Crosswinds are a significant factor in landing accidents, especially for smaller aircraft, and pilots often lack sufficient practice due to runway designs typically aligning with prevailing winds.

The U.S. Air Force’s iconic B-52 bomber was ingeniously designed with landing gear that can be positioned up to 20 degrees left or right of the centerline for both takeoff and landing. A crabbed ...

Crosswinds are what their name suggests: they are winds that aren't blowing straight down the runway, but, rather, are ...

A video of a pilot navigating a challenging plane landing has gone viral on TikTok. The video was shared by Pilot Simona (known as @pilot_simona on TikTok), an airline pilot, and has had 2.5 million ...

The video in this post was taken by our friend @Saint1Mil in April last year, at RAF Fairford, UK. It shows one of the 6x B-52H Stratofortress bombers, belonging to the 2nd Bomb Wing, from Barksdale ...

I'm jumping into one of the most dissected and debated issues in the aviation world. If you want to start a lively discussion with a group of pilots, ask for their opinions on the safest, most ...

Ukrainian investigators have concluded that a Turkish Airlines Boeing 737-800 crew used an inadvisable technique to land during a strong crosswind, failing to maintain directional control before an ...

Swedish freighter operator West Atlantic has reinforced crosswind training after investigators attributed a significant British Aerospace ATP excursion at Birmingham airport to inexperience and ...

This HA-420 HondaJet was substantially damaged in a landing accident at William P. Hobby Airport in Houston. Credit: NTSB Business jets as of this writing had experienced nine landing accidents due to ...