Larry Dighera writes:

On Thu, 01 Apr 2004 00:52:35 GMT, jsmith wrote in
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The banked track would counter the crosswind component.

That would be true 50% of the time.

Or less. A lot less. The bank needed would depend on the aircraft's
varying speed, in addition to the (variable) wind velocity. The whole
thing sounds like a joke--1 day early.