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Old 3rd Jul 2007, 18:59
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foxmoth
 
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Having flown a dH82a last week in strong winds (I gave up after 6 flights when it went over 35 kts!) I think I can speak from experience that 'Climb into wind, Dive away from the wind' works - I did also have a wing walker for taxiing in and out and actually ended up doing the changeovers by landing, turning about 10 degrees off to get off the runway then into wind while swapping students, I was also very lucky that the wind was straight down the runway, and unusually, not changing direction during the gusts!
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