[s-cars] Fw: Watch Narrow escape

[Jerry Scott]

My guess is that he only had one runway available.  He was text book perfect 
on the cross wind landing procedure, but didn't hold the wing down on the up 
wind side after he kicked the rudder to align with the runway. Take a look 
at this one done correctly:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-1647492853543566084
Jerry
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Joe Pizzimenti" <joe.pizzimenti at gmail.com>
To: <calvinlc at earthlink.net>
Cc: "Tom Black" <tblack5 at cogeco.ca>; <s-car-list at audifans.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [s-cars] Fw: Watch Narrow escape


> Life is all about options.  There's nothing I've found that says the
> crosswinds started before his descent.
>
> Easy to criticize from behind a keyboard.  Thankfully, no one got hurt.
>
> Joe
>
> On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 12:37 AM, <calvinlc at earthlink.net> wrote:
>
>> OK, I have seen this video like 10 times and I must say that the pilot, 
>> in
>> my opinion, is a dumbass.  I'll wait for Hap to weigh in on this one, 
>> but,
>> here's the simple question: If you are 75 feet off the deck and 45 
>> degrees
>> off-line with the runway, do you...
>> A) keep descending and hope the wind suddenly stops blowing and it
>> straightens out
>> B) try and go around again in similar conditions
>> C) find an airport nearby with a runway that is not situated 90 degrees 
>> to
>> the stinkin' wind direction!!!
>>
>> In my world of values where my life is pretty high up on the list I think
>> C
>> is better than B is better than A.
>>
>> A lot of people have looked at this and said what an amazing job the 
>> pilot
>> did.  Yes, he did, but that's like saying I was traveling 100 mph down a
>> residential street and narrowly missed a kid who darted out in the
>> street...boy am I a good driver.  I do not pilot large commercial jets 
>> but
>> this just seems like common sense to me.
>>
>> --Calvin
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com
>> [mailto:s-car-list-bounces at audifans.com]On Behalf Of Tom Black
>> Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 9:40 AM
>> To: s-car-list at audifans.com
>> Subject: [s-cars] Fw: Watch Narrow escape
>>
>>
>> Sorry NAC.......Something to think about on a Monday.
>>
>> Narrow escape
>>
>> Video:
>> 3 Mar 08: Pilots of a plane carrying hundreds of passengers narrowly
>> avoided
>> catastrophe when their Airbus A320 tried to land in a storm.
>>
>> http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1137942530/bclid1155254697/bct
>> id1439799637<http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1137942530/bclid1155254697/bctid1439799637>
>>
>>
>>
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