A380 at Oshkosh...ouch

[cowpatz]

An Oshkosh arrival.

[HardCorePawn]

Look at the rudder deflections!! The man up the front is certainly dancing!

[Chairman]

Impressive to see something that huge go that sideways with the main gear firmly on the ground - does it swivel or something ?

Nice to hear "We've only got two reversers, on the inboard-" at the end of the clip, you could almost call it a nod to Concorde

Gary

[ardypilot]

I think Craig (Towerguy) told me earlier in the year that the A380 had only been hand landed 5 times ever? And that every time it comes to Auckland, its always on autoland, right down to the touchdown and then straighten up to align with the runway.

[Chairman]

Sort of related ... I found this article about ATC for Oshkosh. It sounds kind of fun !

http://www.wired.com/autopia/2009/07/airve...-control-tower/

Here's a small excerpt :

QUOTE

There are two runways at Wittman, one that runs east-west and another that runs north-south. But during AirVenture, the Federal Aviation Administration issues a special exception that divides the runways into multiple “lanesâ€￾ to handle the increased traffic. (See the map below.)

The north-south runway (18-36, for you pilots) is broken into several smaller sections. It is split down the middle so pilots can land on the left and right sides. There are four sections marked by colored dots. Pilots are instructed to land on a specific dot, which means two airplanes can land almost simultaneously on each half of the runway.

The east-west runway (09-27) also is similarly sectioned, with pilots directed to land on a specific dot. All of this slicing and dicing of the runway allows controllers to land multiple airplanes simultaneously. At peak traffic times, there may be as many as 10 airplanes coming or going per minute.[/quote]

[deaneb]

Thats a pretty hard landing if you ask me - just look at the wings flex !!