What the video shows is an expert pilot doing his best to lay the aircraft as gently as possible on the tail, as part of a test. Ability to survive a tail strike is not what is being tested.
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Found the Navy pilot.
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I remember some of those; the pilots had to come in with a near 45 degree crab angle to land. They frequently landed first on just one of the body wheels, too; best practices want you to land as close to simultaneously on those wheels as possible for stability (and to keep from scraping a wing tip and spinning out).
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eeyeah… that’ll buff right out!
In the pit of their coccyx.
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“They’re called aviators.”
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Take as many tries as you need, just make the last one count.
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I’d wholeheartedly recommend Mentour Pilot’s channel on YouTube.
He has a series ongoing analyzing famous and less famous incidents in addition to more generic aviation stuff.
Precise factual information, clear explanations based on actual incident/accident reports, no drama while being respectful when loss of life is involved, good production values.
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Woof, that was a clencher.
I remember flying Southwest into Dallas one fine windy and rainy day back in 2000 or 2001 (I can’t remember) and it was a rough landing. I could have sworn that plane touched down at a sideways angle, but the pilot planted her firmly, and we rolled up the the gate without a scratch. The pilot got an round of applause from the passengers.
Here’s an A380 doing a cross-wind landing in Dusseldorf:
Imagine sitting in the tail section…
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