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What I’m talking about is just a way to provide something besides a pilot’s hunch to compare against weight data from flight crews. If it was so windy that it w
by dclowd9901 4y ago
What I’m talking about is just a way to provide something besides a pilot’s hunch to compare against weight data from flight crews. If it was so windy that it would catastrophically throw off the comparison, I doubt they’d even let the planes take off.
- nradov 4y agoThat's not how it works. Airliners can safely take off into strong headwinds. A wind blowing across the wings will produce significant lift. In theory it might be possible to compensate for that effect, but in practice it's just too much hassle.