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  • Comment on "YPOK"

    ...t setting you might do that, when the wind is strong for a long time. But I think with a weaker wind, with a more normal trike/win...wn, it's safer whichever side the wind comes from.  I tie my co...it was quite critical to consider the wind. I think the manufacturer pro...

  • Comment on "Don goes SOLO"

    Don became a Solo Man today. Well done Don. Don has battled 30kt winds and thermals. He hasn't had a day without cross wind, and then today he went solo on a day with no wind... Don said that it was very strange to fly with no bumps or wind trying to blow you off the runway. He did very well.

  • Comment on "Landing in 20kt 90o X-wind"

    Hi XC Triker, The wind was down the runway when we departed. However a...just South of the Aerodrome and this turned the wind to the West. The photo doen&#...have all the hangars to the West of the RWY. The wind was rolling over them and pus...

  • Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"

    ...for giving us all an insite into the strongest winds you would fly in. For me I h...appen again. I made the misstake of turning downwind. It took me half an hour to g...often fly in 30kts, and lately we have had 20kt wind every day. The winds lately h...

  • Comment on "Mandy gets ready for Training"

    Mandy is not so sure about the wind today. It was only 25kts X-wind. we called her a sooky-lar lar.

  • Comment on "Vankovia - the airfields life"

    This isnt a wind... :) And for second from this side the airfield is located diagonally upward, then is possible landing there for a stronger tail wind.

  • Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"

    Wind with NO turbulence? I voted 30+ But I dont know wind without turbulence here. A fe...ssenger) must landed too. And wind was about 12m/s (cca 24kt)....k off from tower said me 16kt wind. There was great turbulence b...hen I took him. I wanted when wind decreased to 6m/s and took of...

  • Comment on "Branko"

    ...was nice day. After take off we had head cross wind all the way. Very surprised m...r overall. We had a time to return, because the wind blew to our direction. Then w...you can to see we counted planes around us) the wind turned from right side and ne...

  • Comment on "X-wind landings"

    I have watched YFT train students in the x-wind technique, and the way he does...grief!!! I have landed in 35 knots full on crosswind using this technique. It can...l makes sense. The main idea is to fly into the wind, instead of across the wind,...

  • Comment on "Landing during turbulence and Crash"

    He was never set up to land. Seems like bad wind.... But ULtrike is right, it does...f you land every time with the gas at idle, the wind is gonna get you someday. &nb...straight approach. If I see there's a bad cross wind, I'll go down and do a planed...