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A Windy Thursday?

I'm going then. More wind, and I'd like the practice. No better way to end a month of not flying with a predicted 15 knots. Of course, at FDK with the four choices of runway, you can usually get something kinda aligned with wind.
 
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Ben;

I took a look at the WX. and as of now (subject to change) it looks like a nice day to go out and have fun.

Enjoy practicing and have fun

John
 
Thanks, John! I hope it doesn't get really windy. Wait a minute--if it looks like it will, maybe I will "rent" a CFI along with the C182!

(On a side note, I've noticed that 20 knots of wind on the ground feels very different in the C182 than in the C172!)
 
wangmyers said:
Thanks, John! I hope it doesn't get really windy. Wait a minute--if it looks like it will, maybe I will "rent" a CFI along with the C182!

(On a side note, I've noticed that 20 knots of wind on the ground feels very different in the C182 than in the C172!)
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Wait a minute. Am I detecting an adversion to wind? I appreciate that you haven't flown in a month--has it been a month already?--and I really do want you to get up there in the air.
 
Richard said:
Wait a minute. Am I detecting an adversion to wind? I appreciate that you haven't flown in a month--has it been a month already?--and I really do want you to get up there in the air.
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Yep. Not flying in a month doesn't bother me much. I haven't landed in big winds, though, in a few months. You know what? I've decided that I will go either way, but I'll just take a CFI if the winds feel like they're going to punish me. I was going to practice IFR, but if it is going to be clear, I might as well get some valuable windy-landing practice in. I know it can get that way in Texas this time of month, too, so I need to be up to par for the upcoming trip.
 
wangmyers said:
Yep. Not flying in a month doesn't bother me much. I haven't landed in big winds, though, in a few months. You know what? I've decided that I will go either way, but I'll just take a CFI if the winds feel like they're going to punish me. I was going to practice IFR, but if it is going to be clear, I might as well get some valuable windy-landing practice in. I know it can get that way in Texas this time of month, too, so I need to be up to par for the upcoming trip.
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Well, you have a good plan there. This is where I'm coming from: you recently earned your IR, everyone here says you are a superb pilot yet you are adverse to winds. That does not compute because IMC is where you are likely to finds those winds. Forgive me for being so impudent.

BTW: would the CFI in question also be your MEI?
 
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Well, you have a good plan there. This is where I'm coming from: you recently earned your IR, everyone here says you are a superb pilot yet you are adverse to winds. That does not compute because IMC is where you are likely to finds those winds. Forgive me for being so impudent.

BTW: would the CFI in question also be your MEI?
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Thanks for the vote of confidence! The winds that would bother me (in the C182) would be surface winds, gusting to 25 or above. I could do it, but I also see an opportunty there. Hmm . . . If I take a CFI, I could also do a couple of approaches. Tomorrow, I'm renting from a different flight school, so unfortunately it won't be my excellent primary CFI (who would also be my preferred MEI).
 
I don't practice landings unless it's windy.

Today sounds like fun:
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The more wind. The more fun. Remember your control positions on the ground.

Of course don't go beyond the limits of yourself or your airplane and never put yourself in a situation you are not comfortable with. So if you are not comfortable with the winds, bringing a CFI is a good idea. Eventually you won't even notice them.

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FM1300 31012G22KT P6SM SCT050

That's the forcast for now. No big deal, esp considering the fact that I can use runway 30. Unless it gets much worse, I'm going to do this solo. Maybe I'll luck out and get some IMC, too!
 
wangmyers said:
FM1300 31012G22KT P6SM SCT050

That's the forcast for now. No big deal, esp considering the fact that I can use runway 30. Unless it gets much worse, I'm going to do this solo. Maybe I'll luck out and get some IMC, too!
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TO climb Vx should be impressive... !
 
Ben;

The cool front just came through here on the shore at 1930. FDK is about 80 miles west of where I am. I sense most of the wind will be from mid morning to mid afternoon unless the forecast changes drastically. It will be bumpy but a great day to go up with an instructor and practice. Later in the day usally is a good time for it will become less windy and the cloud cover will dissapate. Friday's forecast looks great too.

Have fun and enjoy;

John
 
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