J.O. Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fido Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 That looked like LCY, London City airport. BA plans to start operating A319's to and from New York from there. They admit there will be a fuel stop westbound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plankspanker Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ouch! Hard landing inspection anyone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Check Pilot Posted February 13, 2008 Share Posted February 13, 2008 Ahhh nuthin like watchin the ol' Quadrapuff take a pounding onto the nose gear. TOUGH, STRONG Gear, I must say. They call it LANDING gear for a reason. (Actually you only need it for take-off really). One heck of a X-wind - at least the guys got the Smurfjet down on the runway, which is sort of the whole idea, if in this case, not too gracefully. Now, much to the local aircraft engineers chagrin - it's surely going to be a case of repairing the symbiosis of now, what are likely to be, 5 APU's connected by an electrical fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southshore Posted February 15, 2008 Share Posted February 15, 2008 Amazing landing gear. The folks inside that airplane probably didn't notice the ripple on their tea. Seriously, it wasn't a good landing (obviously), but for all their shortcomings, x-winds and landings on the -146 were that least of the things you worried about. I remember many landings where I (let alone the pax) wasn't really sure that we were on the ground (not due to my skill set to be sure). But that landing - man. I've never seen the upwind main gear come off the ground. It is one squishy gear, and that is hard to do. The nose gear is a piece of crap tho. Always felt like you were rolling on a cinder block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rookie Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Probably one of Crossair's 500 hour FOs doing that landing.... How's this for x-wind technique: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 How's this for x-wind technique: Perfect technique.....the inexperienced tend to try to kick it straight, (cross control) much too soon. The CV580 was a bitch as the ailerons had an interconnect with the rudders. Put on a bit of right aileron and the rudder went in as well. In a stiff cross wind even a tame ape would feel frustrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mitch Cronin Posted February 16, 2008 Share Posted February 16, 2008 Probably one of Crossair's 500 hour FOs doing that landing.... How's this for x-wind technique: That was awesome! That looked like a heck of a lot of gusty wind he was bucking there... Damn well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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