landings

Re: Re: Wind

Originally posted by Bmused55
now that looks like one of the fleet of 737’s that ferry a lot of personell to the suposed Area 51

So that is what they are hiding over there, a luxury resorts with palm trees. 😀 .

Re: Wind

Originally posted by rekotsGBOAE
I’m pretty sure that i read somewhere that planes used to land with the wind, but that used to cause a lot of overshoots, that why it changed i suppose.

now that looks like one of the fleet of 737’s that ferry a lot of personell to the suposed Area 51

Wind

I’m pretty sure that i read somewhere that planes used to land with the wind, but that used to cause a lot of overshoots, that why it changed i suppose.

In a nutshell, a headwind gives greater lift on the wings at a lower groundspeed (i.e. the airspeed is higher than the groundspeed). This also applies to take off.

Mike