X wind landing with an ERJ!!

whoa!! looks kind of exciting.

Damn! I’ll bet the pax seated in the right-side window seats were holding their breath!

The ‘ski jump’ LOL!! 😀

Finningley (Robin Hood Doncaster Sheffield etc!) airport is virtually flat, you can see down the full length and there are few undulations. Increase in height between one end and the other is just 9 feet over nearly 2 miles..

I’ve had more great landing ruined by the runway than I can count. :D[/QUOTE]

Know what you mean WD! The mighty ERJ may have a firm u/c but I always found it landed heavier from the R/H seat 😉

Bmused 55 – my comment about a normal approach wasn’t meant to sound critical. Surprisingly, the ERJ has the same x-wind limits as most major “big boys” – 35 kts. I guess it looks a bit more pronounced low down in a smaller jet. There is of course the possibility that the photo shows a couple of my colleagues over correcting for wind but I doubt that is very likely 😀

Just as an aside, it’s quite exciting to pop out of cloud at 500 ft on the ILS expecting to see the runway ahead and find it’s only visible out of the side DV window!

Perfectly acceptable approach wouldn’t you agree WD?

The downside of the ERJ’s swept wing means you can only kick straight immediately prior to touchdown as opposed to the more traditional turbo-prop/piston cross control wing-down technique. It takes a while to make the transition but is perfectly okay once you get the hang of it.

The “unlevelled” runway is also normal. I can’t think of a perfectly flat runway that I’ve ever operated from. Some are worse than others. At MAN for example, at the end of 24R you can’t see over the hump to the end of the runway!

Never said it wasn’t an acceptable approach, merely suggested that it was probably close to safe max Cross wind for an ERJ.

Thanks for the input all the same 🙂 and Thanks to WD too

Perfectly acceptable approach wouldn’t you agree WD?

As you said, due to the swept wings that is the proper approach method. Straight wing turboprops have quite an advantage in strong crosswinds since you can establish your crosswind correction earlier where you left to a last second transition in swept wing aircraft.

The “unlevelled” runway is also normal. I can’t think of a perfectly flat runway that I’ve ever operated from. Some are worse than others. At MAN for example, at the end of 24R you can’t see over the hump to the end of the runway!

I’ve had more great landing ruined by the runway than I can count. 😀

Perfectly acceptable approach wouldn’t you agree WD?

The downside of the ERJ’s swept wing means you can only kick straight immediately prior to touchdown as opposed to the more traditional turbo-prop/piston cross control wing-down technique. It takes a while to make the transition but is perfectly okay once you get the hang of it.

The “unlevelled” runway is also normal. I can’t think of a perfectly flat runway that I’ve ever operated from. Some are worse than others. At MAN for example, at the end of 24R you can’t see over the hump to the end of the runway!

That sure is quite a crosswind there. 🙂

Perfectly safe wee contraption is the ERJ. If your flying CO, maybe you’ll get WD :DD

It won’t be me as I’m on VACATION!!!!! 😀

I know it’s just probably an effect of the image but is the runway supposed to be so ‘unlevelled’?

I think it is, people often call the runway a ‘rollercoaster’
Thats a great picture, Derek Pedley is one of the best photgraphers around in my book.

Whats the fuss ?? Seems ok to me.

Paul

He might as well be coming in perpendicular to the runway.

You’ve got me praying for good weather next Monday when I fly Newark to Pittsburgh
on one of those

Perfectly safe wee contraption is the ERJ. If your flying CO, maybe you’ll get WD :DD

You’ve got me praying for good weather next Monday when I fly Newark to Pittsburgh
on one of those

I know it’s just probably an effect of the image but is the runway supposed to be so ‘unlevelled’?