Originally Posted by wilyflier
Just you try the difference between a downwind turn and an into wind turn when you are near enough to the ground to detect it, i.e. on a hang glider.
Its no myth. Its all about energy states between aircraft and ground.
Sorry, wilyflier, in a steady wind there is absolutely no difference in aircraft performance - only a visual "illusion" of slip or skid/speed increase or decrease (and it is the
illusion which increases the closer to the ground you get). The aircraft neither knows nor cares what the ground is doing until it is forced to interact with it.
Originally Posted by Clandestino
Never heard of this one. Methinks original myth was "It is under no circumstances safe to cross the pond on three out of four engines"
Love it
