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Old 14th Jun 2009, 21:25
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ClippedCub
 
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Must be an airline operations procedure. If you're in a pickle, once in the air, 'yawing' into the crosswind, keeping the ball centered, to maintain runway heading, imposes less drag on the airframe than banking into the wind keeping runway heading. Increases rate of climb after takeoff. Increases (T-D)/W.
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