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31-Mar-2014

I hate flying

Final into Midway today was not pleasant for anyone. The aircraft was being buffeted by a 40 knot alternating head/crosswind on final. Today, these bus drivers earned their money and caught a nice 3 wire on eventually sticking this thing on the ground. Deep inside I know it's safer than driving my car but the sense of not being in control sitting in 4F feeling the plane yawing, crabbing and being jostled freaks me out…


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Alan K14-Jun-2014 20:26
Eeeh, I'm Ok with it. In one sense I'd like to be in control, in another I'm so out of practice that I'd rather let someone who does it daily handle it. And of course your average Boeing product is rather more stable in a crosswind than your average Cessna product anyway.
Nice almost-fish-eye effect from the GoPro here, and you picked your moment quite well; the combination of the wing and the shoreline form a nice virtual "point" leading into the shot.