Golfingboy Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 Just saw this, I hardly ever use this huge airport because it is a damn zoo......As a very nervous flyer, so much for my theories that the bigger planes are not affected by the wind, and once you're about to land it's all good! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forcebwithu Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. Looks like they encountered low-level wind shear, which pilots are trained to expect and handle. Here's what it looks like from the pilot's perspective. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrmango Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 1 hour ago, forcebwithu said: Looks like they encountered low-level wind shear, which pilots are trained to expect and handle Other than praying, there is nothing you can do. A pilots worst dream - Runway behind you and altitude above you. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lantern Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 One time, many moons ago, I was a passenger in a nine seater waiting to take off from BNE to fly to my local airport after a month in PNG. As we waited to get on the runway we watched a large (Jumbo?) plane coming into land. It was experiencing heavy crosswinds and bobbing about all over the place. Our two pilots were having a good laugh. When we took to the air our little plane seemed to spend more time going up and down than it did flying horizontally. Trouble was one of the passengers lost every drop of bodily fluids out of every orifice she had. Amazingly everyone else kept theirs inside themselves. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freee!! Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 4 hours ago, forcebwithu said: Any landing you can walk away from is a good landing. And if the plane can take off again it was a great landing. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tommy dee Posted November 16 Share Posted November 16 i was passenger u front in a small plane landng at philly PA airport some 30 yrs ago. crossing the river to land and all over the place. scared witless, as we had already flown thru a storm. pilot was old and ex korean vet. so i was in safe hands 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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