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Old 13th Apr 2006, 20:23
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Bahn-Jeaux
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MyData,
Humberside is my home field.
Used the short runway, 27 as the crosswind on 21 would have been too much.
A Cessna took off just before me and it looked like he was stationary in the air at times.
Wind was 18 knots when I started to taxy and 25 knots when the plug was pulled.
Flew a PA28 Warrior as it had slightly bigger wings than my normal steed, a Cherokee, hoping that the larger wing area would make it less twitchy in the winds.
Experienced a lot of sink on approach together with a good buffeting and my insructor even managed to balloon on landing thanks to the wind.
Another PA28 behind us commented on the lumpy ride down and he had aborted his planned flight to return to base.
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