earning their pay

[68RR]

Jes a lil windy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7P9OAng32F0#t=157

[71chevellejohn]

a lot of pucker factor in those clips.

[SS Junk]

Some of those planes looked to be doing 40mph when landing.

[Tyrone Biggums]

I would be an absolute sheet white mess if I were a passenger on one of those planes.

[scootro]

no thank you

[barronj]

You almost take for granted the tripod used when filming; imagine hearing someone yelling "Worldstar!" in the background, and how crazy that filming would be... lol

[Mysticcobrakilla]

Fuck! That runway looked like a motocross track.

[likeitfast55]

That is what you call earning your money days.

[Ratt]

Some of those planes looked to be doing 40mph when landing.

An average weight 737 lifts off from anywhere between 155 - 178 mph. If they were going 40 mph, there would have to be 100+ mph headwind.

[DON SVO]

An average weight 737 lifts off from anywhere between 155 - 178 mph. If they were going 40 mph, there would have to be 100+ mph headwind.

Cool, but what about landing?

[Ratt]

Cool, but what about landing?

Sorry, I wasn't quite clear. Ground speed makes no difference, it's all about airspeed and how quickly the air is moving over the wings.

[likeitfast55]

http://www.b737.org.uk/vspeeds.htm#Take-Off_Speeds_

Those charts are in KIAS. A Knot (nautical mile per hour)is 1.15 or .15% greater of MPH. Most all aircraft use KIAS as a standard.

Sorry, I wasn't quite clear. Ground speed makes no difference, it's all about airspeed and how quickly the air is moving over the wings.

Errrrr, GS is king in landing and take off. Most transport category aircraft have around a 10knot max limit on tail wind for take off and landing. We can not exceed the max demonstrated crosswind limit or tailwind limit. Ground speed is the reason we takeoff and land INTO the wind, in order to slow our groundspeed down. Slower = safer, more control, less runway needed.


Example, the 777 has a GS indicator on the #1PFD. I have seen 100mph gs on the PFD and 150KIAS on the AS indicator. That is a 50 knot headwind. At AA we suspend all ops at a max of 50 knots wind period.

[Tyrone Biggums]

In the video, one of the planes got both rear wheels down, said "NOPE", and took off again. What factor(s) are involved to make a pilot make that decision? How much of a window do you really have to make that call?

[Buick355]

I believe if you pointed those planes upwind and put them on a treadmill they'd take off.

[TX_92_Notch]

I would've shit my pants at the 10:20 mark...