Techniques. In this video two volunteer pilots will try to explain and show how to perform crosswind take-off and landing in 90 degree 38 knots crosswind without turbulence. You can set your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, but some parts of the site may not work then.These cookies allow the provision of enhance functionality and personalization, such as videos and live chats. But if your manual doesn't offer any advice at all, or if you are looking for how "the big boys" do it, it gives you more information than you had.Longer aircraft, such as the Boeing 747, 757, and 767, must also consider the distance of the cockpit versus the main gear:While the Citation X calls their recommended crosswind landing technique a crab, it is actually a de-crab in the flare up to a point after which a crab is suggested at higher crosswinds.Figure: Computing crosswind crab angle, from Eddie's notes.If your aircraft allows you to land in a crab, the maximum (demonstrated or limiting) crosswind will determine just how much of side load the manufacturer anticipated from these types of landings.If your aircraft requires a sideslip or a de-crab prior to touchdown, knowing how much crab is allowed prior to removal will give you an excellent gauge of how much crosswind you really have.The angle is found by dividing the crosswind component by the approach speed, and then pulling out a scientific calculator and looking for the inverse sine function, seen usually as "arcsin" but sometimes "sinFigure: B-747-200 cockpit displacement example, from Eddie's notes.Long aircraft have an additional challenge when landing in a crab: cockpit displacement.

I looked at the copilot, and he didn't appear concerned.Just as the tires on both sides of the airplane were about to touch, the captain applied right rudder to straighten the airplane and simultaneously cranked the control wheel hard to the left.

But if your manual doesn't offer any advice at all, or if you are looking for how "the big boys" do it, it gives you more information than you had.Gulfstream eliminated the entire section providing landing procedures and techniques a few years ago, what follows is from the September 2009 version of the operating manual. But before the slippery runway with crosswind is introduced in simulator training, the pilot under training must be competent at normal max crosswind landings. I also write occasional articles for the www.airfactsjournal.com website.The main reason for writing to you is to offer some thoughts on crosswind landing techniques on the Boeing 737 Classics. Nosewheel steering at high speed is inadvisable and may be prohibited in some aircraft, especially on a slippery runway. These guidelines assume steady wind (no gusting). The very hard impact was made with the aircraft in a 6° crab, causing the right landing gear to collapse. The left tire plunked onto the runway. Eventually the student realises he has a problem and practice is needed. Most of us have seen videos with an aircraft landing and taking off in a high crosswind. In previous episodes they showed you how to do a visual circuit with an Airbus A320, so today they will use same techniques. On this video you see the approach and landing at Dublin Airport during the tail end of a storm which results in the maximum allowed crosswind during landing. The goal is to plant the upwind gear on the ground and thus eliminate the need to enter the steeply banked slip that would otherwise be required to prevent drift.In this manner, the pilot doesn't have to sit and wait for the aircraft to plop down while hovering in a flare above the runway in a steep, uncomfortable slip. 3 Switching off the autobrake selector switch. But that is the first action to prevent the crosswind slide.

I prefer the latter and have always trained my candidates that way.Boeing 737 NG Flight Crew Training Manual, Revision 12, June 30, 2013Boeing 767 Flight Crew Training (FCT) Manual, June 30, 2013Bombardier Global Express BD-700-1A-10 Flight Crew Operating Manual (FCOM), CSP 700-6, Volume 1, Revision 78, Nov 19, 2013Cessna Citation X Model 750 Airplane Flight Manual, Revision 2, 10 April 2012Challenger 604 Operating Manual, Publication No.

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We crossed the runway threshold while still crabbing, and I began to wonder when the captain would transition the airplane into a wing-low slip, the time-honored method of making a crosswind landing. Because of the brutality of that crosswind, I pushed the aircraft over onto all three legs and braked to a stop.The kickout method isn't for everyone. We also allow third parties to use tracking technologies for similar purposes. As crab angle is increased, the crosswind limit went up to 40 knots and higher. .Figure: GV wing tip clearance in a 3-point attitude versus 5° nose up, from Eddie's notes.Looking at your aircraft in a three point attitude may lead you to believe it will take a lot of bank to get the wing tip in a sideslip landing. In previous episodes they showed you how to do a visual circuit with an Airbus A320, so today they will use same techniques. .

This could very well be a valid technique for the jet you are flying now, but it may not be. During my 18 year military career I also instructed on the Avro Lincoln four engine heavy bomber (an advanced and heavier edition of the wartime Lancaster) and also on the DC3, Convair 440, Vickers Viscount and other military and civil types.