suffering the wind at Stansted 22-12-2024

[andygolfer]

Probably my last aircraft photos of 2024, taken at Stansted on Sunday 22nd whilst waiting for my daughter and family to arrive. There were strong gusting cross winds up to 40mph which made for interesting angles at the 22 (landing) end. There were also some heavy touchdowns with plenty of tyre smoke...

almost new Pegasus A321 TC-RFE aiming for me and not the runway:
TC-RFE A321 Pegasus Stansted 22-12-2024 3458 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

my daughter's Ryanair 737 touching (if that's the way to describe it) down
EI-DHC B737 Ryanair Stansted 22-12-2024 3489 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

Emirates 777, three images of the landing sequence:
A6-EBK B777 Emirates Stansted 22-12-2024 3595 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

angled well across thew runway...
A6-EBK B777 Emirates Stansted 22-12-2024 3603 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and a last second swing to the left to line up on touch down...
A6-EBK B777 Emirates Stansted 22-12-2024 3614 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

TUI 737...
G-TAWU B737 TUI Stansted 22-12-2024 3634 by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

and finally another Ryanair 737 looking straight down the approach lights, the aircraft pointing well to the right of the runway at this stage:
9H-QBY B737 Ryanair Stansted 22-12-2024 3558C by Andrew Goldsmith, on Flickr

thanks for looking, C&C welcome
Happy new year to all our members
Andy

[JezM]

Great pics, I'll have to pencil in another trip to STN sometime in 2025.

[Nighthawke]

Challenging conditions for the crews! If I had been watching my family landing I would have needed a change of clothing Glad everyone got down safely.

[andygolfer]

thanks Ian. they were rocking around a bit - my daughter said the landing was bumpy
Andy