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.