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[-] makyo@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Reminds me of a flight I was on with winds like that. Blowing across the runway as we tried to land. It was horrifying. The pilots had to bring the plane in at like a 30+ degree yaw (I think it’s yaw - pointing to the side) and straighten it out at the last minute.

First try they had to mulligan but I’ll be damned if they didn’t safely albeit very firmly set us down the second try.

[-] WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip 9 points 10 months ago

Yeah that maneuver's called "crabbing" -- looks scary, but as I understand fairly typical for cross-wind landings

Basically just flying into the wind a little bit to cancel it out, so that relative to the ground you're going right down the runway, even though the nose is pointed the other way. Then turning down the runway at the last moment so the landing gear is pointed the right direction when it hits the ground

30+ degrees is definitely on the higher end though

[-] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 7 points 10 months ago

Yup, it's yaw. The three are yaw (nose side to side), pitch (nose up and down), and roll (nose rolls around).

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