Flying and gusts
I have a question about flying when there are gusts. I'm a low hours pilot. I realise individual pilots have their own thresholds and limitations about what is and isn't acceptable flying weather. One must also be prepared for actual weather being worse than forecast. When it comes to wind, I've tended to avoid gusts, even if it is blowing straight down the runway, as the fear is that as the gust comes and goes (by their very nature), then an aircraft on finals might experience sudden losses of lift quite low to the ground. I suspect wind shear might be a problem too? So I just wondered what the more educated and experienced pilots think about flying with gusty weather? Do you avoid it? Any hairy moments? Other than increasing approach speed and changes in aircraft configuration, what else do you do to mitigate against the gusts?