Watching Those crosswind landings where you touch the plane down on one of the two back wheels and then pirouette The opposite back wheel down and then finally the front gear down is like watching ballet to me. It’s even more fun feeling that from the inside. What I’m always amazed with is how you all up in the cockpit can do that with your nose sticking almost straight up in the air.
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I know nothing about aviation, but heard a bit of the Canadian spokesman this morning. He said there were no crosswinds. Pretty sure I heard that correctly.
I’ve known some arrogant pilots, but that’s a little harsh.
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This is where the talent and artistry of flying come to the fore. And you’re missing quite a big part of it, which is the fact that you’ve flown the entire approach not pointing at the runway. You’re angled into the wind such that you’re facing away from the direction of travel while crabbing along the glide path.
Knowing when to kick it straight (it’s a rudder thing) and land the other wheels is about as touchy-feely as flying gets.
Focusing on the plane’s sexual orientation isn’t the point, Limey.
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I do not think you did. Certainly not what I read.
If I were inside that plane there wouldn’t be enough tranquilizers in the world to calm me down.
Coming back from a business trip on approach into IAH it was a surprise to feel full throttle being applied. We were going around for some reason. Shortly thereafter, the pilot came on and said that one of the lights confirming the gear is down did not light up but, not to worry, they’ve changed the bulb.
The subsequent landing was the softest I’ve ever experienced; up front they weren’t entirely sure we had three sets of wheels under us. In fact, the landing was so soft that you could hear everyone on board exhale simultaneously.
Always reminds me of this:
I was on a flight from Anchorage to Minneapolis, and just when we were about to touchdown, the plane bolted up and went straight up like some Top Gun type of things…after a few minutes the pilot came on and said “sorry folks, but just as we were about to touchdown another plane pulled out onto the runway in front of us. We’re gonna circle around and try again.”. That was quite the eye opener.
https://youtu.be/d9ju6-Mb_9k?si=dklVu60FTY5LZLpD
Sorry, I don’t know how to imbed the video within a post
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From CBS:
Meteorologists said Toronto was experiencing blowing snow when the accident occurred, and visibility had been reduced to 6 miles. Winds were gusting up to 37 miles per hour and temperatures dropped far below freezing to just 17 degrees Fahrenheit.
But Toronto International Airport Fire Chief Todd Aitken said Monday that the airport runway was dry at the time of the crash, and there were no crosswind conditions as the Delta flight arrived.
Anything inconsistent there?
I’m not saying this guy is correct, I just relayed what he said because he was an official-seeming spokesman. I wouldn’t have relayed info from some random twitter account.
“Toronto Pearson Airport President”. There’s you’re cause right there [hand raise].
Not sure how to interpret this post, but I guess I’m still a naive person, assuming the official guy I saw on TV was on the up and up. Soon, I’ll be supporting his firing, as he likely is just a stooge of the Canadian deep state.
I was being sarcastic and obtuse (shocker). The “Airport President” was a black woman so clearly DEI is to blame here.
The R33 runway is oriented at 330° (SE to NW) and the winds were quite gusty from the SW so anyone saying there was no crosswind is ignoring the facts. This is from 90 seconds after the crash:
The grey colors are basically calm wind below 5mph. The small 1 or two pixels of green and red are individual gusts. Bright greens are in the 30mph range. Bright reds are in the 40’s. A lake effect snow band had moved through 30 minutes prior. It would have been 35-ish mph steady wind with gusts to 45mph. This space in between the bands would have been much calmer with sudden sharp gusts and the weather sensor data bears that out.
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I have seen reports from the flight data that there was a 30 mph difference between the airspeed and the groundspeed. It was windy.
Do we know for sure that The Onion is satirical?
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Mentour Pilot weighs in with some details.
Wind was 28kts gusting 35kts. The runway was coated with snow but breaking action was deemed to be “good”.
Looking forward to Hoover’s “Pilot Debrief”.