plane the size of that 777 responds to control inputs. Its got the roll rate of a Chipmunk !

I was just in to post the link here ,, after reading a news site
yes a very timely wobble for wheels touchdown.

in winds up to 70 something mph. no less. ... they're saying it was the highest recorded winds during the summer , since recording weather began.


comment.
how come my 777 doesn't roll left to right as fast as the KLM 777. Mine's all slow and lethargic .

Change the aileron effectiveness Joe and you'll be shooting around like the KLM jet

ATB
DaveB

A friend of mine who flies the things for a living reckons that the video has been speeded up by about 5-10% to increase the dramatic effect. He says that although the 777 is pretty responsive, at approach speeds the inertia is considerable and the controls are slower to respond.

TTFN