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27th May 2004 | 09:45

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mutt

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From: ME

Notso,

UK designed aircraft used to be certified using 7 kts (I believe) of crosswind for takeoff VMCG calculations.
Present aircraft certification does not account for crosswinds. You may not have the buffer margin which you believe.

Mutt.