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Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"
...actor and potential rotors are OK, then higher winds are no big deal for the take...flight phase (I think we've all flown with winds at altitude of 30kts). I...the wind (my home airport is OK in much higher winds than Oceano which is a few mi...Comment on "Strongest Wind you would comfortably fly in with NO Turbulence?"
Thanks everyone for giving us all an insite into the strongest winds you would fly in. For me I have flo...ite often fly in 30kts, and lately we have had 20kt wind every day. The winds lately have been X-winds. For...- +123 more Comments
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- The winds picked up very strong as we flew past Paria Canyon...ing down low and when we got down to 50ft AGL, the winds dropped down to about 5mph.&n...nned to climb high and overfly Zion, but the 30mph winds above us dissauded us from th...
- The winds were strong out of the Northwest. We had thought about flying up to Bluff, but the winds seem to always be very strong...
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- With the winds blowing 40 to 50 over the peaks we were able to fly early under the wigh winds today for a beautiful flight
- winds all over the place, great looking day but gusting to 15 lnots on the runway. Huh. We went up and it was great.
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- Drag the globe around and see winds all over the world !! (sent to me by my friend Jim)
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- Occasionally I see clouds like in the picture. What does this type of cloud tell you. I am wondering if this means there are strong winds aloft. Trying to read the sky better from the ground. Thoughts?
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- ...ter... all done. Didn't expect that when I got up this morning. Nobody did! Apparently you can't fly trikes in these winds and turbulence at this time o...
- ...p in the ditch"...I said to my instructor that "I was not comfortable flying and didn't think it was a good idea and I didn't want to fly in those winds" and my instructor said to me...
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- ...with higher than anticipated winds andfeeling tired. Waited for...t major town, Gallup, NM, had winds forecast at 46 kts., whichtur...s withgusts to 22 and Dalhart winds were forecast to be higher th...ich sits at 3605', is a close Winds Aloft station andthis morning...
- ...ts Tue, Nov 5 2013, 8:09:37 am PST High winds around the center of a low pr...ern Europe over the past couple of days. Winds of 170km/h caused disruption...now known to be the cause of the most damaging winds in European windstorms....
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- ...ts the birds fly free - maybe once or twice a fortnight. We now have very unstable conditions, with storms every week, warm thermally days, or winds gusting 20kts, and plenty of...
- ...dirt roads 5) mastering your radio 6) bullet proof tie downs 7) preflights and maintenance 8) weather fragility 9) cross winds take offs and landings 10) what to do if cross winds are too strong to land 11) la...
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- Well do to a collective decision the location for the fly in has changed. With the high heat ,chelan winds, and no hanger space we have decided it in the best interest of safet...
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- ...the valley floor. So, the weather (especially winds aloft) has to be perfect. I w...light should be in early morning since surface winds pick up around 10 AM. I took...d climbing to through 11,000 MSL and the north winds started diminishing. I flew t...
- Gyro surfing in high winds
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The Signs Were There - when not to fly!
Today I got some flying experience. I learned a lesson or two! Nature can be very unforgiving when you take it on. The wind at 2000ft was VRB/15. We currently have beautiful weather due to a large high over most of Australia. The skies are blue and looks great for f...Tags: weather, danger, skill, performance, thermals, turbulance, wind, willy, winds, minutes, departure, looked
- We have had a spike in relatively new pilots getting into trouble this year. You learn a lot in the first year or two of flying, and a lot of what you learn is not in the books. Here is a list of topics that I had to learn on my own, or got help from other pilots, many of them GA pilo...
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