Saw this on New York Times blog the Lede of an amateur video recording of a Boeing A320 attempting to land at the Hamburg, Germany airport. A major crosswind nails it just as the plane touches down causing it to skid like crazy. The pilot calmly pulls off a deft maneuver to steady the plane. You gotta watch it (It starts off a little slow). I disagree with the Times blogger who remarks that this video would never make it as a Lufthansa commercial. Like those car commercials depicting crunching crashes to demonstrate, as counter intuitive as it may be, just how safe the car actually is, I think Lufthansa should use this video as a commercial to demonstrate how well trained their pilots are. I'm only half kidding. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueJeC2pxxbM]
Mr. Pilot: You can be my wingman any day.