Here’s a near miss with Mother Earth, followed by a successful landing. Must have been fun (NOT!) to be in the cockpit . . .
Peter
The idle musings of a former military man, former computer geek, medically retired pastor and now full-time writer. Contents guaranteed to offend the politically correct and anal-retentive from time to time. My approach to life is that it should be taken with a large helping of laughter, and sufficient firepower to keep it tamed!
Ah yes, the infamous cross wind gusts… WELL over the crosswind component, I'd bet, and not enough runway to plop it down and actually get it to STOP! 🙂
Right about 0:19 it looks like they engaged hover mode for a second.