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Old Sep 22, 2010 | 7:23 pm
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dkul
 
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Originally Posted by CXfanatic
Tuesday. And i find this quite weird although now the headwind is in the opposite direction.
Could be partly due to the typhoon, which would make them fly a little further out of the way to get around it. Also keep in mind that winds are "prevailing" winds...so yes...mostly west-east....but they can turn/swirl depending on weather systems over the Pacific.
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