eng Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 As an engineer who's worked on the 767 and happen to think she's one of the more beautiful Boeing products, this did make me wince somewhat. I did feel sorry for the poor engineer who'd have to answer this tech log entry! Just check out the initial runway contact then the oleo travel after the bounce!!!! http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5x85YYLuCY4 What a brilliant clip, and it just goes to show Boeing built tough birds. Eng 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rickpadwick1801 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 That is a brilliant clip....but i don't think i would be getting on a plane with that pilot again....i have never seen a planes landing gear compress to the stops like that before.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bzn20 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 What a brilliant clip that was, the way that main leg in particular took that lot. The pilot did well, the conditions looked on the ragged limit. The aileron travel wasn't small either. I wonder how many pax were buried from the over head lockers emptying. Bet the after flight servicing wasn't boring either. Thanks for the link! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 Well... look at the way she lurches at 0:05 and 0:16... it's pretty darn gusty out there, and at touchdown he's coming in at about 30 degrees starboard of the runway centreline, so it's also pretty crosswind... I wouldn't have like to be a passenger, but they all will have walked off at the departure gate, and you know what the say about "any landing you can walk away from..." Good old Messier-Dowty, or whoever built those landing gear... maybe they had some practice building them for carrier landings... bestest, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woody37 Posted February 18, 2014 Share Posted February 18, 2014 I'd be commending the pilot for that, looks like a good recovery from a less than ideal situation how impressive is the engineering under all that weight? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cameraman Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Hi Guys n Gals, that was a heck of a crosswind component! Regards Reggie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CockneyCol Posted February 19, 2014 Share Posted February 19, 2014 Personally I'd have preferred a go-around and land at alternative, or at least a second shot at the same field. Too many lives on-board to be a hero, I'd rather be a coward at a different airport. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPaul Posted February 20, 2014 Share Posted February 20, 2014 The wind isn't likely to change much by completing another circuit, and who knows, perhaps he had already gone round again. He had to land it sometime, and I am sure that 'being a hero' didn't even enter his thoughts whilst landing in that crosswind. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F-32 Posted February 28, 2014 Share Posted February 28, 2014 Look at the flex on the wings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basosz Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 To my (mostly uninformed) eyes that looks like a very skilled pilot. Conditions looked fairly atrocious so it's a job bloody well done for getting the plane on the ground in one piece in the first place. I'd fly with that guy any day cause he seems very suitable for the job 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Belbin Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 Agree with most of these posts - I'd be quite happy to fly with that pilot! Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Head in the clouds. Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 What a clip, yet another reason I love planes, the punishment they can take is incredible and that proves it. For want of sounding weird, landing gear has always facinated me by the way it rotates and stores and the shear strength of it. I am not weird am I ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPaul Posted March 1, 2014 Share Posted March 1, 2014 I would definitely fly with him. I dont know, but I presume that airliners also have fatigue meters, and I bet this had to have some NDT done after a landing like that. Very skilled pilot, but then again, I guess most of them are, but in the big picture, thats a small percentage of the overall population who possess the necessary skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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