You are all correct, I think.

But

When doing rate of climb tests or glide polars it is best to do them
crosswind. Windshifts with altitude cause the data to look like a Z as you
pass through such a shift. The climb or descent rate will be constant, then
shift, then back to the same rate as things stabilize again. You can
not see this worth a darn in the cockpit, unless it is quite strong. At
which time you'd be discarding the data anyway because it's too bumpy.


In article , "mike regish"
wrote:
Might make some small difference due to inertia in a big plane, but only if
you're changing directions.

You were taught wrong.

mike regish

"Jack" wrote in message
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Cause if you know what addition air across the wings does for an aircraft,
than you will also realize that stalling an aircraft into the wind will
take
a moment longer. I was taught that when I got my license, and really
learned it with a DC-8 and furthermore in an L-1011. It doesn't change
the
stall speed as indicated.



"mike regish" wrote in message
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I'm curious as to why you would think going with or against the wind
would
make any difference. The plane doesn't know which way the wind is going.
It
makes its own.

mike regish

"Jack" wrote in message
nk.net...
I just recently had a BFR in a 172. I honestly couldn't get it to
stall.
We were at 5k ft and departure stall and power off, she just wouldn't
break.
That was that airplane, halfway into attempting a third stall "with
the
wind" this time I lost all radios and was forced to make a
precautionary
landing. We returned. That night I took a different 172 up, and
tried
the stall again, that one broke easily into and with the wind. So
in
answer to your question, I don't know. It may very well be airplane
specific. But like you, I had the stick in my gut everytime, and one
plane
wouldn't break, and the other did. Heck, I almost had a spin going
with
the second airplane on one attempt.



"Roger Long" om
wrote
in
message ...
Oh, excellent point. Absolutely on the head of the nail!

All those clean break stalls were with someone in the other seat.

--
Roger Long