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Old Jan 10, 2010 | 7:59 pm
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tommyleo
 
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Originally Posted by JerryFF

Since it was mentioned in a prior post, I'll just add (a little off subject) that landing and taking off into the wind is advantageous since it minimizes the aircraft speed at touchdown and liftoff.

Why would you want to minimize the aircraft speed at liftoff?
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