I first learned to fly in Washington State off the Puget Sound. We would get 20 knot winds all the time. Learned to fly in them. I'm now in Maine and we don't get winds that strong as often. Some people I fly with complain when the wind is up, but I enjoy flying in it. I also fly an LT-40 and have been flipped by the wind, no big deal, the plane is easy to recover. It's also kinda neat to see a trainer do a knife edge turn in a stiff wind.