My son soloed yesterday, after only 11 flights - no simulator time at all. He disliked the one day that we had less than 10mph wind. Flying in wind is FUN. Use the wind, don't fight it. Once the plane is in the air, it does not know or care, that there is wind. (Some types won't work though, eg light electrics.) Wind bothers pilots, not planes. BTW - He is flying a Avistar running a TT .54 4-c.

The main problem on windy days is the reliability of your engine. If you can't glide back, you have a problem. I teach my pupils to remember the "cone". It is simply this - the further out you are, the higher you better be. If there is wind, the cone is skewed to compensate for the wind. You don't fly as far out downwind as you can upwind.

Gusty wind can be a real challenge, but the more you practice, the better you will get.

A footnote, a few years ago my 33% ultimate dead-sticked directly in front of me flying upwind. The wind prevented any forward glide but I just kept flying it, ignoring the direction over the ground, it landed safely BACKWARDS relative to ground. The bipe did not know that it was not supposed to do that.

Safe Flying!