11/09/14, 10:44 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2014
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The reason you land crabbing into the wind like that is so that you get both rear wheels on the ground at the same time. The pilot was probably looking out his side window as he came in.
IF you fly that crab ALL the way to the ground in a big plane like that it can result is a pretty viscous whipping around as the plane is forced to align with the runway out by ground forces.
Usually just before the ground contact the pilot will bring the nose around to reduce that whipping.
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