Avoiding blow overs
I live in an area with industrial wind turbines so I am very use to towing in windy conditions. 30-40 mph gusts are common and still not a big deal. Thursday we were on a north south interstate when ...
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Bobbo wrote:
I used to be a skydiver. Once, at a skydiving meet in Florida, one of the jumpers had a malfunction and landed under his reserve about 2 miles away in some woods. An old high wing monoplane with a very VERY low stall speed took off and flew over to find him. When he found the guy, he turned into the wind, and.....hovered! The wind speed was above his stall speed, so he turned into the wind, got directly over the guy, and slowed down to the wind's speed and actually hovered there! It was amazing to watch.
That's great as long as the wind doesn't suddenly slow down. Sudden wind shifts can be dangerous for aircraft, especially close to the ground.
