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Level42:
Cool, I still have that on my list of "must do" things....

I've actually safely landed a 747 once.

OK, it was not exactly on the runway and it was with Flightsimulator but hey I didn't read any of the books or had training. The plane was in one piece and safe on the ground :) (Of course this was without any crosswinds etc. etc.)

I'm pretty good with Airline Pilots too.... :D Always play it when we're at Scheveningen...

The best flying game I played was in a real F16 simulator though......many years ago. My uncle did electronics maintanence of F16's in the army. I got a private tour there.....man....best "game" I ever played, but it's already hard to keep a "rocket with tiny wings" up in the air....let alone fight others :)
Graphics were amazing for that time and projection all around  of course.....

Indeed, when I watched that clip the first time I thought about that this was something pretty simular to Faro.........

danny_galaga:

you almost always have some amount of cross wind. even if you had 180 diferent runways, you would still probably end up with 60 minutes of crosswind! two runways is quite common and normally end up with a livable amount of crosswind. they normally align them to the most common (statistically) prevailing winds. most common way for light aircraft is to crab in and then kick it straight just before touchdown. for commercial flights they sometimes fly with crossed controls to keep the aircraft straight but with one wing lower than the other (more comfortable for passengers). i learnt to fly at darwin which had two runways. the training area though only had one banana-shaped dirt runway with a wire fence alarmingly close to the thresh hold. good times  :cheers:

HaRuMaN:
Another problem with crosswinds is that it can set up distortion in your jet engine inlets... 

Ginsu Victim:
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RayB:
im pretty sure the wheels can rotate to an extent to align with the tarmac even though the body of the plane isn't.

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