Planes land at ridiculous angles
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3. bigbadthor commented 10 years ago
@Thanny, Much of the initial research for runways include the direction of the wind as well as other factors such as environmental impact, noise abatement, and geographical limitations. I work as an Air Traffic Controller in Key West and the crosswind can be pretty brutal sometimes but the regional airport only has the one landing strip. Some companies, Delta and United to name a few, will not land here if the crosswind is too high. To answer your question though, it is not cost effective to adjust the direction of a runway for the constantly changing winds. Aircraft carriers do it all day though...
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6. callemacody commented 10 years ago
They should just make the wheels like the wheels on shoppingcarts, then it doesnt matter how it lands!
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7. SlyButHigh commented 10 years ago
yeah planes with castor wheels.. that would be funny to watch
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9. UofMichFan commented 10 years ago
These pilots have both serious skills and nerves of steel. Much respect.
+19 1. fjwjr commented 10 years ago