stultus
New Member
Was going to go on a XC today but nixed it because of the fires and marine layer and Santa Anas...we've got a little bit of everything here in Socal!
So I went to the airport just to check things out. Wind was a light 5 or 6 knots straight down runway 22. So I decided take the mighty 150 up for a few turns in the pattern, and I get to about 400 ft agl start to turn crosswind and things get pretty bumpy and I realize the winds were a little stronger not too far off the ground. I manage to do reasonably well in the pattern, but have to fight her a little and on final I realize I've got a pretty strong tailwind and have trouble loosing altitude, so I decide early on to go around and shoot her again and double check the windsocks and tetrahedron...sure enough they still indicated 22. Still bumpy kinda bumpy, but I did a lot better bringing her down on this approach, on final I had a tailwind until I'd guess about 100 ft and which point it turned back into a headwind.
Did I do the right thing, or should I have actually landed with the slight tailwind on 4 rather than have the pretty strong tailwind pushing me in until I'm just about on the runway?
So I went to the airport just to check things out. Wind was a light 5 or 6 knots straight down runway 22. So I decided take the mighty 150 up for a few turns in the pattern, and I get to about 400 ft agl start to turn crosswind and things get pretty bumpy and I realize the winds were a little stronger not too far off the ground. I manage to do reasonably well in the pattern, but have to fight her a little and on final I realize I've got a pretty strong tailwind and have trouble loosing altitude, so I decide early on to go around and shoot her again and double check the windsocks and tetrahedron...sure enough they still indicated 22. Still bumpy kinda bumpy, but I did a lot better bringing her down on this approach, on final I had a tailwind until I'd guess about 100 ft and which point it turned back into a headwind.
Did I do the right thing, or should I have actually landed with the slight tailwind on 4 rather than have the pretty strong tailwind pushing me in until I'm just about on the runway?