Originally Posted by
HEATHROW DIRECTOR
I wonder if, judging from the colour schemes, they were Boeing a/c doing some sort of testing? I've watched a million cross-wing landings and pilots usually kick off the drift just before touchdown but these guys kept going...
I received this video at my home email addy. Sent it out to other pilot friends with the comment "obviously the Boeing pilots aren't fans of the 'wing low' technique". Several weeks later a Boeing engineer emails me back (paraphrased)- "actually we are fans of the technique. But in testing we demonstrate the capability of the a/c beyond the certification limits in the worst case (ie in full crab) scenario."
Friend of a friend of a friend....etc, etc, etc... knows a Boeing engineer. Six degrees of Kevin Bacon...
Also mentions that no other manufacturer does that. Gee, who would that be?