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Old 19th May 2006 | 08:44
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Depends what you're in - taildraggers spring to mind:

Taxying:
The first problem you get, depending on the tailwheel / skid arrangement, is tayxing across / down wind. You find yourself at the upwind end of the airfield and, without wing walkers, no real chance of getting to the hangar at the downwind end.

Putting the tail down:
Take a 40kt wind.... While you might get the aircraft down on the ground and stopped in one piece you may find you are sitting there with the tail up - lower it and you fly (although you have 0kts ground speed you do have 40kts airspeed).
A fairly extreme example - but possible.

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