20015G25KT - what do you do?
Carry on and feel glad it's not very windy today!
Once arrived at a jet training station with my little Bulldog. Got a very angry duty instructor asking me what the hell I thought I was doing as jet flying had apparently been stopped for the day due to the 30 kt crosswind. I pointed out the fact that the Bulldog's crosswind limit was 35 kts and carried on booking out...
Once had a casevac in an Asian typhoon (major heart attack) where we had 75 kts IAS in the hover over the landing site, which was a basketball pitch surrounded by lamposts. The wind dropped to much less as we landed, which made for some interesting control inputs....
Another time, recovering 3 military personnel from a tiny island, the aircraft wouldn't land due to updraughting - we were flying in autorotation at 10 feet. Once the wheels touched, three very grateful soldiers leapt onthe aircraft like ferrets up a drainpipe. 90-100 kt winds took us home very rapidly!
If in doubt, just land across the runway!
