Big Storm In Europe

[A340]

As some of you may know, there was quite a storm workings it's way through Europe last night and today. Winds had gusts up to 222km/h and at least 11 people have died in Germany plus another 40 or so in other countries.

Luckily, the area where I am wasn't hit so hard. We went to Venlo in The Netherlands today for some shopping which was quite a bit windy, but not too bad.

Just glad I wasn't in Hamburg though, especially on this flight ....

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.... all I can say is kudos to the Lufthansa pilots!

[jbeining75]

Hmm. video has been removed by user..... It is gone.. I heard about the storm on the news though...... Hope everything is well where you are

[Fishalicious]

Yip very windy here... major storm last nght ... lot's of old people's wigs & hat's flying off in town today.

Why on earth Venlo of all places in Holland? LOL Maastricht is not that far away and much much nicer thumbs2: If you head up this way in Holland give me a shout - my doors are open thumbs2:

[angelcakes]

we had the winds and rain shoot through the uk last night and has done quite a bit of damadge in some areas,:1:

[A340]

Sorry that the link isn't working, seems like the Lufthansa public relations department is putting in some overtime ... lol! There is also a video of an Air Berlin B737 that came in just before the Lufthansa A320, but it's been removed as well.

LiveLeak has a link that seems to be working (for now at least):

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If that doesn't work, I added a photo as an attachment.

Why on earth Venlo of all places in Holland? LOL Maastricht is not that far away and much much nicer thumbs2: If you head up this way in Holland give me a shout - my doors are open thumbs2:
LOL! I'm not much for Venlo myself, but it's not even a 30 minute drive from where I am. We just went in to do some shopping. Next time around, maybe we'll make a mini AC meet. Nanaglen doesn't live too far off either and Fins_n_Fur is pretty close too.

[Nautilus29]

wow that is crazy!! That pilot is lucky...well at least if he landed the plane the second time.

[Fishalicious]

I'm up for a day Zoo Zajac <grins> Meeting Fins_n_Fur next weekend - can't wait - we're gonna have fun fun fun thumbs2:

I am sooooo glad I was not on that place.... I got ill just watching it

[A340]

wow that is crazy!! That pilot is lucky...well at least if he landed the plane the second time.
Sorry, I forgot to add that the aircraft made it on the second attempt. There's also been a third video (not as dramatic) of a British Airways B757 added to YouTube but it's been removed as well. Wild day at Hamburg airport to say the least.

I'm up for a day Zoo Zajac <grins> Meeting Fins_n_Fur next weekend - can't wait - we're gonna have fun fun fun thumbs2:

I am sooooo glad I was not on that place.... I got ill just watching it
We should do something like that, I'll be here next year again for sure, maybe sooner, not sure yet. But let's stay in touch and go from there ... thumbs2:

[1MileCrash]

good lord that's a lot of rudder!

nice choice there on the dust off to try another approach.

[crackatinny]

That pilot deserves a medalthumbs2:

You picked a good time to go holidaying Patrick.

Keep it safe, all our freinds in Germany:thumb:

[kkevvy]

I was in the Maastricht area about 11 months ago. It was really hot. We actually stayed in Vaals, at the Hotel Kastelbloom (I think?) for my Opa and Oma's 50th anniversary.

Didn't hear about the storm, though.

[fins_n_fur]

We should do something like that, I'll be here next year again for sure, maybe sooner, not sure yet. But let's stay in touch and go from there ... thumbs2:

I'm not going to click on the video link LOL ...I have been on planes landing in high winds...it's not fun at all and as I rule I like flying. Yep, pretty windy yesterday...I live under one of the flight paths into Amsterdam Schiphol and usually I hear nothing, unless it's windy, then they seem to fly lower and faster--lots of screaming jet engines LOL I thank God that I'm on the ground LOL

We definitely should do a meet this year or next...when are you heading back? There's a big fish/aquarium expo show in Utrecht next weekend where I'm going to meet fishalicious (can't wait!).

[A340]

I'm not going to click on the video link LOL ...I have been on planes landing in high winds...it's not fun at all and as I rule I like flying. Yep, pretty windy yesterday...I live under one of the flight paths into Amsterdam Schiphol and usually I hear nothing, unless it's windy, then they seem to fly lower and faster--lots of screaming jet engines LOL I thank God that I'm on the ground LOL

We definitely should do a meet this year or next...when are you heading back? There's a big fish/aquarium expo show in Utrecht next weekend where I'm going to meet fishalicious (can't wait!).
I was going to say you must fly into Schiphol, lot's of great landings there thanks to the North Sea winds. I flew from Dusseldorf to Amsterdam about 10 years ago and we just about went off the side of the runway. I was mostly concerned about missing my connecting flight to Vancouver though...lol.

Personally, I love flying in bad weather, but thats most likely because I have my private pilots license so I know how much fun in can be up front at times.

I'm flying back on Wednesday already, so I guess I'll be missing the expo in Utrecht. If I would have know, I would have booked KLM and left on the weekend, that way I could have driven up to Schiphol and stopped off on the way in Utrecht.

I'll be coming back this way early next year for sure, maybe even this fall, not sure about that.

Hope you two have fun though!

[cocoa_pleco]

Personally, I love flying in bad weather, but thats most likely because I have my private pilots license so I know how much fun in can be up front at times.

lol, i love bad weather too, as long as i know we wont crash

[kkevvy]

lol, i love bad weather too, as long as i know we wont crash

Haha, yeah, I agree.
Heres a funny story.

I was flying back from Curacao (you Dutch out there know the place), connecting to Jamaica, and landing in Boston.

Well, in Jamaica, Air Jamaica overbooked our flight so my family had to be put in first class (terrible, I know.) Well anyways, after me and my brother polished off our 5th caviar and truffle oil hor'dourves (only joking... there was no truffle oil)(haha, no I'm joking, there was neither), some kid was in coach (haha, simple people in coach) puking up blood or something. So we had to do an emergency landing at JFK airport in NYC. So we had to descend into a ridiculously bumpy and turbulence filled thunderstorm, and we have to circle the airport 3 times. Meanwhile I'm thinking this is great fun. I say to my brother, whose iron grip is breaking the seat while he shakes, "Hey, you remember that movie 'Cast Away'?" He looks at me and tells me to shut up. Good times, good times.

[cocoa_pleco]

when i went to Europe, i went first class (i paid for it, didnt get bumped up), and i got stuck by someone who wanted to talk constantly, i ended up playing my PSP the whole way