Think I would want a whiskey & coke if I was on the jumpseat!Rob

The 'bank angle' callout after the first bounce got my attention. Well, anyone you can walk away from is a good landing. I've done worse.

Think I would want a whiskey & coke if I was on the jumpseat!Rob

If you need two hands on the control column to correct and land the aircraft, you know you did something wrong before that moment. The resulting runway contact can be expected if you elect to continue.Regards,Harry

If you need two hands on the control column to correct and land the aircraft, you know you did something wrong before that moment. The resulting runway contact can be expected if you elect to continue.

Perhaps that contributed to the hard touchdown. The A/T starts to retard power at ~50ft. From the rapid-fire altitude callouts, it would appear that some power may have been appropriate. Not quite sure why he needed both hands on the yoke though- may have been turbulence, but not enough info to tell.That's my Monday morning analysis :( Paul

the wind obviously wasn't very nicethere's so much banking by the autopilot during final approachSam

I don't think VHHH ever had a wind free day. The VHHH youtube videos are my favorites from the insane amount of crosswind landings. There are about 20 or so videos on youtube of VHHH landings and none are without MAJOR crosswinds.Great vid, I liked seeing the gear lights illuminate exactly as in PMDG's :)

Has anyone observed if the PMDG aircraft also gives you the bank angle warning at low altitude if theres a possibility of a wing/engine strike?

Has anyone observed if the PMDG aircraft also gives you the bank angle warning at low altitude if theres a possibility of a wing/engine strike?

I think they left the bank angle out in all phases.Rob

I think they left the bank angle out in all phases.Rob

The comments on the cockpit chatter is kind of funny. The PNF says "Piano", Italian for "soft". Which clearly is a a wish rather than a description. Awesome. As for the wind, did she say 7? That's pretty ridiculous if that's a problem. But, as Dan points out, I've done far worse myself and I'm still around.

The comments on the cockpit chatter is kind of funny. The PNF says "Piano", Italian for "soft". Which clearly is a a wish rather than a description. Awesome. As for the wind, did she say 7? That's pretty ridiculous if that's a problem. But, as Dan points out, I've done far worse myself and I'm still around.

About five years ago I landed in a bad crosswind at KDPA with my wife, and she said she was never flying with me again in a state of mild panic. To date she has kept her promise, but it really wasn't that bad of a landing looking back. Like was said earlier...plane in tact + no damage to plane or passengers + good landing!

That legendary VHHH Kai Tak IGS 13 approach is my favourite sim adventure bar none, particuarly with the stunning realism provided by Fly Tampa's amazingly detailed scenery of Kai Tak and the Hong Kong Harbour. Whipping into a steep right bank over that park as the checkerboard looms into view on the hillside requires a textbook coordinated turn with subtly harmonised rudder and aileron inputs, but my first few hundred attempts quickly degernated into a flailing crab, before I finally got the hang of carving that turn just right for a smooth as silk touchdown....... Mmmmm extasy. Dang, I gotta go shoot that approach a few more times right now.Tony Selario

This I believe is an approach to 31 in Kai Tak... there is no 50

It's nice to know that I'm not the only one that has a bad landing every no and then.