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| Be glad you weren't on this flight |
 Mar 4 2008, 10:24 AM
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z42fchrzhHY
If you look closely, the left wing touches the ground. Lufthansa has been praising the pilots saying that they reacted very well to the conditions. -------------------- "There is a level of cowardice lower than that of the conformist: that of the fashionable non-conformist." |
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Mar 4 2008, 10:51 AM
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not to argue, but there's no way in hell the wind was gusting to 155mph in that video.
damn good pilot though |
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Mar 4 2008, 10:54 AM
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 New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 4 2008, 10:51 AM)  not to argue, but there's no way in hell the wind was gusting to 155mph in that video. why do you say that? and thats the number the AP is reporting. It may have been a draft slightly above the ground and thats why the camera seems fairly undaunted by it
damn good pilot though |
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Mar 4 2008, 12:40 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Mar 4 2008, 10:54 AM) why do you say that? look at the bushes |
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Mar 4 2008, 01:55 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 4 2008, 12:40 PM) look at the bushes that's the windspeed on the ground. What about at an altitude 100 ft. up? Obviously he was having trouble controlling the plain from a higher altitude. He was still trying to stabalize when the wing hit the runway.
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Mar 4 2008, 03:05 PM
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Group: Members Posts: 10,620 Joined: 23-February 06 From: Houston, TX Member No.: 48 |
QUOTE (Jessica @ Mar 4 2008, 01:55 PM) that's the windspeed on the ground. What about at an altitude 100 ft. up? it wasn't 40 mph on the ground, and 155mph 100 ft up. QUOTE (Jessica @ Mar 4 2008, 01:55 PM) Obviously he was having trouble controlling the plain from a higher altitude. He was still trying to stabalize when the wing hit the runway. Oh no doubt, I still think he did a damn good job. But there's no way in hell those were 155mph winds. maybe 50-70mph or so, which is still hellacious. but 155mph, no friggin way. |
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Mar 4 2008, 06:54 PM
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New son Donovan Charles Mummert born July 17, 2008 Group: Members Posts: 8,635 Joined: 22-February 06 From: Port Wentworth, GA Member No.: 15 |
QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 4 2008, 03:05 PM) it wasn't 40 mph on the ground, and 155mph 100 ft up. Well, Stephan is saying that a site reported wind speeds at 60 mph. I did read in that AP story yesterday that it was 155 mph, but today I did a quick search on the story and couldn't find anything that said that figure again, whereas three sites said it yesterday. Weird. Maybe there was some sort of reporting error that made 55 mph into 155 mph... Either way, wind speeds are different at certain altitudes. While that was an extreme example I gave, it is possible for winds to affect the atmosphere quite differently at certain altitudes. I don't know how to say it technically because I'm not a freaking meteorologist but still...Oh no doubt, I still think he did a damn good job. But there's no way in hell those were 155mph winds. maybe 50-70mph or so, which is still hellacious. but 155mph, no friggin way. http://www.spiegel.de/international/german...,538926,00.html and yeah, this story right here says 56 mph winds... I think the AP had an error yesterday. EDIT: finally, I found a story that still says 155 http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/03/03/4896931-ap.html and I now realize I am a moron because that's how fast the plane was traveling.... *shrug* I still think the AP was reporting 155 mph winds yesterday. I think they had their numbers crossed |
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Hartmann Be glad you weren't on this flight Mar 4 2008, 10:24 AM
theIncredibleEdibleDuane One wild ride!
Notice the tail kinda swings... Mar 4 2008, 10:33 AM Jessica ya... I saw this video yesterday. Damn good pilot ... Mar 4 2008, 10:35 AM
Hartmann QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 4 2008, 10:51 AM) ... Mar 4 2008, 11:25 AM theIncredibleEdibleDuane To move something that large that drastically, the... Mar 4 2008, 11:03 AM Hartmann Der Spiegel is reporting that crosswinds during th... Mar 4 2008, 11:31 AM cmac i think parachutes should be an optional upgrade w... Mar 4 2008, 11:53 AM Hartmann There was a clarification on the AP story (and the... Mar 4 2008, 08:16 PM impala454 MYSTERY SOLVED Mar 5 2008, 12:55 AM chook I am pretty amazed that they were cleared to land. Mar 5 2008, 01:16 AM Hartmann QUOTE (chook @ Mar 5 2008, 01:16 AM) I am... Mar 5 2008, 08:24 AM impala454 didn't look like much of an airport Mar 5 2008, 01:19 AM Hartmann QUOTE (impala454 @ Mar 5 2008, 01:19 AM) ... Mar 5 2008, 08:17 AM |
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