Pilots skilfully land in heavy crosswinds
<p>We take so many elements of air travel for granted these days, that we sometimes lose sight of the considerable skill required from pilots to provide us with safe travel.</p>
<p>The skill is really on display in the video above, which shows a pilot making a landing in heavy crosswinds.</p>
<p>From our perspective it looks quite nerve wracking as the plane approaches the runway at a 45 degree angle. But, rest assured the pilot knows exactly what he’s doing.</p>
<p>A spokesperson for Trans States told Huffington Post the routine is part of pilot training, “All of our pilots are trained to land in heavy cross winds... this pilot did a great job of executing his training.”</p>
<p>Routine or not, after watching this video we think this pilot deserves a pat on the back! </p>
<p><em>Video credit: YouTube / ElDI SuperNova</em></p>
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