236K views · 2.5K reactions | Boeing 747 Crosswind Landing JFK airport!  Boeing 747-400ERF, CAL Cargo Airlines. Crosswind landing in New York JFK Airport Runway 22L ©747Pilot - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE0o1z56I12hXZrj-C6fMVA , https://www.instagram.com/pilot.ben747/ | MenTour Pilot | Facebook

1.2M views · 11K reactions | 300 TONS Boeing 747-400ERF crosswind landing in Tel Aviv  Cal Cargo flight 992 from Oslo to Tel Aviv. Almost landed on Max Landing Weight. (Only 1.5 tones difference) ©747Pilot - https://www.youtube.com/c/747Pilot , https://www.instagram.com/pilot.ben747/ | MenTour Pilot | Facebook

Why aircraft have flaps and how they work ✈️ Airliners are designed to fly efficiently at high speed at high altitudes. To do this, they need sharp, thin wings that can fly at speeds close to the speed of sound. However, wings that are designed to fly efficiently at high speed are not good at flying slowly! Wings that are great at flying slowly are thick, highly cambered (curved) wings - the exact opposite of the efficient, supercritical wings fitted to most airliners! This is big problem! In or