Watch several aircraft perform challenging crosswind landings as pilots use the “crab” technique to maintain control. This ...
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The plane was cruising north at 112 mph along the East River on an overcast day when the pilots began to make a U-turn near 70th Street to head back down the channel, which is about 2,100 feet wide at ...
A preliminary report has been issued that sheds light on the causes of a July plane crash that killed Montgomery County Legislator Daniel Wilson. The pilot of the small Piper Cherokee airplane started ...
The article discusses two primary crosswind landing techniques: the "slip" method (author's preference, involving lowering the upwind wing and using opposite rudder throughout final approach and ...