Touch-down

3256 above sea level, some of the finest pilots make a huge cross-wind landing look like just another day at the office. The Ilyushin 76 @ Leh: circa 2011

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Dirty, slow and heavy!

When you're landing a plane this big with a few hundred people and disaster relief material at ten and a half thousand feet, a sick crosswind and just about 10000 feet of black stuff, you've got to be dead accurate. And these guys do it everyday.


Not sure if this is pic jeopardises national security, and if it does I'd be glad to take it off