To Be A Pilot

Those of you who know me well know that I wanted to be a pilot while growing up. Since my vision was too bad to realize that dream, I decided that I would build airplanes instead...this is partly why I went into the field of physics. Of course, my ambitions have changed over the past few years. Every now and then I see something that reminds me of how cool airplane pilots are and rekindles that little childhood flame in me that wants to be a pilot. Isn't this amazing?



Yes, the left wing actually does scrape the runway. He lands successfully on the second try. If this doesn't give you faith in the ability of your pilot to fly you through anything, I don't know what will!

(For those of you interested, I think this video is a good example of the proper way to land in a cross-wind. You apply enough rudder to keep the wings square to the headwind and then touch down your rear landing gear, one at a time. Then you swing the nose of the plane around and touch down the nose gear when you are straight down the runway. It looks like the airplane lifted back off the runway when the pilot was swinging the nose around after the rear gear initially touched down)