Twenty six gusting forty knots...
.... is on the 757's crosswind limit if it was at 90 degrees to the landing direction (30kt demonstrated, 40kts manufacturer's). So Cap'n Brenda proved them right, and the misogynists wrong.
These conditions are generally referred to as 'sporting' in the aviation fraternity
(, Mon 8 Jul 2019, 21:29, Share, Reply)
How much of this was Brenda
And how much of this was the on-board computer, though?
(, Tue 9 Jul 2019, 7:31, Share, Reply)
The approach may have been auto
But the flare, touchdown and landing roll-out would be manual.
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wheresthefish Partly filled with wrong, Tue 9 Jul 2019, 9:41,
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