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Wind and the runway
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Why a headwind helps and a tailwind hurts, and how the wind picks the runway: at Linz, 26 or 08. You also learn crosswind and gusts, read the windsock, and hear the wind the way Tower says it.
What you learn
- Explain why aircraft take off and land into the wind
- Pick the runway end for a given wind
- Explain crosswind and gusts
- Read the wind's strength from a windsock
- Read a wind given as direction and speed, such as 240°, 8 kt
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