Originally Posted by
flyingphil1
40 knots crosswind
Tried to go flying on Friday, gave up because of crosswind, instructor landed and that was that.
Then the instructor told me about the time he had to land in a 55kt crosswind. Had to, because the aeroplane (a Shackleton which was on an S&R mission but became a victim itself) had become broken such that they only had one go at putting it down.
He says they took out just one row of runway lights and considered it a good landing!