Ryanair Landing in Bristol in Strong Crosswinds
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Ryanair Landing in Bristol in Strong Crosswinds
What do you guys think of this landing in Bristol yesterday in very strong crosswinds, I think its a great landing well done the flight crew.
Sideways landing at Bristol airport in strong wind - YouTube
Sideways landing at Bristol airport in strong wind - YouTube
A well-flown landing in unpleasant conditions.
Regardless of anything else one might think about Ryanair, it cannot really be denied that their pilots probably have more exposure to the need for manual handling skills by virtue of the diverse number of airports the airline serves. Hence they probably have more well-honed skills than many other airlines' pilots.
And hats off too to the German Wings pilots for the excellent landing I experienced at London Airport last night, despite a horrid gusting cross-wind.
Regardless of anything else one might think about Ryanair, it cannot really be denied that their pilots probably have more exposure to the need for manual handling skills by virtue of the diverse number of airports the airline serves. Hence they probably have more well-honed skills than many other airlines' pilots.
And hats off too to the German Wings pilots for the excellent landing I experienced at London Airport last night, despite a horrid gusting cross-wind.
Absolutely terrible. They didn't touchdown on the CL. 
Back in my Transport Command days, it used to be said that a "C" Cat stayed within three feet of the centre line. A "B" Cat hit every single centre line light with his nosewheel and an "A" Cat managed to keep each individual nosewheel on either side of the centre line!
Which reminds me of a dark and stormy night at Liverpool. The surface wind was given as 310 at 55 Gusting 78. So at least the crosswind component on runway 27 wasn't too outrageous but the turbulence was moderately interesting.
At about 200 feet on finals, the right wing started to come up and despite full right aileron and a suitable amount of rudder I couldn't stop it. I was within a second of making a go-around when it all came back together again and we landed quite nicely.
On the roll-out, the Tower asked me "Is it true that adrenalin is brown?"
I am just so glad that I have never ever had to face the problem of landing a Boeing 777 at SFO in CAVOK conditions at any time during my long flying career.
It must be a truly horrendous experience.
At about 200 feet on finals, the right wing started to come up and despite full right aileron and a suitable amount of rudder I couldn't stop it. I was within a second of making a go-around when it all came back together again and we landed quite nicely.
On the roll-out, the Tower asked me "Is it true that adrenalin is brown?"
I am just so glad that I have never ever had to face the problem of landing a Boeing 777 at SFO in CAVOK conditions at any time during my long flying career.
It must be a truly horrendous experience.
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Ryanair Landing in Bristol in Strong Crosswinds
Great skills and landing however a good pilot is a pilot who doesn't have to use his special skills to get out of an unwanted situation.
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It was a few years ago now, but I can remember standing in the Ryanair shed watching all the go-arounds at Stansted one windy day. Most of them gave up while several hundred feet up, but some obviously got hit by a strong gust when almost down. Some even managed to land, I guess they were the ones who got lucky with the timing of the wind gusts.
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BRISTOL WEATHER: Wind gusts of 56mph recorded tonight | Bristol Post
This link shows another landing in the very strong winds at BRS last Wednesday evening - a CityJet ARJ85 operating from Paris Cdg for Air France.
Click the right-hand arrow at the side of the picture at the beginning of the report to view a sequence of pictures showing the landing.
This link shows another landing in the very strong winds at BRS last Wednesday evening - a CityJet ARJ85 operating from Paris Cdg for Air France.
Click the right-hand arrow at the side of the picture at the beginning of the report to view a sequence of pictures showing the landing.
