Watch multiple aircraft perform crosswind landings as pilots use the “crab” technique to keep control in strong winds. This ...
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 ...
The article discusses two main techniques for handling crosswind landings: the slip method (lowering the upwind wing and using rudder) and the crab method (maintaining a crab angle until near ...