What's the most wind you've ever landed in?

Flying Newf · Post by **Flying Newf** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:47 am

45G65 landing 12 in Dearlake ON, wind was 90 off in a ho. What a ride!!

gig · Post by **gig** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 7:55 am

I landed a C182 in YQB in 35G41, pretty rough and turbulent, had problems controlling the airplane on ground as the airplane was always turning into the wind at every gust. Be pulled it through.

Tango01 · Post by **Tango01** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:02 am

I landed my C150 in a 3 knot crosswind on a 5,000' X 150' runway and bragged for a week about it.

Redneck_pilot86 · Post by **Redneck_pilot86** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:23 am

Tango01 wrote:I landed my C150 in a 3 knot crosswind on a 5,000' X 150' runway and bragged for a week about it.

Congrats.

Siddley Hawker · Post by **Siddley Hawker** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:27 am

July, I've been into BX with a 185 on floats when the wind was NE 40G55. Sailing backwards on the Trout Pond with zero flap and 1500 RPM.

flynbutcher · Post by **flynbutcher** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:27 am

Maybe that 3 kt. xwind was a result of 50 kt. winds 5 degrees off the runway.

Capt · Post by **Capt** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:14 am

50 gust 60 at lethbridge, it happens a few times a year there and it's normal for it to be 30 gusting 40. But it sure melts the snow away

snaproll20 · Post by **snaproll20** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:18 pm

catabatic winds off the Greenland icecap. Good job Thule had hangar space. Watched the stripper for two days in the bar.
Saw two unmanned Twin Otters flying once in Resolute, flaps down, each tied to two full drums per side. 95 mph.
Try 50kts plus across runway in Eureka, empty, on big wheels.

TG · Post by TG » Wed Apr 13, 2005 3:12 pm

Speaking about Greenland.
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/127818/L/

Dog · Post by **Dog** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:12 pm

Nice pic TG!
The most wind I landed in was 55g69 in a 185 at Campbel River Spit. The forcast was for Gale force (they blew it... excuse the pun). The wind measure was from the Cape Mudge light house about five miles downwind. luckily I didn't have to turn to make it to the dock or leave again. Slow trip home...
On another note: I was at YVR when the RCMP opened the hanar doors at Peidmont into 70 knots and the roof blew off!

TG · Post by TG » Wed Apr 13, 2005 6:40 pm

Dog wrote: and the roof blew off!

ehehe......nice!

xduster · Post by **xduster** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:24 pm

25 kt 90 degree crosswind on a gravel road (20ft wide) with a cessna A188B (Ag truck) which many a pilot have described as "pushing a rope down the road"

looproll · Post by **looproll** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 11:05 pm

Flying in Lethbridge I saved some of the METAR's because I was literally blown away:

METAR CYQL 150000Z 25048G70KT 15SM FEW070 08/M06 A2928 RMK AC1 BD PRESRR FOEHN WALL SLP924=

The Fohn Wall is pretty neat. Formed by the cap cloud of the lee mountain wave. Looks like a water fall of cloud coming over the mountain.

METAR CYQL 242000Z CCA 26033G45KT 8SM FEW040 BKN110 BKN200 08/M06 A2953 RMK SC1AC5CI2 PK G58 1951Z BD PRESFR SLP027=

SPECI CYQL 242025Z 26050G70KT 6SM BLDU FEW040 BKN110 BKN200 RMK SC1AC3CI3=

METAR CYQL 242100Z 26040G60KT 6SM BLDU SCT110 BKN200 08/M06 A2950 RMK AC2CI3 VSBY NE 1 BD SLP015=

METAR CYQL 060900Z AUTO 26040G51KT 9SM -SN CLR 04/M09 A2976 RMK SLP096=

SPECI CZPC 100859Z AUTO 27053G61KT 1/8SM -SN VV002 M01/M02 A3026 RMK
PRESFR=

METAR CYQL 142200Z 26041G61KT 15SM FEW060 11/M10 A2923 RMK SC1 BD SLP903=

METAR CYQL 142300Z 25046G69KT 15SM FEW070 10/M06 A2920 RMK AC1 BD SLP894=

and it goes on...

J31 · Post by **J31** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:00 am

Flying Newf wrote:45G65 landing 12 in Dearlake ON, wind was 90 off in a ho. What a ride!!

Ya right!

Doc · Post by **Doc** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 6:29 am

The wrangyist (is that a word?) wind I've ever come across was on the Ungava Bay coast at Kortak (sp?) with the Racer. Went in to pick up a couple of prospectors. No indication of wind. Smooth ride. Had to use a little more control than usual, but it didn't seem TOO bad. Then on the roll out, the beast weather-cocked. I've always found the Dak to be a great cross-wind bird.....till you put the tail down!
These guys were in their tents and weren't expecting us due to the winds! Had to have been 50 to 60 kts at 70 degrees....but really smooth?
I landed an Ercoupe (remember them things?) into Guelph Air Park with the wind 45 Kts....right down the chute....after two cups of coffee, I finally landed!
But I would NEVER launch a Metro with the kind of tail wind the guys were talking about in this thread! That's just plain stupid! If a "bird dog" has a problem with it....stuff it! Not YOU Bird Dog! You are the King of your ship. NOBODY has the right to put you in an unsafe position but YOU!!!
Use some common sence out there people!

KAG · Post by **KAG** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:25 am

J31 wrote:
Flying Newf wrote:45G65 landing 12 in Dearlake ON, wind was 90 off in a ho. What a ride!!
Ya right!

I second that...

There is no way a Ho would handle 65 KT Xwind, infact I cant see any AC handleing that kind of Xwind.

snaproll20 · Post by **snaproll20** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:32 am

some of you guys didn't say if the wheels were still on when you walked away!

R2000/1830 · Post by **R2000/1830** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:45 am

[quote="Cat Driver"]There is a big difference between straight into wind and 90 degrees x/ wind.

The most difficult that I did was 50 knots 90 degrees in a blowing snow condition in Resolute bay....in a DC3. ( 1971 )

Cat[/quote]

Thank you Cat Driver, I have told some of my friends about landing a DC-3 in a 45 Knot 90 degree crosswind at Snap Lake NWT but no one would believe me.

By the way I did this in 2002, 31 years after you. Its good to see something’s don’t change.

Cat Driver · Post by **Cat Driver** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:38 pm

R2000/1830 :

And it's nice to know that the art of flying is still alive in aviation.

Cat

... · Post by **...** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:02 am

What's the most wind you've ever landed in?

With a 68 year old captain...

Lowjack · Post by **Lowjack** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:40 am

35 gusting 40 at YYC in a 172. Wind was right down the pipe on 25 so it wasn't too bad, although my passenger didn't like it very much.

learcapt · Post by **learcapt** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 8:56 am

most for me, last october, 48gusting68 in keflavik, iceland...luckily however, right down the runway.

co-joe · Post by **co-joe** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 9:05 am

King Air Guy wrote:45 KTS in a tube?!?!? holy sh!t, that is retarded. We'll do 35 KTS in a King Air and it does a good job of it, but the tube has really small ailerons...I would think that would have been some pucker factor 10 in that cockpit.

Cheers.

You'll land with a 35 kt tail wind in a King Air? Wow, I hope you're joking or that I misread you.

Donald · Post by **Donald** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:44 am

Scroll down to see KAG's next post, he clears up the confusion.

quickflight · Post by **quickflight** » Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:57 pm

48 gusting 65 45 to the runway in a ho, can still use the plane but can't say much more than that.

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