You guys may have seen it before but for those that haven’t take a look at what the mighty Boeing can handle. Amazing stuff. All done to certify the maximum demonstrated crosswind the aircraft is able to deal with. This is not limiting as they can’t simulate a wind across a runway.
Enjoy
By: Michael_Mcr - 20th January 2006 at 08:33
LMAO 😀 😀 That is so bloody funny. What the hell happened there
I would suggest its a water landing gone wrong – i saw a documentary about all things seaplane on cable a few months back.
Throughout, it was saying how easy it was to get landings wrong – any sort of crosswind crabbing HAS to be properley corrected before the plane touches water or the plane will start to slew and then just flip, like the one in the clip.
Similar crashes will occur if the plane hits any sort of wake on landing – it has to be still water
There were quite a few similar clips on the documentary.
By: Tigerotor77W - 20th January 2006 at 03:47
Anyone have the language skills necessary to translate the text? I haven’t gotten around to translating frame by frame…
By: ASU01 - 18th January 2006 at 18:16
I’m pretty sure that the first 777 landing was done completely by the autopilot. I do know that the autopilot is capable of that type of landing.
By: Hugh Jarse - 11th January 2006 at 19:27
Deano – It may be that your browsers cache is full. I am assuming though that you have Media Player installed though s that is required. If you have a download manager have it running and you should be able to grab the video from the site.
By: Deano - 11th January 2006 at 13:42
I can’t view these videos, I get a little red cross in the top left of the video box, anyone know why?
By: lba - 11th January 2006 at 13:36
Could easily have been filmed at LBA! Gusts to 50mph last night!!!
By: bloodnok - 10th January 2006 at 16:58
i’ve seen a pretty funny crosswind take off video of a military C-130.
its from a fixed camera and you see it line up for take off, and start rolling, all the time its on full right rudder, as it gets weight off, it just exits, screen left!…then about a second or two later it comes back into shot, climbing out, and banking hard to keep it straight!
its just so funny, that as soon as the tyres are off the ground, that the aircraft is blown sideways.
By: Robert Hamilton - 10th January 2006 at 03:38
HAHA!! Second clip is very funny but hope crew and pax were ok!
By: Ren Frew - 9th January 2006 at 21:46
I was under the impression Boeing usually use Keflavik. World renowned for crosswinds.
Try a Loganair trip to Shetland for simialr fun and games !!! :diablo:
By: DME - 9th January 2006 at 21:37
Found this video equally amazing:
LMAO 😀 😀 That is so bloody funny. What the hell happened there
By: Tigerotor77W - 8th January 2006 at 22:32
That first video… awww… love the T7!
and haha, the second video. I would have lost my lunch during that ride…
By: Bmused55 - 8th January 2006 at 16:41
Maybe during summer months but it’s been very icy there recently.
Interesting. You learn something new everyday.
By: wysiwyg - 8th January 2006 at 16:36
I was under the impression Boeing usually use Keflavik. World renowned for crosswinds.
Maybe during summer months but it’s been very icy there recently.
By: Hugh Jarse - 8th January 2006 at 14:01
I think they are done in Montana somewhere. It is mostly 777 stuff as there was a Boeing video released some years ago which I think these were lifted from with the SP thrown in for good measure.
There are a lot of good videos on there. The surf plane one is in a different league to me as that is getting it wrong bug time. There is the video of the 707 doing the barrell roll on there too.
By: wozza - 8th January 2006 at 12:23
Found this video equally amazing:
By: Bmused55 - 8th January 2006 at 11:26
They’re all safety tests.
Very impressive videos indeed.
Look more like certification flights.
Notice how its mainly the 777. The video probably shows some of the actual certification tests Boeing conducted.
By: Bmused55 - 8th January 2006 at 11:24
Well landings three and four were very impressive, especially the fourth. Where do they usually carry out these crosswind landings? Particulary the desert landing where there appeared to be a dust storm taking place!
I was under the impression Boeing usually use Keflavik. World renowned for crosswinds.
By: A330-300 - 8th January 2006 at 08:20
They’re all safety tests.
Very impressive videos indeed.
By: Future Pilot - 7th January 2006 at 21:39
Well landings three and four were very impressive, especially the fourth. Where do they usually carry out these crosswind landings? Particulary the desert landing where there appeared to be a dust storm taking place!
By: Hugh Jarse - 7th January 2006 at 21:32
They are skilled but one thing I find interesting is that they are supposed to be demonstrating the ability to land without aligning the aircraft with the runway in these conditions as that is how Boeing reccommend it is done. On several of the landings you can see them off setting the drift before touch down which I am sure is a completely subconscious move.
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