[NSRCA-discussion] Landing Direction

[Mark Atwood]

I think my only annoyance with all of this is number of times I have watched
pilots purposely take off down wind in a "mild" wind because it allowed them
to fly their preferred direction only to cry "SAFETY" when the wind picked
up and suddenly their choice of direction isn't so desirable.

I don't think anyone questions a major wind shift during a flight should be
allowed some variance in making a landing.  But let's face it...those times
are few and far between. The real issue is the quartering cross wind that's
shifting slightly from upwind to downwind, where the pilot picks his
preference for take off and his pattern, rather than thinking about the
landing.

-M

On 4/6/07 2:39 PM, "Del K. Rykert" <drykert2 at rochester.rr.com> wrote:

> As a pilot I always feel the ultimate decision rests with the pilot.  I
> would ask permission to land the opposite way but if not given and felt it
> was a safety issue to land downwind I would take the zero and land the
> reverse direction. Smarter to be safe and go home with an intact airplane
> then to land and force a mishap. Having said that, it also forces greater
> responsibility on the pilot to make sure he isn't conflicting with opposing
> traffic if he so chooses to land into the wind and causes a mishap by
> reversing direction. So the decision is not to be taken lightly.
> 
>     Del
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <randy9004 at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2007 2:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] Landing Direction
> 
> 
>> Does the pilot/caller get to decide if the wind has changed directions?
>> Does a judge need to agree?
>> 
>> Randy
>> -------------- Original message ----------------------
>> From: "Don Ramsey" <donramsey at gmail.com>
>>> To those who read my March Kfactor article, I seem to have mistated the
>>> intent
>>> of the new landing direction rule.  After re-reading the intent of the
>>> rule, it
>>> seems the rule was put in to allow a change of landing direction only for
>>> a wind
>>> change.  This is implied in the new rule.  The landing direction should
>>> always
>>> be in the direciton of takeoff unless the wind changes to a direction
>>> that would
>>> cause a downwind landing.
>>> 
>>> Thanks to all who brought this to my attention.
>>> Don
>> 
>> 
>> 
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