Emirates Airbus A380 crosswind landing at Dusseldorf, Germany, October of 2014. Imagine yourself inside that massive inflated sausage. And imagine the stress placed on the huge tail rudder, the horizontal stabilizers, the wing roots and the gear trucks. “Can I get some cleaning solution for the seats in here, please?”
Same aircraft, different vantage point.
And to think: this pilot had to land with some crappy Airbus joystick (instead of a proper two-handed yoke as with Boeing products) — left handed — when odds are that the pilot is right-handed.
Props to the pilot, anyone?
BZ
He or she fought that thing all the way to the deck! One helluva good job! And yes, he/she earned their flight pay for that one!
No kidding! Would love to have a copy of the CVR during that landing.
BZ