Managing the wind
Air Facts
JULY 15, 2024
Subjective factors such as terrain, turbulence, and gust direction are as important as the numbers. I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. It felt like pushing it for that airplane, but checkrides are so hard to schedule I went. I live near Boulder, Colorado. What to do?
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