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Originally Posted by cscmc1
Well, my take is as follows: the VAST majority of the time pilots get their landings right, so while it's very difficult and nerve-wracking, I'm sure, it's far from impossible. Plus, those 9/11 goofs weren't landing airplanes, they were crashing them, so whether they were "crabbed" approaches or not didn't much matter.
One of the pilots in this thread will chime in and set us straight, hopefully. They're the ones to ask. I can tell you about flap overspeed inspections and servicing landing gear snubbers, rigging flight control cables, etc..., but none of the exciting stuff. 8^)
Chris
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When correcting for wind in flight, you just fly a crab angle into the wind to maintain your desired ground track. Its different than landing, where the longitudinal axis of the airplane is aligned with the ground track moments before touchdown.
03-24-2005, 12:51 AM
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