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Old 3rd Oct 2004, 11:05
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Gertrude the Wombat
 
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Whilst training I went out in a C152 in a 14 knot crosswind (dual), a bit gusty but not desperately so. Several of my landings were fine ... but one attempt was so hairy that it visibly frightened the instructor. (We did the rest of the hour without carb heat, to give him a little more power if he needed to do another go-around a few feet above the ground whilst pointing sideways across the runway at a very strange attitude.)

The club has a 10 knot limit for solo hire, so if I now wanted to practice 17 knot crosswind landings I'd have to take an instructor with me. Some of the limitations on solo hire in the flying order book give an element of discretion to the authorising instructor, this one doesn't.
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