Wind is fun

Anyway, being a relatively poor grad student (very very soon to be
unemployed recent graduate), I spend too much time looking at airplane
magazines bummed about all the hardware I'll never fly.

Why? Did you get your degree in a field that doesn't pay anything? I
never understood why people do that.. Good luck..

Some dreams don't include money.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Friend? A friend is someone you like, well.

I would say it is more like an in-law, that you know has to be tolerated,
from time to time.

You know that it is part of the deal, and that you should not change the way
you live, and enjoy life, even if they are around.

When they come to stay, (and stay, and stay) and they get to be way too
much, then occasionally, you look for other ways to deal with them, (before
you do something really, really bad) and sometimes that means leaving the
house for a while! g

Ha! Well said, Jim...

Wind can be exciting, and practicing crosswind landings can be fun --
but I don't think I'll ever prefer a windy day over a calm one....
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Wind can be exciting, and practicing crosswind landings can be fun --
but I don't think I'll ever prefer a windy day over a calm one....

No even when it's fifty knots on your tail?

Jose
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Wind can be exciting, and practicing crosswind landings can be fun --
but I don't think I'll ever prefer a windy day over a calm one....

No even when it's fifty knots on your tail?

Jose
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Yup, 256 knots on the DME flying the C-210...

Landing after landing after landing in Hawaii, the trades always blowin' off to one side or the other...

Flying a 150 'backwards' when the Santa Anna's are blowing.

The wind is indeed our friend.

and just for fun, we couldn't even fly if there was no wind, relative wind that is. ;-)

(makes the in-law analogy all the better)

Strong, steady winds can allow some interesting flights...

For example, if you have an ultralight (or glider) with a nice slow
stall speed, and a steady wind (greater than the stall speed at
altitude), straight down the runway.

Take off, climb out straight ahead, slow down, back up over the field,
accelerate and descend, land on runway you took off from.

All without turning more than a few degrees either way.

It's one of only two ways you can takeoff and land on the same runway
without turning, and one of them takes a real long time! (Helicopters
don't really count in this case)

Extra point question: how does the earth's rotation come into play in
this scenario?

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On 7 May 2007 11:34:07 -0700, wrote:

Take off, climb out straight ahead, slow down, back up over the field,
accelerate and descend, land on runway you took off from.

All without turning more than a few degrees either way.

I've done that quite a few times in a PPG (powered paraglider).

It's one of only two ways you can takeoff and land on the same runway
without turning, and one of them takes a real long time! (Helicopters
don't really count in this case)

There is a third way, involving an aerobatic aircraft with sufficient
power and/or inverted systems...

Extra point question: how does the earth's rotation come into play in
this scenario?

Insignificant, except from a philosophical standpoint.

-Dana

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"Blueskies" wrote in
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Flying a 150 'backwards' when the Santa Anna's are blowing.


I have flown a 207 'backwards' in western AK when the winds are going and I
have seen a 208B do the same.

BTW, If you want to learn how to fly in crosswinds, come up here. I have
flown into 35ft wide runways with 30 kt xwinds (straight across). I have
seen people do it with 40 kts, but that is beyond my skill level.

"Jackal24" wrote in message ...
"Blueskies" wrote in
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Flying a 150 'backwards' when the Santa Anna's are blowing.


I have flown a 207 'backwards' in western AK when the winds are going and I
have seen a 208B do the same.

BTW, If you want to learn how to fly in crosswinds, come up here. I have
flown into 35ft wide runways with 30 kt xwinds (straight across). I have
seen people do it with 40 kts, but that is beyond my skill level.

The old joke goes like this...

The pilots were slowing down the plane and really starting to sweat it. They came in and touched down just past the
threshold and jumped on the brakes. The tires smoked and squealed, but they finally got it stopped... The first officer
said "Man, that is the shortest runway I've ever been on" to which the Captain replied, "yes, but it sure is wide...."