Some very hairy landings

[Eracer]

Scared to fly? Might not want to watch this! No crashes, but some scenes where you know the passengers were FREAKING SCARED.

Turn the audio down, since it's nothing but a REALLY annoying french song.

Long video, but there are some pretty awesome clips in there...

[clint]

That's a testament to how strong the landing gear is. It seems like it should just snap from those planes landing sideways.

Clint

[Eracer]

Originally Posted by clint

That's a testament to how strong the landing gear is. It seems like it should just snap from those planes landing sideways.

Clint

Amen to that. And how good those pilots are.

[ualtim]

Originally Posted by Eracer

Amen to that. And how good those pilots are.

I landed a Cessna 172 XP like that once (well, twice if you count the bounce.) No one who saw the landing would even consider me a good pilot, they just referred to me as either "lucky" or "stupid".

[Dusty90]

I actually think that the flying sideways like that is almost normal, there were probably some pretty strong crosswinds when they were landing, and for some reason I thought that is what is supposed to be done, however, I am not a pilot, so I could be very wrong.

[Eracer]

Originally Posted by Dusty90

I actually think that the flying sideways like that is almost normal, there were probably some pretty strong crosswinds when they were landing, and for some reason I thought that is what is supposed to be done, however, I am not a pilot, so I could be very wrong.

No, you're right. They have to fly sideways. It's called "crabbing".

Those were some really strong winds though, and they tested the pilot's (and passenger's) nerves.

[warbirdlover]

You can simulate that in Microsoft's flight simulator.

And some of the strongest steels known to man are used in those axles and landing gear parts for obvious reasons.

[spankdoggie]

Wow.

Damn Chinese pilots.