The value of regular crosswind takeoff and landing practice becomes evident when you get caught with no choices. I learned this lesson on a flight in my Cessna 170 to the Baja California peninsula a ...

Crosswinds are a significant factor in landing accidents, especially for smaller aircraft, and pilots often lack sufficient practice due to runway designs typically aligning with prevailing winds.

Runway excursions continue to be a threat during the aircraft landing maneuver. Here are some tips to help pilots avoid these mishaps. Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist Stuart ...

Crosswinds are what their name suggests: they are winds that aren't blowing straight down the runway, but, rather, are ...

I'm jumping into one of the most dissected and debated issues in the aviation world. If you want to start a lively discussion with a group of pilots, ask for their opinions on the safest, most ...

The video in this post was taken by our friend @Saint1Mil in April last year, at RAF Fairford, UK. It shows one of the 6x B-52H Stratofortress bombers, belonging to the 2nd Bomb Wing, from Barksdale ...

Videos pop up time to time of passenger jets landing in crosswinds. It's not pretty and looks fiercely uncomfortable, but ultimately, it never looks like they're not going to stick the landing. That's ...

The U.S. Air Force’s iconic B-52 bomber was ingeniously designed with landing gear that can be positioned up to 20 degrees left or right of the centerline for both takeoff and landing. A crabbed ...

Hundreds of passengers on an Emirates flight experienced a scary landing at Dusseldorf Airport in western Germany on Thursday, as powerful crosswinds seemed to nearly knock the Airbus A380 off the ...