Fantastic Crosswind video...

Those are some high winds... and that was a demo of a lot of bad technique (and some great technique), too! I second the "they need a new runway," though guaranteed the environmentalists would poop cinderblocks at the thought.

That first A320 rolling down the runway for takeoff... I guess it never dawned on them to raise the upwind aileron, you know, like you're taught from day 1 as a pilot?
 
Man those planes are taking a beating. That United 757 at 4:20 is tossed all over the place, and if you look at the pilots in the cockpit they're being tossed around like rag dolls. I could be wrong, but it also looked an awful lot like the vertical stab was flexing around as well as the engine pylons. Simply incredible.
 
The 777 at 8:20 and again at 9:50 looked good. Most of the trash 8 landings looked terrifying but I can't tell if that was just because the landing gear setup on those makes them look like they're permanently on the verge of a vicious wheelbarrow.
 
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