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"From helicopters to Cessnas to Concorde - amazing plane landings that almost ended in disaster." Although the music that came with the video is a disaster.

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The Living End : LVL 54: VP 5: said:

The Living End

28 votes NegativePositive

231 days 6 hours ago...

"Yeah yeah yeah!" The song was rubbish, but the video was sweet. I have so much respect for pilots. It`s hard enough to fly, let alone fly in a bloody crosswind.

superleggera : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

superleggera

34 votes NegativePositive

231 days 3 hours ago...

actually... on most occasions, pilots secretly love crosswind landings.

Omnicron.4735 : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

Omnicron.4735

6 votes NegativePositive

231 days ago...

Fucking amazing.
I thought concord pilots had to be amazing just to walk on to the flight deck. WTF?

Unmannedperson : LVL 42: VP 5: said:

Unmannedperson

27 votes NegativePositive

229 days 14 hours ago...

I`d like to dispute the claim on about half of those that they "almost ended in disaster." Only the ones like the helicopter almost landing on the Cessna are in that category. The ones with the planes landing at an angle are actually quite common, as it is the standard way to land in intensive crosswinds.

Impressive non-the-less, but not quite a near-disaster.

sixt33n : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

sixt33n

6 votes NegativePositive

229 days 12 hours ago...

^ agreed. was about to say the same.

exploder : LVL 48: VP 5: said:

exploder

11 votes NegativePositive

229 days 12 hours ago...

^ I agree. Great skill to land a huge aircraft with that kind of precision in harsh crosswinds. One thing that helps though, is that when you have so may tons (huge momentum) moving in line with the runway, when the tires touch down it actually just helps to pull / turn you straight to the overall line of travel. Planes can fly crooked relative to their actual line of flight. But most of us are so used to cars, which only drive in the direction they point, so it looks like the planes would surely drive off at an angle when they touch down.

Being a pilot myself (ultralight, amphib), I never have to do strong crosswinds, because the water is not a straight line. My little plane is also immensly more nimble, and I have only my own ass at 35-40mph to worry about.

I have maximum respect for those pilots.

Triopstor : LVL 21: VP 3: said:

Triopstor

-4 votes NegativePositive

229 days 12 hours ago...

Wow! Huge planes that just suspend almost still before landing(stalling)! Planes that can turn on a spot mid air before landing!

You just never hear or see those kind of things except now off the internet.

MiHiR : LVL 1: VP 1: said:

MiHiR

0 votes NegativePositive

229 days 12 hours ago...

yaaaa ya yaaaaaaa
lol d song, is that all they sing?
not the most suited song lol

Fastway : LVL 34: VP 4.2: said:

Fastway

-1 votes NegativePositive

229 days 11 hours ago...

@exploder

cars dont necessary drive the direction they point when drifting.

sato : LVL 24: VP 3.3: said:

sato

-1 votes NegativePositive

229 days 10 hours ago...

the 767 one and the following 747 one where they completed their turn to line up with the runway as they touched down were great jobs, definitely emergency landings.

Gimli000 : LVL 32: VP 4.1: said:

Gimli000

1 votes NegativePositive

229 days 9 hours ago...

The slight sideways approach is fairly standard procedure for large jets in a strong cross wide I think.

Zsnes321 : LVL 35: VP 4.3: said:

Zsnes321

10 votes NegativePositive

229 days 8 hours ago...

Suddenly every ones a pilot.

Xrundstyr : LVL 27: VP 3.6: said:

Xrundstyr

0 votes NegativePositive

229 days 6 hours ago...

I want ALL these guys as my pilot!

flyingdutchman : LVL 17: VP 2.6: said:

flyingdutchman

5 votes NegativePositive

228 days 16 hours ago...

The maker of this video was probably convinced crosswind landings are uncommon.

They are not. Every single crosswind landing in this movie is as normal as.... normal.

They look wicked tho, admitted :) but please, those can hardly be classified as "near crashes".

And for the next guy commenting on me: YES I am a pilot.

jarcaf : LVL 38: VP 4.6: said:

jarcaf

2 votes NegativePositive

228 days 11 hours ago...

Abortions are for pussies!

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