Ah..... Rats...... [&o]. This thread is NOTHING close to what I hoped it would be about! Seriuosly, though, I'm glad you came out of this relatively unscathed. I am terrified to fly in wind.[X(].... But I tell you what, I'm going to fly the SIM in heavy X-winds and I HOPE, I'll be able to handle it when I do try it for real.