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Old 24th Nov 2009, 21:19
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Good to see the landings are improving and the lady has hairs on her chest.

TCAS - the simple answer to your question is to look at an analogue clock face and that will give you the angle factor. Your example would be 12 1/2 across gusting a bit over 20, since in the northern hemisphere the wind generally veers in gusts, so that Icelandic 160/50-60 is well under the 737 max demonstrated at 25 gusting 28 ish. A mere zephyr. Hardly enough to dislodge a toupee.
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