DC-3 Landing In A Stiff Crosswind At Columbus, GA

Dan Gryder from Griffin, GA taking us to school on how to land in a stiff crosswind. This was filmed at "Thunder In The Valley Airshow" in Columbus, GA on March 20th, 2010. Notice how there are no wasted control movements, and all imputs are done at just the right time..

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• Thunder In The Valley Airshow
• Dan Gryder
• Griffin
• GA
• airshow
• DC-3
• Crosswind landing
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[streamer47]

In response to the naysayers who have said there was little to no crosswind, I looked up the historical weather data for this area of GA on March 20th, 2010. This performance was right around 1:00 PM. The wind speed averaged 11 mph with gusts to 21 mph that day during this time period. Wind direction was from 161 degrees with the landing runway being 24. That would be a difference of 79 degrees between wind direction and runway orientation. Don't believe it? Look it up for yourself.

[streamer47]

Unfortunately abej76, ego sometimes goes hand in hand with good piloting skill. Great pilots distinguish themselves from the good ones, by their gracious, humble attitude. The one name that comes to mind as an example, would be the great Bob Hoover!

[bpolits]

Did you see the flag @ 0:30 in the video? There is a crosswind but it doesn't look too stiff.

[streamer47]

I can guarantee there was a stiff crosswind that day. You don't cock a DC-3 at that angle, and land it on the upwind wheel unless there's a good crosswind. That flag you're referring to is one of those gigantic huge flags that takes a lot of wind to make it stand out straight. Not your standard size flag by any means.

[abej76]

Yea Dan's ego is something else....

Got himself arrested in Griffin, Ga. for almost running over a police officer in a DC-3. Just Google it for the article. He is the most disliked pilot at the Griffin airport.