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Old 11th Jul 2016, 22:45
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Tankertrashnav
 
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You mentioned larger aircraft. The crosswind limit on the Victor (K1) was 25 kts, and as far as I remember this did not affect the decision to stream the chute. In fact the chute was almost invariably streamed, except sometimes when away from base to save the crew the onerous task of repacking the spare for the next flight (at home the lads on the line did that). Even then all the criteria for not streaming had to be met (runway length, headwind component, etc) and more often than not we streamed, which found us humping the spare chute up a giraffe and jumping up and down on it to persuade it to go into its compartment, which always seemed too small!
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