Toks Desalu wrote:

Obviously, you can't jump in the plane and fly through nasty winds that is
outside your comfortable zone. Do they continue to fly with instructor and
practice with winds that is outside their comfortable zone? Or do they learn
to land by 'trial and errors', praying that they don't crash the plane?

After I got my PPC and bought my 150, I spent a fair amount of time flying in
stronger winds. As to your statement about 29 knot gusts, how much of a crosswind
component was that? In any case, I just gradually increased the amount of wind I was
able to handle, usually by flying to an airport at which the crosswind component was
greater than my home field.

To this day, if I have to "pray that I don't crash the plane", the wheels will not
touch the ground at that airport. I will go someplace else where the croswind
component is better and land there.

My one piece of advice for you is to avoid changes in your landing technique in
unusual situations. If you want to get used to crab landings, do that on a more
benign day as a training exercise. When the chips are down and you need to count on
your training, land the way you've been trained to land. Once you're comfortable with
crabbing it in, it can be another tool in your box. Me, I stick with slips. If I can
keep the plane straight on short final, I can keep it straight the rest of the way
down.

George Patterson
This marriage is off to a shaky start. The groom just asked the band to
play "Your cheatin' heart", and the bride just requested "Don't come home
a'drinkin' with lovin' on your mind".