My stepfather brags that he can land a cessnar in a lightning storm, with cross winds, at night on one wheel....(not joking)
Is this possible?? or his he the moron I always suspected?
2006-11-19 13:08:10 · 22 answers · asked by firecrotchlindsay 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Is this possible - Yes. You could do this but you could and probably eventually will, have an accident. But...yes it is possible....not advisable at all.Old pilots and bold pilots but no old bold pilots.
Is he a moron - sounds like he could quite possible be a moron....moron is as moron does so to speak. I am sure you have other evidence of his being a moron and just consider this one additional moron data point.However, as a pilot I would say this....you would be a moron to fly with a suspected moron with clear moron statements as described in your question above.
2006-11-20 09:31:01 · answer #1 · answered by tk 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This question is loaded. It is possible to do all the things he mentions. However, flying in a (Lightning) thunderstorm is not recommended for any aircraft unless it has radar to see it's way through the storm and around the up and downdrafts, powerful turbulance,and even hail, that can tear an aeroplane apart. Long time commercial pilots do their best to avoid such situations. As to landing on one wheel, It's done all the time. Add night, it's still done all the time, add cross winds, any plane can be landed in cross winds if the wind does not exceed the aircraft's and pilot's cross wind capability. So, is he a moron? I suspect he may have done it once successfully, but each time he does it his chance of getting out of it without accident, decreases with the severity of the storm. Remember, no one has ever left an airplane "up there" yet. However he ge gets it down, it's coming down and the fate is sometime to a higher power.The moron judgment is up to you! Ed, commercial pilot SEL MEL instrument
2006-11-20 08:40:27 · answer #2 · answered by NED S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the lightning storm. I wouldn't fly around one of those unless I wanted a death wish. As for landing in a crosswind at night on one wheel. Well he isn't as good as he says he is for this reason. A good pilot...ALWAYS lands on one wheel in a cross wind landing. For example. If you are landing on a runway that goes north and south and lets say the wind is coming from the east. On your flair you will roll ailerons into the wind(Or bank to the right) to keep the aircraft going straight down the runway and not sliding off to the left. First your right main will touch then your left main then the nose wheel. So in fact landing with a crosswind at night with one wheel. Well every good pilot should be able to do that.
2006-11-20 10:24:21 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Possible to do, a bit scary I'm sure though... However, it will catch up to you one day, when there will be a big problem, so I don't think one should brag about that- why you in a lightning storm anyways, especially at night ?(You= Stepfather)
As mentioned- a good landing is one you can walk away from, a EXCELLENT landing is when you can use the aeroplane afterwards LOL.
2006-11-19 18:46:58 · answer #4 · answered by rghaviation 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would not recommend flying with in 25 miles
of a thunderstorm but in a "have to land" scenario, it could be done, albeit VERY dangerous. as far as landing in a crosswind,
at long as you do not attempt to exceed (by much) the demonstrated cross wind component for that aircraft, that is just how you land in a cross wind. You lowere your wing INTO the wind and if executed properly, the wheel on that side will hit the runway before the other. When the airplane no longer "wants " to fly, both wheels
of the mains will be firmly on the runway.
2006-11-19 13:18:13 · answer #5 · answered by cherokeeflyer 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I suppose it's possible. But he'd have to be a moron to attempt landing a light plane in a storm.
By the way, part of the cross wind landing technique, day or night is to touch down on the upwind main gear 1st. (land on one wheel). Every licenced pilot can do this.
2006-11-20 01:04:35 · answer #6 · answered by No More 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the closest you will discover is the "parasite fighter" courses in the 20's or so w/ Zepplins and later vast bombers in the 50's yet then those planes did not "land" they flew as much as the mothership from under and snagged a bar or something w/ a hook and have been then reeled in while that they had performed this (yet this by no skill went previous the testing degree) So no, planes have by no skill landed on different planes w/out the crash being stated on the 6 o'clock information
2016-10-22 09:36:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Landing in a crosswind on one wheel, yes. In a thunder storm, no. The air currents from the storm would cause you to crash. In a thunderstorm you have updrafts (air currents rising) and downdrafts (air currents falling) where these currents meet, is kind of like a vacuum, and you get wind sheer ( no lift) your plane would drop. This can be a thousand feet. When your landing, you are too close to the ground to recover from something like that.
2006-11-20 10:20:59 · answer #8 · answered by Pat F 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is possible (a one wheel landing is a standard cross-wind tecnique).
But it would take a moron to fly a Cessna 172 at night with thunderstorms forecast.
If you are caught in this situation wait it out or divert.
2006-11-19 15:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the way (at least one way) of landing in a cross wind
2006-11-20 03:06:27 · answer #10 · answered by walt554 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋