Extreme Airbus A319 Crosswind Landing

[Rambo9700]

Perfect.

[jjaus]

Lovely landing. Not even a bounce. Crab approach, drop a wing and step it down. Beautiful. And yes, I am a pilot.

[scandi938]

It is said that a good landing (any landing) is based on a good approach. His approach was flawless. He decrabbed over the numbers and put the upwind wing down and touched down on the right gear, then the left. Textbook.

[scalejetdotnet]

this guy had some good training

[hellomotto08]

This is a very skillfull pilot. and thank god for intruments (technology)

[oldfart387]

It even made my sphincter tighten.

[Skyflyerification]

Modest Landing Captain!

[cangri48lbp]

nice .

[skynut831]

@nalli77 My point was for those that have serious questions/comments,it would be nice to" Filter" out the bla bla bla crap ! I enjoy those comments,others dont!

If I would have known I was going to piss someone such as yourself that is "Chuck Norris Approved!" I would'nt have said anything !!Very very sorry !

[nalli77]

@skynut831 No need for sorry man, I am just on youtube to enjoy myself. And I neither did I mean to disrespect no one, my answer was more of a joke than a serious comment:)

As I said I was just joking around. And thank you for replying and commenting. I myself am also a sky nut, although I currently just fly a paraglider and planes in a flight simulator and RC models:) hehehe Yes Chuck Norris Approved lol:)

Have a great night and greetings from Iceland.

[skynut831]

I love listening to all the armchair jetjocks critique these approaches! There should be a button that allows only those whom do it for a living to comment,all others should be shut up and not try and prove how very little they know with their lack of experience !! Blue skies !aopa

[nalli77]

@skynut831 Yes youtube is a very serious place indeed, only people with expertise should comment on videos, like if you comment on a movie you should be an actor or a director, or if you comment on music you must have a five year minumum band exspirience, and at least a BA in music history I could go on but I'm not a certified column writer, I dont even have a PHD in commenting on youtube so I must be going now have to go return some video tapes.

[Antifaith29]

@nalli77 tapes? Did you pre-rechord this message in 86?

[Fwuwe]

great Sideslip, well done

[TurkHavaYollari1]

Nice landing 

[windsaj]

gud to see this n feeling great that i am a aviator reall owesam

[pilotdynan]

really nice landing

[markmimp]

corrected the crab angle nicely, then seperately put the upwind wing down first - very neat! I guess doing it this way you'd want to line it up a bit right of the centreline

[Learjetjock]

Perfect textbook crosswind landing in the Airbus. It is fun to watch pilots that came off of the Boeing's or the E190 at my company in crosswind landings. In the Airbus you keep the crab as seen right till you enter the fare. Right as you enter the flare you kick out the crab nice and hard swinging the nose to slightly beyond the center line while touching down upwind and than flying the downwind side to the ground. By doing this you will come out good in the babybus. No sideloads are perferred.

[VirtualPilot13]

@Learjetjock That's not actually any kind of Airbus-specific procedure, more of a generic procedure for all medium-sized airliners. And there's also three different kind of crosswind-landing-techiques, the de-crabbing is probably the most efficient style.

[Learjetjock]

Also, in the Airbus you litteraly have to the upwind down depending on what control law you are in because the airplane will try to maintain the angle/attitude of last imput on the controls otherwise. So it is a physical must in the Airbus where as with alot of other airplane it will generally come down with minimal effort on its own as the airplane settles.

[Learjetjock]

fly the upwind down*

[Learjetjock]

At my carrier, it is acceptable procedure to land in a crab with the Boeing's and Embraer 190. In the Airbus narrowbody fleet at least we are not supposed to land with any crab. You learn to kick the crab out in flight school in many smaller planes but generally speaking. I am aware of the techniques. I am a 12,000 hour ATP typed in the DH8, Learjet, BE1900, 737 and Airbus 320......

[VirtualPilot13]

@Learjetjock Well okay, If youre 12Khr pilot I'm not going to arque with you :D Actually I haven't newer really seen somebody touchdown on A32S with crab, so you're right. But the de-grabbing (do you refer to it by "upwind down"?) is the most efficient technique with all medium-sized airliners, like A32s and the 737's?

[Learjetjock]

Indeed. It places alot less wear and tear on the gear as far as sideloads go as well as helps keep the tires in better shape. All that sideload on the tires scuffs them, deforms them and can cause a blowout pretty easy if theres too much sideload.

[Learjetjock]

The way you do it in the baby bus is fly the crab to about the last 20 feet at min 10 feet. Kick the rudder so as to swing the nose in line while bringing out the power (I always leave a little in though during a crosswind) while touching down on the downwind side. Than, using the side stick fly the upwind side to touchdown and than continue to fly the nose down. You want to get both mains down ASAP so to deploy the boards. Than, once the nose is down you can move the throttles into Thrust rvr.

[Learjetjock]

Also, in the 737 when you are landing in a crosswind you have to be extremely aware of pod strikes.

[VirtualPilot13]

@Learjetjock Yep, that's true. Probably the reason why they do land the 737 without de-grabbing in most of the cases, in strong crosswinds that is a requirement not to de-grab because the high bank would cause the wing to get in contact with the ground, right?

[Learjetjock]

That is correct. Other good examples are many if not all quad jets.

[pilotcharlesH17]

Perfect textbook landing and to thoughs who do not believe that was a good landing and textbook get some knowledge and learn to fly!!!! Or atleast know what your talking about!!!

[efast00]

pretty sweet

[markmimp]

thats how you should do it - very professional landing - textbook stuff

[Patissonych]

not exactly. usually they straighten plane after touch.

[symons3569]

' is thar dum r crasy'

You're the dumb one. Get an education, fuckwit.

[PilotGW]

Beautiful landing!

[gdrag27]

that pilot has skillz

[DITMN]

well done

[ramype]

MD-11 is great landing

[ek433]

One of the nicest x-wind landings on youtube! Nice landing!

[youtrein]

Awesome landing !

[MrCars]

i thought northwest only operated dc-9's to montreal

[BushBlewUpTwinTowers]

yeah, and i thought a cave man did 9/11...but it was controlled demoltion on twin towers + building 7....

nice landing

[CFSO5607]

Like the way she kisses the ground!

[jimbotrains]

it was nice, but the right wheel touched first so the left wheel sort of "jammed" down

[LH287]

You're supposed to do crosswind landings like that... One wheel first. I think it's called "crabbing"

[jimbotrains]

Crabbing is:

The principal difference is the aircraft touches down while still crabbing. The position on the runway is corrected after touch down. This applies significant slip angle to the tires, and increases the lateral loads on the undercarriage, so this technique is bounded by speed restrictions and is not generally recommended.

that is what i found on the internet.

im not sure about this stuff 100% though cause im just a flight simmmer

[JPH1786]

Landing on one wheel then the other is the preferred method for landing in a crosswind. Landing sidewise puts unneccessary strain on the landing gear. What you saw there is what's known as a sideslip.

[ryan868]

The upwind wheel is supposed to touch down first..

[tehcurti]

the upwind wheel did touch down first....

[ryan868]

Yes I know. I was replying to jimbotrains.

[pilotista01]

Very very nice...like in a text book!

[MrCars]

from where does northwest operate a320's to yul

[stefanton]

very very nice and smooth x-wind landing!

[145Slap789]

Textbook!

[aivitca]

Yeah this is YUL Airport (Montreal, Canada)

[mspencer02]

Yep. YUL is a nice easy approach, been living here for a few years and I fly back home to the US quite frequently. Bad weather is hardly ever a problem, which is great for the winters (Which are brutal, I spent about an hour on the deicing stand in a Jazz CR2 because we kept icing when the trucks moved away).

Anyways, a positively great landing. Can't imagine anything better in a crosswind of that magnitude.

[AirKruizer]

the airbus and boeing concepts are just completely different, neither is necessarily "easier" to fly but both offer features that many pilots find familiar and easier2use based on their individual preferences/training. the fly-by-wire technology of the airbus using the sidestick is a world apart from the yokes on boeings but pilots rated on each one will be eloquent in feeding the input required2attain the desired outcome...

[bigplaneboeing]

is this msp

[dannyhey07]

Airbus's are EASY to fly, lot easier than boeingss

[alvinabejuro]

dannyhey07 - im not a pilot , i fly only as passenger frequently.airbus is easy to fly during good weather , but during slight storm , boeings fly better.Airbus use joy stick which i think difficult for the pilot to take off and land.BOEINGS use yoke.the pilot has a great feel of the aircraft with his hand on the yoke during takeoff and landing.anybody comment me please.

[bigplaneboeing]

i think boeings better

[thunderdragon14]

nice job Mr. Pilot

[ebernall]

jetliner crosswind landings are always done manually. My dad is a 747 pilot .

[risecolt]

It's the new technology now, planes can even go sideways

[ny1092]

great driver!! ha

[inukjuak89]

To "masterLaico"....you are indeed correct:

this is not Mexico City, but my hometown of Montreal.

There is another crosswind landing exactly like this one

filmed later that day that is way more impressive

and amazingly super smooth, featuring a KLM MD-11.

Type in the searchbox "CaioSG" with "KLM extreme"

(and look at the wind carry away the puffs of the tires).

[hotnicca777]

great landing

[CrashIsGeek]

amazing landing... but, all pilots can do it! it was like most others!

[CrashIsGeek]

amazing landing... but, all pilots can do it! it was like most others!

[akfox38]

Correct Faustenn, So many people believe most airliners land themselves and pilots are nothing more than glorified bus drivers, which is def not the case. This was a great human landing with a crab and side slip at the end to compensate for a crosswind- no computer that I've come across is capable of that and I'm a licensed pilot. The day that the human element is taken out of landing a plane like that is the day I stop riding on and flying them :)

[faustennn]

not true at all, troublecluster. you dont understand the concept of fly by wire systems. the captain or first officer, whoever is the pilot flying in this video, is handflying the airplane down. autolands are very rare and only used for currency and in CatIII conditions.

[faustennn]

furthermore the CatIII auto system woudln't be able to compensate like that for a crosswind.

[cj1rho]

Quite right faustennn, infact the A320 autoland crosswind limit is 20kts.

[yoto5951]

nice

[troublecluster]

Computer controlled landing.. not the pilots work at all.. :)

[masterLaico]

At first I thought it was Mexico city airport

but there's no Popocatepetl :P

(a volcano in Mexico city, still active though)

[noobsrcons]

very skilled pilot 10/10

[wildcat1559]

wow excellent landing 10/10

[theboeing]

no airbus 321??? airbus a319

[ThePole1989]

@theboeing no absolutely airbus a319...an airbus a321 is much longer and the form of the engines from an airbus a321 is more different...

[Cipry16]

omg, that must be a skilled pilot.... excellent pilot.

[iamthewillis911]

wow, tht takes a skilled pilot, and someone whos got big balls