Ryanair X-Wind landing

[Checkboard]

ok1, I would hazard a guess that the pitch angles are lower at the higher flap sttings, hence the higher speed allowance.

[Doors to Automatic]

I understand the technique is not recommended for the 747:

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/122621/M/
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/149179/M/

and it has mixed results when used on the MD-11

http://www.airliners.net/open.file/132119/M/

[Rainboe]

Those had nothing to do with crosswind landing technique- they were as a result of trying to hard to recover from offset approaches. The 747 is not for making any more than a mild gesture to this procedure for size and risk of pod scrape reasons.

[TopBunk]

B737-200 engines are P&W JT8D's...the BA ones were -15's giving 15,500 lbs thrust.

Noisy .... hell yes, and lovely with it (iirc about 20% bypass ratio). Start up in about 15 seconds to stable idle (albeit with a big thump as the fuel ignites ).

You could set the approach power by the sound heard in the cockpit - on the (very) rare occasion I see one nowadays, I open the cockpit window to savour the crackle of the exhaust as take off power is applied, pure nostalgia and brings back memories of parking in the LGW crew car park in the mid '90's outside the old BA CRC ....... happy days.

[ok1]

checkboard: thanks for reply, I guess you could be right.