On Mar 5, 2:50=A0pm, Mike..... wrote:
> Following up to =A0"nightjar" .me.uk>
> wrote:
>
> >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.
>
> phew, it looked a *big* angle to the runway, I assume he flew on to
> somewhere with an into wind approach? The few times I tried to abort a
> landing in MSFSim in a plane that big, it ended in tears :-)
> --
That kind of sideways thing is how airliners tend to approach
crosswinds - it happened to me in a *goddamn scary* but utterly safe
PanAm landing at Miami in 1990. There's a vaguely similar TAP landing
in the Azores from a few years ago that is an absolute frightener,
except they chose to land (I'm sure, correctly) rather than go around.
Cheers,
George W Russell
Bangalore
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