So this is extremely random and I'm well aware of that, but...
I'm planning on slowly upgrading to LED bulbs in my house for the cost and energy savings. I figured the cost of these things would come down by now but I just checked my local HD and the bulbs I want to buy now (MR16) are $22 a...
I should have said ground speed instead of airspeed but bottom line is in a tailwind it takes you much longer to stop the plane vs a headwind. I seriously hope that you guys aren't arguing against that point???
I see what you're saying but again that's not fully correct since a strong enough tailwind is going to nothing to help you bleed off airspeed before touchdown where as a headwind will only promote it once you pull that power out.
Ever tried to land on a short runway in a healthy tailwind?
I did this very early in my training on a solo. The airport had a T wind vane and for some brain fart reason when I overflew the field I read it opposite. It was a short runway and it scared the crap out of me because when you put power back in, in that situation it takes longer to get going...
On my 2nd ever solo xc I somehow read the wind wrong and landed with the wind on a short runway. Well almost landed. When it wouldn't sit down and I executed a go around with power lines in sight, lets just say that it woke me up!
Am I the only one here that was trained to ALWAYS keep a hand on throttle(s) during takeoff? My instructor at the time couldn't do this if he wanted to.