Wasn't that fun? I went up last night and did 4 instrument approaches in
the Archer. Outbound for the procedure turn at CWA I slowed up to 90
indicated and the ground speed showed 58. On the turn inbound for the ILS
08 it shot up to 134. We slid down the slope with about a 14 degree wind
correction and a reduced power setting of only 1500 rpms to maintain a 650
ft per minute decent. The further down the slope we got the less the wind
was so we had to keep increasing power, decreasing rate of descent and
taking out the crab. Surface winds were only about 6 knot but winds at 3000
were 240 @ 45. I suprised myself by keeping up with the changing wind and
nailing the approach right down to minimums. Winds aloft for today (Sunday)
are even higher, but surface winds are only about 9 right now.

Jim