Originally Posted by
AndyAndrews
Try taking off a glider downwind during high winds and see how well it goes.
Again you are injecting a ground reference into the debate. Once airborne the glider doesn't care which way the wind is blowing. It has been explained many times why you take off into the wind. Again this debate revolves around aircraft flying in a steady state wind.
Until folks can stop confusing themselves with ground vs. airspeed (like the post I quoted) I'm afraid that we will keep beating our heads against the wall. <kickscan>