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kamaz, that RC Concorde crash is a great example of what happens when an aircraft exceeds its airframe limits. The Left engine crowling disintegrated when a gust hit it when the model was going close to max airframe speed, the CG shift caused the model to flip then dynamic pressure took out the other crowling, the CG by this point was out side of the ability of the control surfaces to compensate for.
 

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This guy Gwynne Dyer, a Canadian journalist, did a whole 5 or 6 film series of documentaries about war back in the 80s. I remember seeing it a few years later on public television in the US and I was very impressed with the whole thing. This one won him an award I think, but I recommend watching the entire thing. Even though it was made during the Cold War it is still very relevant, and in fact some of it even more so today.

 

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The statue "seal woman" unveiled last summer is water-proof tested. :)

[ame="http://vimeo.com/118237565"]kopakonan on Vimeo[/ame]

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WTF.... is THAT COOL....

 

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[ame="http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=012_1423025693"]LiveLeak.com - Plane crashes into Taipei river with 53 passengers aboard[/ame]

Already going viral now....apparently a few people survived it. I'll look up the ATR's series (42&72) safety record. I have a feeling quite many have crashed in the last few years.
 

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He is lucky not to be half a second late:
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But a half second the other way would have missed altogether.
 

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Better quality video, taken from a post on airliners.net:

[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDshs7trY-I"]TransAsia Taipei Plane Crash (BEST QUALITY) - Accidente Avión Taiwan (4-2-2015) [Must see!] - YouTube[/ame]
 

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And a close-up.
 

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[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnlotCGF-sI"]Airborne Launch Assist Space Access Program (ALASA) - YouTube[/ame]
 

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He is lucky not to be half a second late:
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Don't you mean half a second early? If he'd arrived at the spot where the wingtip hit the road any later he might have hit debris, but the plane itself would have passed by before he got there. A fraction of a second earlier, and the wingtip would have wiped him out entirely. Actually, a full half second either way probably would have been enough for the plane to miss him. I'd say that van is less than 20 feet long, and highway speeds work out to about 100 feet per second. So there's a window of 0.2 seconds or less from the plane barely clipping his front bumper to barely clipping his rear bumper.
 

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Damn...Slightly more ok-ish than some of the crosswind videos, but still extreme. Having had a first taste of what a crosswind landing feels like this winter, I wouldn't want to be on that plane. Though I agree it's mostly routine.


Taken from jetstream.tv
 

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Damn...Slightly more ok-ish than some of the crosswind videos, but still extreme. Having had a first taste of what a crosswind landing feels like this winter, I wouldn't want to be on that plane. Though I agree it's mostly routine.

landing gear hammered in touchdown turbulence - YouTube

Taken from jetstream.tv

My evaluation - Potentially more dangerous than the force of the right main gear hitting is the fact that it bounced, causing the right wing to raise. In such a strong crosswind, a gust at the wrong time could flip the plane. I realize airliners are less prone to this than say a C172 like the one I'm learning in, but the risk is still there. Good job to the pilot, he/she did a good job of getting the wing back down after the bounce.
 
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