Last Saturday, the wind at Blackpool was something like 27040G58. I was tucked up in my nice cosy office, not having dared even opened the hangar doors.
We heard the RyanAir flight from Dublin land - a little surprising, given the wind. So we switched on the scanner to listen to him heading back to Ireland.
"RyanAir 925, cleared for take-off, runway 28, the wind now 270 at 45, maximum 60 knots. It's been varying a bit, but the direction hasn't been less than 260"
"Ah, straight down the runway then - perfect! Cleared for take-off, RyanAir 925." And off he went.....
Next day, an ex-instructor at my school, who happens to now fly for RyanAir, was visiting, so I asked him about wind limits if the wind was straight down the runway. Apparently they don't have any - the crosswind limit is 35kt, but as long as it's within that limit they don't have any other limits on wind.
Glad I wasn't on that flight, though, I have to admit.
FFF
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