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This is not normal at all,” the pilot of SkyWest Flight 3788 told passengers, according to a recording of his inflight message posted on social media.
ATLANTA — It was a close call for a Delta regional jet pilot who said he had to make an “aggressive maneuver” to avoid a mid-air collision with a B-52 bomber. The SkyWest jet was coming in for a ...
Thus B-52 pilots fly intensely crabbed crosswind approaches, sometimes looking out the cockpit's side windows at the runway, all the way through touchdown and rollout.
Noteworthy the B-52 has a crosswind landing gear system that aided the crew during windy conditions. According to a BUFF driver “you can’t slip the airplane very much because you’ll start to ...
Welcome back to The Daily Aviation for a feature on an old workhorse of the USAF, the 70 year old B-52 Stratofortress. Voice, text and video editing belong to The Daily Aviation, any use of these ...
Planes making a sideways landing in a strong crosswind make for remarkable videos. How does the airplane handle the added stress of such landings?
A B-52H landed at Cheongju International Airport, marking the very first time in more than three decades, the iconic bomber landed in South Korea. A U.S.
It's always a captivating sight when the world's largest commercial passenger jet comes in for a landing. But mix in a strong crosswind, and the landing of an Airbus A380 superjumbo can make for ...
Videos pop up time to time of passenger jets landing in crosswinds. It’s not pretty and looks fiercely uncomfortable, but ultimately, it never looks like … ...
In a crosswind landing, strong wind is hitting an aircraft at a perpendicular angle to the direction of the landing strip. This creates a unique challenge for the aircraft, which must figure out ...
A B-52 bomber from Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City has made a safe emergency landing at a Texas airport after having mechanical trouble.
The pilot of a Friday flight that landed in Minot, North Dakota, from Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport apologized to everyone onboard for an 'aggressive maneuver' he had to make near landing ...