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Chuck Forsberg wrote:

> I've landed my real Skylane with a direct component of 17 kt,
> maybe a bit more, best guess of the crowd I camped with at Oshkosh.
> Interesting landing, airmet for turb and LLWS, but I kept it on the runway.

You got guts. I'd give a go at 17 kts direct if nobody
was around, but certainly not in front of thousands
of other pilots at Oshkosh. :-) :-)

So what, it'd have to be a 35-knot wind or so before
the x-wind component at Oshkosh would have to be 17 kts?

Them's a stiff breeze.

Brett

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