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Moriarty AWOS: Winds 220/34G45
It's supposed to get up to about 55 kts today. If I could get safely to the runway, I could take off backwards! Naaah... I think I'll stay home. -- Dan, 5J |
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On 11/17/2016 1:01 PM, Dan Marotta wrote:
I could take off backwards! Naaah... With enough steady wind, you could theoretically launch using nothing but an anchored tow rope of sufficient length. Of course, if you were (say) 100 feet high and the wind even momentarily slacked to zero... |
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On Thursday, November 17, 2016 at 11:01:14 AM UTC-7, Dan Marotta wrote:
Moriarty AWOS: Winds 220/34G45 It's supposed to get up to about 55 kts today. If I could get safely to the runway, I could take off backwards! Naaah... I think I'll stay home. -- Dan, 5J A mere zephyr, to quote Billy Hill Mike |
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