Originally Posted by eharding
Bodmin last weekend was a hoot - uphill into 31 with a tailwind. I think
everybody went round at least once during the comp....
There were no other options? Groundspeed on landing is fast enough in a Pitts. It usually doesn't need the help of a tailwind. I was in a 7 ship Pitts formation one time, which had already broken for landing and so were in long trail in the circuit, and it turned out, after the first two landed, that we were landing into a bit of a tailwind. We had the option of taking the opposing runway so we went through quite a lot of pain to get everyone set up on it just to avoid the tailwind. Wouldn't want to do that again, but also wouldn't like to land with a tailwind, either. Rock and hard place spring to mind.
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