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Re: Another Airbus down ....

Yeti wrote:
> On 1 July, 09:40, Brian Morrison <b...@fenrir.org.uk> wrote:
>> On Wed, 01 Jul 2009 05:47:48 +0100
>>
>> luci...@eternal-flames.gov wrote:
>>> Looking at the angle of the 747's port wing as it lands, it would seem
>>> he came close to bouncing the outer engine.
>> Engine nacelle clearance is sometimes the dominant factor in
>> determining crosswind limits.
>
> 737-300 and up can land in a 0.5 knot crosswind then - and not much
> more!

:)

I suppose that the engines being fairly far inboard and not much outside
the u/c track means that there has to be a lot of bank to bring the
nacelle close to the ground on a 73 NG. And even on a -200!

--

Brian