I saw this an another site and thought it was pretty cool. Supposed to be a Boeing test strip for crosswind landings.

http://www.tonyrogers.com/video/Crosswind.wmv

 

thats got some pucker factor to it..

 

If I ever saw the pilot flying me do that I'd either walk up and shake his hand, puke all over his cockpit, or buy him a very large case of beer.

 

Now that's some serious crabbing.

 

It's amazing in the first place that something that heavy can fly in the first place. Then to see it sideways on a runway approach is incredible.

Some people can't make a corner on the highway without loosing control!!

Jeff

 

There is a limit to what is an acceptable cross wind landing posted in the aircraft POH (pilot operating handbook). Break those limits crash and you will be in looking out. Obviously there was no passengers on board. Because those flights are all on IFR (instrument flight rules) if the conditions are not acceptable to land at your designated air field by law you have to have an alternate. So that is some gutsy test pilots at the end of the envelope. But with no one on board fun can be had. I am a pilot with a float endorsment try that on water and I have. That is real pucker power. A big difference from landing at an airport as to landing on the ocean. The airport has nice strong men and great equipmnet to mop you up if you crash. Land on the ocean, crash and there is a whole crew of seagulls and crabs to clean up the site.

 

Neat clips, looks like it could have been at the Grant County Airport, Moses Lake WA. Boeing does much of it's testing and training there. It is a fun place to watch some of the flying and testing.
When Chicago Miegs was open it was usually a Xwind landing. Been in there several times.

 

Yo quero taco bell?

I think I was on a couple of those flights!

 

Looked like that last guy was gonna try it backwards . Definately some skill involved.
Now lets see them do that in pitch black darkness wearing night vision goggles, in the middle of the ocean and with a runway a fraction of that size that is pitching and rolling back and forth .... possibly with a couple leftover bombs still strapped to the wings !!! Hooyah Naval and Marine Corps Aviators !!

PISTOL

 

The B52 has steerable main landing gear just for that type of crosswind situation. Proper procedure for a crosswind landing, within the capabilities of the aircraft, is to lower the upwind wing and counter the turning by feeding in opposite rudder. This is to prevent the landing gear from being torn off. If properly executed, the aircraft will land with the fuselage pointed straight down the runway. I suspect though, that Boeing was was in fact, testing both the 747 and 777 to see how much they could actually abuse the landing gear and establish a maximum crosswind landing component.

 

It could have been at Moses Lake, but why were all the words in some other language (Spanish?)?

Enquiring minds want to know.

But those were cool videos.

DMH

 

Was off a site in Brazil.

 

Given that each aircraft ( a triple seven and a 747SP) appears to be a Boeing test bed, I'd agree with adykstra in that each landing might be a gear test or possibly testing the limits of the flight surfaces in a severe ( make that insane) crab. Maybe it's a certification test. I'm going to guess and say it was taken at Edwards AFB using their 15,000 foot runway.

 

Isn't it possible to adjust the runway direction in the middle of the ocean to have no crosswind? Not taking anything away from those guys but I don't think you would need to have a crosswind situation THAT extreme. All the other stuff is probably more than enough anyway !

 

Wouldn't Marine Corps aviators have to do it all vertically?