50KT wind
02-25-2011, 07:16 AM
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It depends what I'm flying, 20 kts in my bug-smasher is my personal limit. Gusting 50kts would leave me parked at the gate in a transport, even if it means getting a call from the ODM, and getting reamed a new one.
02-25-2011, 07:18 AM
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Originally Posted by rickair7777
Ouch. Normal wind limit for intentional round parachute ops is 13 KTS...significantly higher than that would be bad news for sure.
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02-25-2011, 07:37 AM
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"Ouch" indeed
Once I had to "veto" a B-1A test mission due to high surface winds. (It was OK for the escape capsule, but the chase aircraft had ejection seats.) The JTF squawked about it, but the Test Wing CC affirmed the decision. He said: "It's no fun being dragged across the lakebed by a parachute," and held out his palms to show the scar tissue.
02-25-2011, 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by USMCFLYR
The limit became 25kts sustained, 30kts gusting.
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I promise you that if you landed a round chute in a 25 knot wind you would never want to do it again...assuming you walked away. Odds are good you would get knocked out and then dragged. I know a guy that happened to, he was dragged face down and scraped off a lot of his face and kneecaps...his OIC fudged the wind readings to get the jump done. It should still be 13 kts for the Army airborne guys.
02-25-2011, 09:18 AM
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I landed a Seneca in a tropical storm about 12 years ago. Winds were 46G70something, about 45 degrees off. I was carrying a heart for transplant, to a reciepent that needed it right now. God smiled for the 60 seconds it took to land off the RNAV appch (which I shot with a handheld GPS), as I was granted a very short lull in the wind and made for a "relatively" uneventful landing.
02-25-2011, 09:37 AM
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CAE ATIS 128kt Gust
Originally Posted by Grumble
I landed a Seneca in a tropical storm about 12 years ago. Winds were 46G70something, about 45 degrees off. I was carrying a heart for transplant, to a reciepent that needed it right now. God smiled for the 60 seconds it took to land off the RNAV appch (which I shot with a handheld GPS), as I was granted a very short lull in the wind and made for a "relatively" uneventful landing.
http://home.windstream.net/cjmatras/w128.wav
02-25-2011, 10:30 AM
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Originally Posted by N9373M
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02-25-2011, 11:04 AM
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02-25-2011, 11:37 AM
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I've done 25G50 in a PC-12 before. It was pretty much right down the runway. Sucks to think that you are waiting for a gust, then realize you are riding it, as the runway rises really fast on your windshield.
It's a fun story, but pucker factor was rather elevated.
It's a fun story, but pucker factor was rather elevated.
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