• makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    11 months ago

    Reminds me of a flight I was on with winds like that. Blowing across the runway as we tried to land. It was horrifying. The pilots had to bring the plane in at like a 30+ degree yaw (I think it’s yaw - pointing to the side) and straighten it out at the last minute.

    First try they had to mulligan but I’ll be damned if they didn’t safely albeit very firmly set us down the second try.

    • SpookyAlex03@lemmy.zipEnglish
      2·
      11 months ago

      Yeah that maneuver’s called “crabbing” – looks scary, but as I understand fairly typical for cross-wind landings

      Basically just flying into the wind a little bit to cancel it out, so that relative to the ground you’re going right down the runway, even though the nose is pointed the other way. Then turning down the runway at the last moment so the landing gear is pointed the right direction when it hits the ground

      30+ degrees is definitely on the higher end though

  • herrcaptain@kbin.social
    5·
    11 months ago

    This reminds me of a few months ago. We were having insane winds, and I saw a Magpie get absolutely yeeted off a tree branch. I watched it get blown about 2 city blocks before it went over an industrial building and I lost sight of it.

  • gerryflap@feddit.nl
    3·
    11 months ago

    This seems totally intentional. It didn’t really flap with force once. Instead it just kinda vibed around on the wind for a while without really expending too much energy. I think the bird could totally go against the wind if it wanted to, but it just wanted to do whatever it was doing here. Maybe just playing or training a bit, or maybe getting a slightly different vantage point.