re: Live video Watching planes land in 40+ mph winds at London Heathrow

Posted by OK Roughneck

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 12:37 pm to S

Watched planes taking off one late afternoon in Sydney from my hotel room with winds gusting around 40mph and was glad my flight was the next morning.
Remember landing in Tallahassee Fl once and caught a cross wind before touching down that swung the back of the plane around pretty hard.

Posted by engvol

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 12:40 pm to cypresstiger

10:16 and someone just aborted the landing about 10foot from the ground

Posted by cable

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 12:44 pm to OK Roughneck

I got my PPL years ago and and the on the test flight the tester made me land in a crosswind of probably 35 MPH and I just about ended up in a ditch on the side of the runway. But these guys are pros.

Posted by TexasTiger90

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 12:44 pm to S

I've watched so many crosswind landings on YouTube. Those pilots are ballsy

Posted by Reservoir dawg

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 1:13 pm to sorantable

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narrator sounds like Ozzy Man

Lemme see yore fricking cigarette lightas

Posted by Epic Cajun

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 1:23 pm to S

We landed with ~40 mph winds in DC once. I think like 25% of the plane was vomiting. It was disgusting.

Posted by The Boat

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 1:36 pm to S

How did your pilot do?

Posted by S

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:12 pm to The Boat

Outstanding! He posts here under the name 777Tiger

Posted by soccerfüt

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:17 pm to S

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UK has been pounded by multiple big storms this week

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UK

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pounded

ISWYDT

Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:25 pm to cypresstiger

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the landing at 1 hour, 8 mins is

I once saw a show about Alaskan bush pilots and they were landing like this. I had no idea planes this large would do that.

Holy hell this video absolutely illustrates that pilots aren’t paid to fly when the weather is good

Posted by Crow Pie

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:26 pm to soccerfüt

at 1:14 the pilot's like lets rethink our strategy.

Posted by BuckyCheese

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:29 pm to engvol

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10:16 and someone just aborted the landing about 10foot from the ground

The video isn't 10 hours long.

Posted by Oilfieldbiology

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:29 pm to BuckyCheese

It’s 7 hours. He meant to type 00:10:16

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Posted by Chucktown_Badger

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:53 pm to Oilfieldbiology

This is so great. Brits can make anything sound good and/or proper.

I'm puckering a bit watching this.

This post was edited on 2/18/22 at 2:54 pm

Posted by Chucktown_Badger

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:55 pm to Chucktown_Badger

So this isn't live then...It's almost 9 pm in London right now...so pitch black.

Posted by BuckyCheese

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 2:57 pm to Chucktown_Badger

It was live streamed.

The one that decided to go around when he was ten feet off the ground halfway down the runway was interesting.

This post was edited on 2/18/22 at 2:58 pm

Posted by Cymry Teigr

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Posted on 2/18/22 at 3:01 pm to Oilfieldbiology

I think he meant the one that tried to land at 10:16 Local Time as displayed in the time stamp at the bottom of the screen. About 1 hr 14 m into the stream.

This post was edited on 2/18/22 at 3:03 pm