"Blueskies" wrote in
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"Dudley Henriques" wrote in message
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Bertie the Bunyip wrote:
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We had a couple of very windy days over here in Europe.
Look at a crosswind landing of an A320 at HAM, a near crash:

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=ddb_1204404185

Nice pic:

http://www.airliners.net/uf/view.file?id=536882887
&filename=phpOltUW
B.jpg



Next time someone tries to tell you that airliners just "kick it
straight" when they land, like this guy did, show em this... Bertie

I just sent this out this afternoon to our human factors people as an
example of how deeply a pilot has to fly into a problem before
realizing it isn't going to solve using existing control authority.
Absolutely amazing! This guy is on the way to a memo from the Chief
Pilot's office fairly soon I would imagine. Glad they made it out of
there.

--
Dudley Henriques


In the still shot, I am amazed at the lack of control deflection.
Looks like just a little right aileron and apparently no rudder. I
wonder, due to the gusting conditions, if the FBW in the 320 is
damping the pilot inputs?


Well, up high it would be, but (and I don't fly a FBW Bus) the controls
go to "direct law" by degrees when it gets close to the ground and it
begins to fly just like an airplane. I know a couple of A 320 dirvers
and will ask -em when I see -em, but i think he was just trying to
handle the crosswind the way he always did, by plunking it down at
kicking t straight. THis time the conditions didn't let him away with
it.


Bertie