That's interesting, Chris. Our C130 chaps use wing-down, for the most part.
I've used crab all my flying career, kicking off the drift at the flare, but
now I'm flying little puddle-jumpers I find it safer to fly wing-down as I
flare, in case my the aircraft floats and wanders too far to the side of the
runway after I have kicked off the drift.
Whatever works . . .
Chris
On 6 Nov 2011, at 13:40, Chris Trask wrote:
> Yes, you needed to be fully aware of your landing just in case,
> especially in bad crosswinds. After a while I just ignored the "wing low"
> crosswind technique that the instructors insisted on and instead used the
> "crab" technique that I had learned earlier. Stuck with that with the
> C-130's later. Some did not care for the last moment rudder kick prior to
> touchdown.
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