Crosswind 777

negative1 · August 16, 2005

This is a real cool vid....

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Wingnut · August 16, 2005

Dang, that's a slow server.

But that video?

negative1 · August 16, 2005

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The last 2 are the coolest. I have never seen anything like that.

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R Dogg 56 · August 17, 2005

Guessing that I'm the only one on here that actually wants to know what was said between clips, I took the liberty of translating Portuguese into English. Here is the text:

Landings. They are not every day that we find winds calm. What to make in these situations? IT FLIES. It comes back to the time of the flying club. One remembers its instructors and makes a safe landing. These pilots had certainly flied conventional aircraft. Learns with the best ones. www.acbp.com.br

Pretty cool find. And I left in the grammar errors there on purpose. You can get the general idea of what was said.

blue2kzr2 · August 17, 2005

Those are some GOOD pilots. I want to know what flights they fly, so I can be sure to get on those planes...

az'03Silverado · August 21, 2005

Those are some GOOD pilots. I want to know what flights they fly, so I can be sure to get on those planes...

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Those are Boeing test pilots. They did those flights in the desert (probably at Edwards AFB). They were doing crosswind landing tests on the then-new 777.

That video was awsome. Thanks for the link. I love to watch planes land in a crosswind all crabbed into the wind then they kick it out just before touchdown. Very cool.

carbuster · August 21, 2005

The landing gear on them were also designed to be able to rotate for just this reason. Once the plane lands, they basically straighten the aircraft towards the direction it needs to go before the nose gear touches.