On Mar 10, 7:41*am, Bertie the Bunyip wrote:

Heh heh. I used the calculator on my laptop for that and it went on a
bit further, I think! Not very practical to use when you're sliding down
finals with a x-wind on the limit. With 60 degrees of the nose, i'd
count the entire windspeed as the componenet for several reasons, not
the least of which is the added drama when you're telling your buds in
the bar about it afterwards.

Bertie

LOL! Now that is the kind of wisdom I look for on this newsgroup.

Phil