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Old 28th July 2007 | 23:24
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safetypee
 
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Caution when using wind readouts, they are not as accurate as we might believe.
See the very informative report
Safety aspects of aircraft operations in crosswind.


Paraphrased from the text – “… there is a reasonable probability, that while wind reports to the pilot do indicate that crosswind is not exceeding 15 Kt, in reality the actual crosswind encountered during the landing phase can deviate 10 Kt or even more from the reported wind. For even higher reported crosswinds, deviations may increase accordingly.” (page 15/16)

In addition, be aware of gusts and particularly wet / contaminated conditions.
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