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Old 26th May 2004 | 07:45
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Flyin'Dutch'
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T,

Most of the airlines, so I understand, will not allow their crews to take more than 5 KTS on the tail.

If you have a look at the performance degradation by a tailwind (information can be gleaned from POH or the CAA safety leaflet) it will be clear that taking a tailwind on a short strip is not good.

I do what most do, wait for a bit or go elsewhere.

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