Wednesday, March 23, 2011

CROSSWINDS - WHAT IS IT?


Poorly executed cross wind landings are a major cause of runway excursions. Often the outcome is associated with prevailing runway surface friction being other than dry - maybe wet, often contaminated. Some of the issues apply to the maintenance of direction control, during a take off or a rejected take off, but runway excursion outcomes on departure are much less common and are not specifically considered in this article. Crosswind Landings are a major cause for runway excursions when poorly executed.


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