Not sure many of us could complain about a rough landing after watching a few of these approaches...
http://youtu.be/7P9OAng32F0
How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
- FerrariFlyer
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
I bet the ground would be littered with kleenex from all the over excited plane spotters......and having the radio tuned into ATC would tip them over the edge.
- bladepitch
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
I landed in Darwin on qantas and hit the Tarmac hard enough to deploy a few oxygen masks fully down. The capt was on intercom before reverse thrust was even deployed with this gem..
Arrh... Sorry about that folks, we just had to avoid a bird late final...
Bullsh@t ! I had a window seat and the poor bloke flared a little early and floated down the runway at about 15 feet until it stalled then just dropped like a rock! "BANG" lol
Arrh... Sorry about that folks, we just had to avoid a bird late final...
Bullsh@t ! I had a window seat and the poor bloke flared a little early and floated down the runway at about 15 feet until it stalled then just dropped like a rock! "BANG" lol
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
Looks like a normal day flying into Wellington for us... some great footage.
I've got some cracker footage I took from the flight deck showing a windshear go around on short finals.
Almost spilt my coffee.
I've got some cracker footage I took from the flight deck showing a windshear go around on short finals.
Almost spilt my coffee.
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
I once said to a QF captain,
Were we shot down or just a heavy landing? He looked at the 1st officer and turned and said he had control....
Were we shot down or just a heavy landing? He looked at the 1st officer and turned and said he had control....
Men have only 2 emotional states, hungry and horny.. So ladies, if you see me without an erection, make me a sandwich.
- FerrariFlyer
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
JT wrote: Almost spilt my coffee.
Is this the same flight you smeared lipstick over your face on short finals? Tsk tsk...make-up touch ups at the gate JT!
Hope you're well mate.
- Eric Hunt
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
Amazing how much the wings flex in the lumps and bumps.
And the stresses on the tyres as they go sideways!
And the stresses on the tyres as they go sideways!
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
Here is some interesting ultimate load test data, published in AIAA paper 2005-2012 "Validation and Certification of Aircraft Structures" by Boeing.
Airplane model and %limit load at failure:
707 110%
727 110%
737 106%
747 115%
757 111%
767 99.4%
777 103%
Airplane model and %limit load at failure:
707 110%
727 110%
737 106%
747 115%
757 111%
767 99.4%
777 103%
"You can watch things happen, you can make things happen or you can wonder what happened"
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Re: How rough was your last fixed-wing ride to work?
Standard FF approach in Nil wind
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