ehwatezedoing:
I absolutely loved that photograph of the KC-10 doing an absolutely beautiful "wing down" landing. I suspect that the photograph was taken at Lajes (which always had a huge crosswind) in the Azores.
Now I have put one of the Queen's Short Belfasts on to that runway at Lajes in a horrendous crosswind (and I do not know how many other airfields around the world).
The Belfast crosswind limit (because of yaw dampers, triplex auto land and rudder-aileron interconnects) was officially 21 knots.
I landed at YQX one night in hellacious winter conditions in windspeeds that most of you would rather read about. As best as I can remember, the crosswind was around 41 knots but the wing down technique got us quickly down to the Flyers Club!