Every small field I've seen round here has a big oarnge wind sock. Even the
guys with ultra lites in their barn.

How's the new boat?

Scotty


"Martin Baxter" wrote in message
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DSK wrote:
WTF do pilots know about judging wind speed?



You are kidding, right?


Martin Baxter wrote:

Well if you limit the set to those pilots that have never learned
cross wind landings......


Unless they are landing in a place with no ground control, they don't
have to judge the wind at all. They don't even have to ask; somebody
else who knows makes it a point to tell them exactly what the wind is...
several times over, in fact.

DSK


I can't speak for any flight schools except for our local school; here
pilots are taught to
look at various things on the ground to judge wind speed. As you point out
though, there are several
small fields in our area that are uncontrolled, so perhaps this is not
universal.

Cheers
marty