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 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

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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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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Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

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Great video. Thanks.

Doug

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?

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

For more, go to youtube.com, and search with "crosswind" or "crosswind
landing" for a great selection of short films.

I remember many times landing on commercial flights into Monterey CA
back in the 70's... the plane was quite often hugely sideways coming in
over the ocean, and those in the right seats could look almost straight
down the runway until the pilot kicked out the crab. It was most fun
when there were newbies on the flight... watching their faces turn
white like mine did the first time :-) What worried people was that I
swear they would turn up the cabin music during landing, as if they
were trying to hide the engine noises. Hee hee.

Kev

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

For more, go to youtube.com, and search with "crosswind" or "crosswind
landing" for a great selection of short films.

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

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This is indeed by far the best collection I've seen on the Net, and
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But I doubt they speak Icelandic in Brazil!!


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