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From: ahv@masscomp.UUCP (Tony Verhulst)
Newsgroups: net.aviation
Subject: xwind landings
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Date: Tue, 11-Mar-86 10:13:42 EST
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Posted: Tue Mar 11 10:13:42 1986
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I recently had some dual scheduled to work on short field procedures.
On the appointed day it was blowing 25 kts out of the NW so I said
"why don't we do xwind touch & gos instead?".  Well folks, if my instructor
had not been aboard, I definitely would have bent alot of metal.

The point is that if there is a healthy wind (something that can develop
quickly on the coast) and I HAVE to land in a hurry on a field that
requires a xwind landing, I'm in trouble.  To me, this is
unacceptable.  I intend on getting good at strong xwind procedures.

I suspect that many other private pilots have similar deficiencies and
that it might be a good idea to practice procedures that have been on
your shelf since the student days.  And get some dual.