Don became a Solo Man today. Well done Don. Don has battled 30kt winds and thermals. He hasn't had a day without crosswind, 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.
I saw a lot of videos of crosswind landing. I think a lot of pilots approaching to landing with a small s...m flew with engine on to a small speed (cca 70-80km/h). When I have a crosswind I flew from 500ft without eng...
Looks like you had a great time to Furnance Creek and back. Great job on the successful crosswind landing. While I was filming down by the runway I could see the winds truning directly cross and picking up...challenging for sure! Great meeting you Peter, hope we fly again in Santa Paula.
...finesse I gained doing those really helped on those strong crosswind landings. In the strong crosswind, come with lots of extra spee...agonally across the runway. Why? Because if the wind gusts to give you a tail wind...
Thanks Chris. This was the mandatory "glam" shot for the photographer. Love the dry lakes for test flights. Also great for high wind landings. Never a crosswind to worry about, no mechanical turbulence, extra long, the list of pros goes on and on.
...e, it was nice day. After take off we had head crosswind all the way. Very surprised m...overall. We had a time to return, because the wind blew to our direction. Then w...ou can to see we counted planes around us) the wind turned from right side and ne...
He was never set up to land. Seems like bad wind.... But ULtrike is right, it doe...you land every time with the gas at idle, the wind is gonna get you someday. &nb...p a straight approach. If I see there's a bad crosswind, I'll go down and do a planed...