landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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I saw this on the saturday morning news show here in the US,,, I finnaly found it on youtube Posted from Romania
......coming in sidesways........flying the plane looking throught the co pilots windscreen :dunno:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6eA_gyKtH0

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Re: landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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Lovely bit of skill there from the PIC :thumbsup: A joy to watch ;-)

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Re: landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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Nicely done and it looks like he pushes it firmly to the ground after landing :thumbsup:

Thanks for that Joe :)


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Re: landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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i saw that you two... :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Re: landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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My landings look like that in calm conditions! :worried: EricT
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Re: landing at Leeds - Bradford Airport UK on 26-01-08

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Thats pretty impressive!

I've seen bigger stuff do crosswind landings, but nothing of that size.

Amazing how much it is being buffeted around!

Great skill by the pilot.
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