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  • Landing when you're not sure what the wind is doing

    ...quot;How should we approach landings at a strange field with no wind socks if we suspect a cross wind might exist?" - Anon....ning? If we did we should certainly have a general idea of what winds to expect at our landing sit...

  • Free audio - Approach and Landing When the Air is Bumpy

    ...sty conditions. Rod explains: The hidden hazards associated with wind gusts How to maintain b...tter control during your approach Avoiding inadvertent stalls from wind shear Recommended set u...

  • Sting Jets- Nasty Weather Phenom

    ...Nov 5 2013, 8:09:37 am PST High winds around the center of a low p...ver the past couple of days.  Winds of 170km/h caused disruption...be the cause of the most damaging winds in European windstorms....e a scorpion's tail, gives the wind region its name.  The wi...

  • Topic 1) fear of landing, no fear of takeoff

    ...ore risky.   Have an engine out on landing, who cares, but having one shortly after take off can easily cause a crash.  You know the wind conditions when landing, but...

  • 2 Frustration

    ...with higher than anticipated winds andfeeling tired. Waited for...t major town, Gallup, NM, had winds forecast at 46 kts., whichtu...s withgusts to 22 and Dalhart winds were forecast to be higher t...ich sits at 3605', is a close Winds Aloft station andthis mornin...

  • Santa Maria Weather Seminar

    ...denberg AFB right next to us, so we get very accurate temp, humidity and winds aloft from that balloon each...t predicting conditions at Santa Barbara (due to the Catalina Eddy, etc (wind howling down California and s...

  • 7 On to John's House (Williamsburg Airport (KJGG))

    ...re catching up with me. Drove therental car back to the airport and put the seat back and slept for 30minutes before hauling stuff to the trike.The wind had picked up the day before,...

  • Topic 4) Urge to land on dirt roads

    ...emergency landing.  But the new or intermediate pilot would be much better off practicing landings on an airport runway in thermally or cross wind conditions.  Those skill...

  • My thrilling thrillogy...

    ...border. Due to a strong north wind we were forced to piss in a s...aw”, cranked a turn downwind and disappeared in a flash. I...ynard,” I said over the wind. “Maybe POR-tentious. B...er guard sauntered over to my window and hitched up his trousers...