A380 Crosswind Certification Video

This is cool! You wouldn't think anything that big could survive the
titanic forces on that landing gear...

http://www.alexisparkinn.com/photoga...nd_Iceland.wmv
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Jay Honeck
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Jay Honeck wrote:
This is cool! You wouldn't think anything that big could survive the
titanic forces on that landing gear...

It looked like the pilot kicked out the crab as he touched down so the
forces may not have been all that extreme. That think must have one
massive set of landing gear anyway given its weight.

Matt

Looks like the same place they did the 777 tests.
Anyone know where this was shot?

Looks like BIKF

KG
"john smith" wrote in message
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Looks like the same place they did the 777 tests.
Anyone know where this was shot?

I remember hearing that the 777 tests were done at some airport in
Brazil, where the winds are known for giving x-winds like this
consistently, but I honestly don't know about the credibility of that
source or whether there were other tests done elsewhere.
karl gruber wrote:
Looks like BIKF

KG
"john smith" wrote in message
...
Looks like the same place they did the 777 tests.
Anyone know where this was shot?

But I doubt they speak Icelandic in Brazil!!


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I remember hearing that the 777 tests were done at some airport in
Brazil, where the winds are known for giving x-winds like this
consistently, but I honestly don't know about the credibility of that
source or whether there were other tests done elsewhere.
karl gruber wrote:
Looks like BIKF

KG
"john smith" wrote in message
...
Looks like the same place they did the 777 tests.
Anyone know where this was shot?

according to the file name, it's in iceland (or Island as they spell it
there), making that Keflavik airport. I pride myself on having lived in
Reykjavik for a year when i was 6

john smith wrote:
Looks like the same place they did the 777 tests.
Anyone know where this was shot?

mad8 wrote
according to the file name, it's in iceland (or Island as they spell it
there), making that Keflavik airport. I pride myself on having lived in
Reykjavik for a year when i was 6

I spent 6 months of the summer of 1960 flying P-2V Neptunes from the
airbase at Keflavik. Back again for 6 weeks in 1962. The men of Iceland
really detested our presence there since after WWII, the American Armed
Forces had carried off (married) 80% of their eligible women, in fact,
our squadron Flight Surgeon married Miss Iceland of 1959, a real beauty.

Bob Moore
VP-21 1959-1962

Bob Moore writes:

The men of Iceland really detested our presence there since after
WWII, the American Armed Forces had carried off (married) 80%
of their eligible women ...

Did those eligible women consent, or were they kidnapped? In the
former case, what's to detest?

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It looked like the pilot kicked out the crab as he touched down so the
forces may not have been all that extreme. That think must have one
massive set of landing gear anyway given its weight.

If you look closely, it appears that he loses a tire on the second
landing. Wish the image were larger.

David Johnson