"Dave J" wrote in message ups.com...

I went down to the airport (KPAO) the other day, not really knowing
what I was going to do. When I got their the wind was 260 variable
320, 15 gusting 20. I thought about whether doing some pattern work in
that would be manageable, and decided, I was up for it. I rented the
club's rattiest 172 (no sense wasting $s going nowhere) and taxied
out.


Yes, wind is your friend, if you know how to tame it....