Right at my ETA..

tykrtr

tykrtr

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kmdh 081852z 32059g70kt 0sm +tsra vv000 18/17 a2954 rmk ao2 pk wnd 34067/1835 wshft 1748 tsb28rab28
 
Seems fine to me as long as they have a NW facing runway. Once you have been in a 90 degree bank in a 172, nothing really concerns you.
 
mojo6911 said:
Seems fine to me as long as they have a NW facing runway. Once you have been in a 90 degree bank in a 172, nothing really concerns you.
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:sarcasm: maybe? I hope.
I've been through some serious doodoo in the past few years but saying it wouldn't concern you shows one thing, how inexperienced you really are.
 
SFCC/UND said:
Can't really land the plane will be going backwards:panic:
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what plane are you flying that cant do 70 knots?

the only real problem with that is the visibility and the thunderstorm. If i had a legal RVR report from the tower and radar for the TS i might give the approach a shot. I've taken off in gusting 68kt winds, and landed into 55kts. challenge makes flying fun.
 
Somewhere there, fun transitions to "pucker factor"? At a desk it's one thing ... I would stay on the ground, but hey, that's me.
 
Let see there are a lot of small planes that land below 70 knots, but sure if you want to land more than 70 knots be my guest.
 
SFCC/UND said:
Let see there are a lot of small planes that land below 70 knots, but sure if you want to land more than 70 knots be my guest.
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protip:

if you are ever out flying and wind picks up to 90 kts sustained (and smooth for some reason) and you absolutely have to land your 172 in it, do not attempt to fly a backward approach at 1.3 Vso. Maneuver over your tiedown, call unicom to get some guys to meet you, match the headwind (ie, 90kt headwind, go 90 kts to get groundspeed 0) and descend in place to the ground and have your crew tie you down before you shutdown. Dangerous, yes. Stupid, yes. But less so than saying "my ref speed is 55 kts" and trying to survive *that* landing.
 
Do you think people are actually going to come outside when the winds are blowing 70 knots and there are heavy thunderstorms and rain?;)
 
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Seriously, I had to....OOTSK!
 
tykrtr said:
kmdh 081852z 32059g70kt 0sm +tsra vv000 18/17 a2954 rmk ao2 pk wnd 34067/1835 wshft 1748 tsb28rab28
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we were in BNA yesterday with the wx moving through just to the north. The local wx people were getting wet with all their technology and super-duper atomic 3D strato-weather 55000 doppler thingamabob system.

And then the wx just moved north of the city after 'the sky is falling' for 2 hrs. Bummer!
 
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