tail strike and go around...

[George K]

@copper said in tail strike and go around...:

If it is no big deal, why do I remember all 4? Because it is embarrassing.

A guy I used to work with (he was an idiot on many levels) had a prop strike, bounced, and didn't have enough speed to get back in the air. Ahead of him was a large grove of trees. His thoughts at that moment?

"I'm gonna be on the news!"

He actually did have enough speed to climb out and go around. He said it was "shaky."

[Jolly]

Been in a 707 that did something a bit similar...broke several of the overhead bin doors, the masks fell down, luggage littered the aisles and crap was flying everywhere.

Was not fun.

[George K]

https://www.fox29.com/news/british-airways-plane-nearly-topples-tail-hits-tarmac-during-windy-aborted-landing

[bachophile]

Minneapolis St Paul airport today

[Ivorythumper]

@bachophile said in tail strike and go around...:

one for copper,

last week this BA airbus at heathrow caught in some crosswinds...

Link to video

I'm curious if they film all commercial take offs and landings for the record?

[Catseye3]

This is all so reassuring.

[George K]

@Catseye3 said in tail strike and go around...:

This is all so reassuring.

Mrs. GEorge will not fly.

Not gonna show these videos to her.

I made the mistake of showing her cross-wind landings at Hong Kong. Mistake is an understatement.

[Copper]

@Ivorythumper said in tail strike and go around...:

I'm curious if they film all commercial take offs and landings for the record?

I don't think they do. I might be wrong.

It sounds to me like something the pilot's union wouldn't like, but I'm not sure.

[taiwan_girl]

@George-K said in tail strike and go around...:

@Catseye3 said in tail strike and go around...:

This is all so reassuring.

Mrs. GEorge will not fly.

Not gonna show these videos to her.

I made the mistake of showing her cross-wind landings at Hong Kong. Mistake is an understatement.

The old Kai Tek airport in HK was quite interesting. The landing was so close to apartment buildings, it seemed I could look out the plane window and see what people were cooking! 555


[89th]

@bachophile said in tail strike and go around...:

Minneapolis St Paul airport today

I wonder which plane that was. I fly delta all the time (well, about 6-10 times a year) out of MSP.

[bachophile]

DL2289 on 24 APR 2022 from DCA to MSP

N301DU Airbus A220

My mistake in saying “today”

It was last week

[89th]

@bachophile

Wow! My very last flight (on April 14) was on that plane. I also flew it in July, August, and December last year.

[bachophile]

@89th

Same flight. Different plane

N308DU

[89th]

@bachophile interesting, I figured the callsign was the same thing as the airplane itself.