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Old 25th July 2003 | 06:33
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rotorcraig
 
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I did very similar during an early land away. Approaching runway 10 was given the wind as 010. Brain thought "wind straight down the runway" (actually at 90 degrees, of course!)

Couldn't work out why the hover was a complete b@gger! As I was also unfamiliar with the aerodrome and came to the hover at the wrong end of the looooong active, I ended up doing a particularly wobbly "hover taxi of shame" to the parking area!

Didn't realise what I'd done 'till the following morning. These days I always mark the *expected* wind on a chart or diagram to reduce workload at the other end.

RC
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