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Possum169 wrote:
 
> Yesterday afternoon a Cessna 152 was doing touch and go's at the local > airport..winds were 210 to 190 at 15 gusting to 25/30.  They or (he) 
> asked the tower for closed traffic, runway 32, the tower repeated the > winds and asked him if he was sure he wanted to do this..is it just > me...or is this crazy or what?  

IMO it's crazy, but maybe they had a good reason.  For example,
many places have an ILS only on one runway, if the wx is low
with strong winds favoring the opposite runway and the pilot
wants to land there, tailwind landing is mandatory.  If that's
the sort of thing the pilot wants to do, practicing tailwind
landings in and of themselves is a good idea.

But with winds that strong, an alternate airport where I could
land into the wind would be part of my preflight planning.  Even
a 5 kt tailwind can make a plane skittery.  I try hard to avoid
landing with *any* tailwind.

> The 152 has a max. recommended crosswind component of 12kts.

That's max "demonstrated" crosswind (Cessna makes no recommendation
about crosswind).

If you haven't you should try landing in crosswinds about that
strong (15g25-30).   You'll run out of rudder on the stronger
gusts.  A day with strong winds right down your home runway 
and xwinds someplace nearby is perfect.  Be prepared to
go around on each landing, and put it on the runway only if 
everything happens to fall out right.

But I wouldn't go looking for a tailwind component at the same
time.

Snowbird


