Wind speed and taking off...
Dec 8, 2006, 4:42 pm
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Dec 8, 2006, 4:46 pm
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Go to http://adds.aviationweather.gov/tafs/ and lookup TAFs and METARs for the airports of interest (select translated format for plain English). You'll get an idea of the observed and forecast winds.
Dec 9, 2006, 2:49 am
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[QUOTE=scubamom;6813894]Cross-wind landings can be a real "trip"! But I'm sure all the AA pilots have plenty of training as well as experience doing this.
The Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas was one of the primary training spots for air craft carrier pilots, even back to WWII and the reason was, we have strong constant winds (we tie Chicago as the "windy city") and many times have cross winds. The saying goes "If you can learn to fly in Corpus Christi, you can fly, takeoff, and land anywhere in the world!"[QUOTE]
Yet another, "Chicago is the windiest" myth. It's not even the windiest big city.
For real info:
See: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/reso...windy-city.htm
That said, while serving on the Lexington out of Pcola, I spent some time computing Fox Corpen for pilots that were carrier qualifying
There is a painting called "Execute Fox Corpen" that is explained here http://www.lancehatfield.com/fcorpen.htm
The Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi, Texas was one of the primary training spots for air craft carrier pilots, even back to WWII and the reason was, we have strong constant winds (we tie Chicago as the "windy city") and many times have cross winds. The saying goes "If you can learn to fly in Corpus Christi, you can fly, takeoff, and land anywhere in the world!"[QUOTE]
Yet another, "Chicago is the windiest" myth. It's not even the windiest big city.
For real info:
See: http://www.usatoday.com/weather/reso...windy-city.htm
That said, while serving on the Lexington out of Pcola, I spent some time computing Fox Corpen for pilots that were carrier qualifying
There is a painting called "Execute Fox Corpen" that is explained here http://www.lancehatfield.com/fcorpen.htm
Last edited by mvoight; Dec 9, 2006 at 2:57 am
