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Old 2nd Mar 2015, 05:50
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wiggy
 
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What Otto and mixture said.

One way of thinking of it is that once you're airborne your're "embedded" in a block of air, and you just fly in it, regardless of whether it's stationary or moving at 200 knots. It's a bit like swimming lengths in a swimming pool moving on the back of a lorry.... You'd chug along swimming through the water as normal, and it would feel the same to you, regardless of whether the pool is doing 10 or 100 mph.....(I'm assuming a very smooth driver and a very smooth road "......

Basically we'll happily take any tail wind/avoid a headwind but if there's significant turbulence associated with the strong winds we might think again, plan accordingly.
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