Kai Tak at LaGuardia, anyone?

[flyboy 28]

Woah. Hats off to the pilot
http://www.flightlevel350.com/Aircraft_ ... -1851.html

[beaky]

[Nexus]

Why does it look like he's performing a side-step manouever? (despite no runway to step to)
He corrects his lateral alignment with the runway rather late?
Is that a standard procedure or did that pilot just make a poor job dealing with the crosswind?

Nice slamdunk, tho

[Craig.]

James says the pilot was making an s-bend approach to allow traffic to depart on the runway.

[cspyro21]

Now THAT was cool

James says the pilot was making an s-bend approach to allow traffic to depart on the runway.

That would probably be right; as the camera follows the 737 over the treeline and watches it land, you can just see another aircraft departing the airport.

[Chris_F]

James says the pilot was making an s-bend approach to allow traffic to depart on the runway.

Is that common?  I'd think the FAA would object to something like that.

[Nexus]

Thanks for clearing that out Craigy!  :)
I kinda had the feeling something weird was going on, looked so awkward, like "oh darn it, there's is the runway I was looking for"  ;D

Chris_F, as long as the manouver is perfectly safe and doesnt push the flight envelope, I see no problem with that...but you never know with the FAA  :)

BTW who the heck is James?  ???

[Hagar]

[quote]BTW who the heck is James?

[flyboy 28]

Well, James is flyboy's real name.

You can't prove anything!


James Oops.

[Chris_F]

I was on one flight that executed a maneuver kinda like this.  The pilot ended up aborting the landing and we went around for a second go.  For the longest time I couldn't figure out why he approached the way he did, but now I guess I know.

The last couple seconds before abort were really interesting.  The pilot used a TON of roll to try to regain the centerline.  I could've sworn we were going to gid a wing tip in to the ground.  :)  Of course it's awfully hard to get a feel for the attitude/elevation of a plane while looking out the side window.  I'm sure it wasn't nearly as nasty as it seemed from seat 13D.

[Felix/FFDS]

You can't prove anything!


James Oops.

Big Brudder is watching .......

[Felix/FFDS]

What's the problem?  ISn't that a normal approach?  At least, that's the way ALL of mine look..!!!  :D

[cheesegrater]

Very nice.

[Craig.]

Well, James is flyboy's real name. I think Craig might be a tad confused. This is the comment with the vid.

confused? no.
James sent this video to me via messenger, I mistook it for the canarsey approach into JFK without reading the description, J then proceeded to correct me by telling me