Saturday Afternoon Cross Wind At YSSY

[Grahame Hutchison]

With the wind swing between 230 and 270 degrees and reaching 28Kts, some of the approaches to Runway 34 Left on Saturday afternoon were interesting. One aircraft actually requested a 16Right departure but there was little interest from the tower. Holding the camera in the crosswind was also challenging.

A Qantas B737-800 having a go.


UPS MD-11 N252UP working hard, we can see the starboard side of the aircraft from the beach.


UPS MD-11 N252UP demonstrates a good cross wind technique.


Virgin Blue B737 and again we could see the starboard side of the aircraft.


A Qantas B767 absolutely nose onto the beach.


Another QF B767 with probably a little more cross wind than the rest.

[Lee G]

Wow!!!!

Great shots !!!! Must have been almost blowing you off the ladder out there ... (I assume you were on a ladder near the fenceline?)

[phil.l]

Some great apporach shots Grahame, well done.

[andrew evans]

Nice

[Gerard M]

Amazing set of photos again Grahame! For sure some of the passengers would have slightly elevated heart rates along with some pilots i presume!
Love the two with the MD-11!

Thanks for posting them!

Gerard

[Owen H]

Great photos Grahame! I knew the thread talking about crosswinds would bring a few on!

[Gerard M]

Feel free to post your photos too Chris. I'd be happy to see others of MD11 and A380!

We're there many go-arounds on Saturday?

[James Smith]

Wow, the passengers on the starboard window would have been able to see down the runway they were about to land on. Has anyone experienced that sight from a landing aircraft?

[Warren P.]

Some great shots there.

[Grahame Hutchison]

Gerard, not a single go around between 2pm and 5pm from what I saw.