Originally Posted by
waflyboy
I always figured it was something they invented to help out us RJ wonder kids. You real pilots don't need 'em!
I find that, at least in the pattern, that the smoke/dust blowing off the fields (at least in the central valley of CA) are more accurate than my derived winds in the aircraft. I suppose using the wind sock, the trees and the waving fields of agriculture work well too
USMCFLYR