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Old 10th Feb 2018, 02:49
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rlsbutler
 
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Well yes really.

We are talking about a check figure not primary planning information. A crew would be ill advised to take a reading in the hurly-burley you have in mind or, having taken such a reading, would be free to discard it.

We have been told of the ground installation at Bogota. I expect to be told that it is/was positioned somewhere along a long open taxiway.

A built-in system can be read at whatever point the crew finds the least turbulence.

I would be amazed if it was difficult or expensive for an aircraft maker to model the ground effect of surface wind on a free standing airframe.

I wait for Ex Cargo Clown #27 or Tower Dog #28 to tell us whether surface wind was even considered in using the installations they know of.
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