On Sticking the Landing

It's windy here in MI today, with spring making its first signs of stirring; but not windier that it was at London Heathrow just hours ago, where the large incoming planes were attempting to land.  Some required 2-3 passes before making it down, with others giving up to divert elsewhere.  The video starts with reports coming in from the coasts of 85kn wind speeds (close to 100mph) with gusts of 60kn at the airport. About an hour and a half in things get even woolier, as it shows some on their 2nd pass doing some stomach dropping dipping and diving before wobbling in to finally stick the landing.  At that point, 10 planes had already tried their number of allotted passes (3?) and diverted.  I can't imagine what it would have been like to have been in either seat, the pilot's or one of the passenger's in one of those heaving tubes.  And the wind went on for hours with the shears and gusts in the first three hours being the worst with a head wind developing later.   However, it looks from the short time I watched the recorded feed that the British Air pilots are not only skilled but still hold some remnants of the famous British resolve in the face of huge odds.   I hope the Canadian truckers manage to make it through to survive the ill winds blowing them off and around as well.