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Post by gb-lude » Wed Dec 02, 2015 12:09 am

Cool!
Thats the way to do it.. He gets a gust of wind at about 50 feet. Only safe option is go around and battle yourself down the ILS again.

Thing is with those conditions is they have to get the gear lined up with the runway.
The problem is vertical surfaces like the tail fuselage and even the winglets ( those are about 2 meters high on this plane) get pushed sideways by the crosswind.
There for you have to steer ( roll bank) into the wind so you don't end up in the grass..
Too little and you will get pushed too much and your engine/ wing hits the ground.

I've done countless approaches like this in the Boeing 737-8 and in the Fokker 70 + 100 only a few go-arounds.
Compared to the Boeing the Fokker is a piece of cake to land although it's very light so the approach itself we are working our asses off. Love these windy days :D

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Post by mercutio » Wed Dec 02, 2015 5:06 pm

lol Simon there are loads who stand there with their radios :lol: he did really well GB there was a point where the plane was just hanging there not moving forwards held by the wind :lol: he couldnt throttle through in case the wind dropped but i agree he did a great job almost textbook
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Post by simonc » Thu Dec 03, 2015 7:14 am

Hey Merc, true story this. A very long time ago, on a first date, I took this lass to Heathrow for an afternoon's plane spotting. Strangely, we never went out again. Can't imagine why that was...
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Post by simonc » Thu Dec 03, 2015 9:11 am

Chicks dig me. ;)
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Post by mercutio » Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:33 pm

simonc wrote:Chicks dig me. ;)
i dont think thats how to describe being chased by shovel weilding women :lol:
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Post by Sailor » Thu Dec 03, 2015 5:55 pm

simonc wrote:Chicks dig me. ;)
What, like this?

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