Hi there,I was just looking at the Airliners.net site and look what I found. Isn

It's not a fake!

Check out these ones:http://www.airliners.net/open.file/050234/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/134230/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/294768/L/http://www.airliners.net/open.file/229988/L/The 757 photo is a takeoff!

anthony,you are right. my fault, didn

Question:The way I land when in heavy crosswind is to align via ILS 10NM from the runway and fly the runway magnetic heading so I keep the localizer aligned. Is the MAgnetic heading in the EHSI calculated based on wind speed and direction? FLying a Cessna I need to wind check every now and then and use Wind Correction angles to adjust for crosswind, in airliners that do not seem to be the case. I'm not a pilot, never flown a Cessna or a Jet, but I would like to better understand true Vs magnetic and why it is so easy to land in crosswinds with a jet.Thanks,

Track up displays on the EHSI are the best thing since sliced bread in a crosswind. When aligned with the runway all one needs to do is keep the runway heading in the track box and you have the drift nailed.

In a Cessna, you shouldn't really need wind checks to calculate a wind correction angle. It's really more of a visual thing. If you see you're getting pushed off line, you crab more into the wind. Visually, you can pick this up quite well and converge on the correct wind correction angle instinctively.The fact is that the wind very often changes substantially between pattern altitude (1000' AGL) and the runway so there is no one wind correction angle. Just yesterday at sunset I was practicing short/soft field landings in a C172. We needed about 30

>(Wow, it is gorgeous flying after the sun goes down!)Indeed! Though that really only apply for the summertime - just last week I was flying to a nearby airport and as usually we were delayed. Had do do the leg back home in a 30 knot headwind and it sure gets dark quick around here once the sun is down. Nocturnal navigation was harder than expected ;-) (My instructor managed to tune in some German radio station on the ADF though so at least we had some entertainment while cruising with an amazing groundspeed of 65 knots :-lol

There are several pics on airliners.net that look pretty dubious to me - this among them.

OK, I'll bite.What's so dubious about the pictures linked in this thread?Cheers,JohnBoeing 727/737 mechanic

http://www.rwy34.com/pics/TAP_321_ventos_fortes.asx(About a 2mb Vid).MMMMMmmmmm..... Marginal.

WOW!! reminds me of a 727 I saw landing in Ottawa a few years ago that nearly clipped the runway with its wingtip on landing!! I bet the pilots shorts were a different colour after that one!!!