I almost lost a plane yesterday due to wind. Put skiis on and the plane lifted off with almost no forward airspeed. Turned downwind boy did she take off. It was all I could do to get it turned around and headed back towards me. Gradually got it down and taxied the rest of the way back to myself.

It didn't help that the plane was a trainer with lots of dihedral. Every time I got it turned cross wind it wanted to flip over. What saved me was that I took off on a frozen lake and didn't have to worry about trees or other objects to crash into.