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Old 15th February 2011 | 15:41
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Type1106
 
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In my experience it was perfectly normal to use a reduced flap landing in gusty/crosswind conditions - as you clearly were in the situation you describe. A small addition to Vref can added. In the old VC10 it was 5kts if you chose not to use the last stage of flap and 10 kts for one stage above that.

Looks like the modern jets use the same technique.
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