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Old 12th Mar 2016, 07:00
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Fly4Business
 
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A couple of questions and comments, trying not to be rude.

* What airfield was that, any special topography you were not familiar with?
* Did you feel well that day?
* 14006G?? for RW16 is only 20 degrees off and 06G is almost no wind at all for the cost, I would tend to say even far from x-wind, 24020G35 would be x-wind ;-) ...
* I prefer not so flat and steeper descent at gusty conditions to pass the turbulence faster.
* If attitude learned from windless conditions looked correct, it was wrong.
* Go around was the perfect decision, you did great!
* Did you stabilize approach on airspeed? If you don't see the runway it may have been correct for the ground speed.
* If speed increases when attitude corrected one of the two was wrong.
* The Warrior tends to like being slipped, although I prefer to crab in neutral and only push into alignment at a very late approach.

My resumé, you did everything perfectly well, but should consider doing some explicit x-wind exercises with a FI of your choice. Nothing wrong with training that for an hour or two.
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