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Old 16th Aug 2005, 13:36
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Landing with a tailwind

Just curious what sort of limits there are doing this - and why do it at all.

Seeing reports on the Toronto A340, they said it was landing with a 18kt tailwind component.

Presumably nose abatement, and rapidly changing wind direction can influence things? It just strikes me that a 18kt tailwind - if converted to a headwind would've reduced G/S by aprox 40mph - not an insignificant amount.
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