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Old 8th May 2018, 15:57
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RatherBeFlying
 
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Wind Behavior Over Bridges

Here in Southern Alberta 50 kt winds are commonplace. There's an interesting effect transitioning from a bridge approach on an embankment to the bridge itself - as in a sudden increase in crosswind that can shift your car a couple feet over a in a blink of your eye.

I expect the elevated runway would be subject to the same effect. It would be interesting to record wind at various points along the runway and plug that data into sims.
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