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Subject: Re: Crosswind landing Posted on: Wed, 05 Mar 2008 10:38:46 +0100

On Wed, 5 Mar 2008 09:03:17 -0000, "nightjar" here>.me.uk> wrote:

>This illustrates the problem of landing an aircraft when there is a
>significant component of the wind across the runway. The reported wind speed
>was 155mph, although I've not found the relative angle to the runway, so
>don't know what the crosswind component was.
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z42fchrzhHY


I heard a lot less, around 90km/h gusts about 70° to the runway.