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Old 3rd Feb 2017, 00:17
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Crash one
 
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Anyway, it is not wind shear it is wind gradient, wind shear is when the wind is traveling in a different direction at a lower level, not slightly slower due to surface friction.
Landing towards high trees or a hill, you have a headwind on final and a sudden rotor generated tailwind just before you land. That's the shear.
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