You May Clutch Your Armrests Now

I was also surprised by the undulation of the runway.
Still, one problem at a time.

Where was this filmed?
I think it’s Birmingham Airport, which, I’ve just been told, has an undulating runway built at right angles to the prevailing wind direction.

Thanks.
*note to self: avoid Birmingham airport*

I think it’s Birmingham Airport, which, I’ve just been told, has an undulating runway built at right angles to the prevailing wind direction.
Not really. The runway is 15/33 (33 if departing or approaching to the north, 15 to the south), so the runway runs nearly north to south (150°-330°).
The videos were made during Storm Doris which had gusts >73mph, and the prevailing winds during the storm were generally west-east over England.
As far as the undulation goes, the highest point is at the runway 33 threshold at 328 feet, generally downward a total of 25 feet toward the runway 15 threshold, The total length of the runway is 10,000+ feet.
25 feet over 10,000 doesn’t allow for much undulation, but the foreshortening of a long focal length lens does.

Not really
Ah, thanks.

Shame we can’t see what’s going on inside.

We who are about to fly salute you.

Meanwhile, in Hamburg, an outbreak of socialism.

Shame we can’t see what’s going on inside.
On the bright side, nor can we smell what’s going on inside.

This is why my mother was happy when my father retired.
Also: Dad once owned a Cessna 195, which is a large taildragger with a 7 cylinder radial engine. This plane has “crosswind” landing gear, which means that the mains can caster right or left, so you can actually have as much as 20 degrees difference between your taxi heading and course. Great for landing in crosswinds, since you don’t have to kick the plane to align with the runway at touchdown. Also great for puzzling ground control, who’d occasionally call us while we were taxiing “sideways” to ask if we had a problem.
The B-52 bomber also has crosswind gear, but that’s a whole different can of avgas.
Also: in the 60s, Dad spent a couple years helping test anti-hydroplaning systems for airplanes and runways. This included testing various tire tread patterns and runway grooving patterns. His responsibility was to fly the actual full-scale tests onto flooded or snowy runways. Somewhere I have a video of the CV-990 tests (CV-990 is about the same as a Boeing 707). A NASA facility on the US east coast has a raised rim around it so it can be flooded with an inch of water. The videos show this large jet approaching smoothly, then at touchdown everything aft of the nose disappears in a huge cloud of spray, while the fuselage wanders and dances side-to-side. I thought these videos were vastly amusing, but Mom did not, for some reason.

I don’t see the problem. The UK’s new “Wriggly Wrunway” program makes things more fun!

Hey, I’m cishet, and I LIKE curves. And bumps.

[ Sets blog to juddering mode. ]

That’s better.

Not to mention crosswind parking.

I took the time to figure out how to embed images here. I am now going to spend the rest of the day acting all snooty.

Personal growth.
Before:

After:

I for one appreciate Farnsworth M Muldoon explaining the apparent undulations at Birmingham. Unfortunately feminists don’t appreciate his mansplaining:

How do feminists expect to be taken seriously 😂 actually mentally ill pic.twitter.com/AsDSDc58wG

— Luke Hines (@LukeHines) July 8, 2017

He’s drunk with power. Fetch the sedatives.
Here y’are: Just watch the shiny pill, ftumch, watch it very closely . . . .

Real men don’t go around.
OTOH, they and their passengers have some fine memorial ceremonies.