Crosswinds & Obstacles are a funny thing

On Tue, 16 Oct 2007 23:41:18 -0400, Dudley Henriques
wrote:

The way I've always handled this and taught others to handle it is NEVER
to fly ANY approach based entirely on expected wind conditions. I know
this sounds over simplistic on the face of it

Great description of how to handle winds. Not simplistic at all, in my
opinion.

Furthermore, it also gets you into the mindset of going elsewhere if the
winds turn out to be more than can be handled by the
pilot/skillset/airplane combination.


--ron