Will Kumley
Line Up and Wait
Went out to practice with my CFI in some crazy winds today. Slow flight into the wind at 3000 MSL and our ground speed was a whopping 20 knots. Any more wind and we could’ve been flying backwards! Ok, maybe not but it was interesting to see how much a 14 knot wind on the surface could affect me at a higher altitude. Takeoffs and landings were also interesting with a gust factor of 7 knots.