Originally Posted by
Kiwiguy
I worked for Air NZ for several years and then as a caterer.
I touched down as smoth as silk. The Groundspeed almost matched the airspeed. I have seen harier landings by ATPLs with a planeload of passengers, by people who call themselves professionals.
Erm, Im not sure if I just read what I think I did. As a caterer Im sure you have genuine knowledge of landing airliners in crosswinds and as you seem to be superior to Gulfstreams flighttestdepartment I suggest that you immediatly apply for a position at ANZ and their traning department to teach crosswindtechniques.
You also state the "these aircraft are capable of such things" which is quite clearly indicated by the filmclips provided by previous posters. It is however not always prudent to fly an aircraft to its limits and I must say I have my doubts about ANZ pilots making landings in 60kts crosswind. Not that I have ever flown in to WLG myself but I do regularly land in strong (I guess its just a breeze to you) winds. At gusty winds up to 40 kts I dont really feel like trying another 20 across the runway but then again I aint a caterer.
Nah mate, I think you are talkin a wee bit rubbish here.
Back on the topic tho:
I dont fly the tripple, but the bobby version but I our FCTMs is pretty much similar on the xwind takeoff chapters.
I read a memo from Boeing a while back about applying intowind aileron during takeoff and if I remeber clearly it stated "that its easy to overapply intowind aileron during takeoff roll and thus causing spoiler deflection with a degredation in performance as a result" The memo further went on to state that the Boeing recommended procedure would be changed to "apply no intowind aileron during take off roll but do apply slight upwind aileron once rotation is started and maintain until mainwheels are airborne."
I probably didnt get the wording correct on that one but I believe that was the context of the bulletin.
Would anyone happen to know where I could find that bulletin again?
Duece