Landing a Jet during a storm

Philtor · 19 Feb 2022 at 21:53

Only a short clip, but these guys are unreal. All pilots are trained to handle crosswind landings, but this is mental!

‘go on my son’

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMLMcmHGh/

Screenbeat · 19 Feb 2022 at 22:02

I saw the Oxford air ambulance going sideways the other day!! Imagine the pilot was having a great time.

thenewoc · 19 Feb 2022 at 22:08

Not a time for auto pilot, move aside machine and allow the captain do his/her thing. They certainly earn every penny for their expertise in these conditions.

Philtor · 19 Feb 2022 at 22:09

I think that is what they do… Nose into the headwind and crab as it’s called. To do otherwise would be chaos. Some seriously skilled pilots at LHR yesterday.

Minstadave · 19 Feb 2022 at 23:19

I'm amazed how chaotic the control inputs are and despite the pilot looking like they're having a seizure with the controls the plane doesn't seem to do much at all on terms of response. Now that may just be the pilot is amazing and cancelling everything out but it looks weird.

Philtor · 19 Feb 2022 at 23:57

Don’t forget he is using rudder controls also. Auto land ain’t happening here. This is real flying! Auto pilot doesn’t come into it.

Kenai · 20 Feb 2022 at 00:07

You can watch the whole 8 hour BigJetTV stream from during the storm on the YouTube channel if you particularly enjoy watching these landings.

Philtor · 20 Feb 2022 at 01:04

I have been all over that

Angilion · 20 Feb 2022 at 01:06

Kenai said:
You can watch the whole 8 hour BigJetTV stream from during the storm on the YouTube channel if you particularly enjoy watching these landings.

I've watched some. It's not the landings per se I enjoy watching. It's the skill of the pilots. There's an enjoyment in watching something difficult being done very well. This will be the skill of the pilots. Autopilot isn't up to this sort of thing.

Minstadave said:
I'm amazed how chaotic the control inputs are and despite the pilot looking like they're having a seizure with the controls the plane doesn't seem to do much at all on terms of response. Now that may just be the pilot is amazing and cancelling everything out but it looks weird.

You can see a similar thing with in-car video of rally driving if it shows what the driver is doing. The control inputs look chaotic to an observer, but they're absolutely not. If they were actually chaotic, there would be a crash. The control inputs have to be the correct ones at the correct time. It appears chaotic from an outside perspective, but it's very orderly. Pilots are doing it in 3D and usually at an even higher speed and almost all observers will have far more experience with driving than with flying, so it's generally even harder to see the order behind the apparent chaos.

Rex-Kramer · 20 Feb 2022 at 07:59

Philtor said:
Don’t forget he is using rudder controls also. Auto land ain’t happening here. This is real flying! Auto pilot doesn’t come into it.

Rudder isn’t used until the flare.

Efour · 20 Feb 2022 at 08:11

It's only skillful if you know it's hard In The first place. .

I watch it cos aeroplane going sideways is lol.

I took a flight to a rig once and the small chopper was going sideways the whole time...

Pant soiling...