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  1. 9th June 2011, 03:27 PM #1
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    Crosswind Landing at Hong Kong

    I would NOT like to be on this plane!!!

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    Great skills by the pilot but yeah I wouldn't want to be on there either!!!
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    Good ole computer landing.

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    Loved this airport (Kai Tak) - sadly it no longer exists as it closed in July 1998

    That was one of the better cross wind approaches, but here are some of the acrobatics () that went on at kai tak as this Alitalia MD11 demonstrates:


    and here are some more botched landings:

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