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Old 07-05-2003 | 11:46 AM
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DBCherry
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Rob,
Not that your advice is bad but OG, DO NOT try this if the wind is blowing. Landing downwind is hard enough when you have some experience, but for a new pilot it could cost a plane.

Downwind landings aren't recommended unless you have to, like a bad position on a dead stick. It requires keeping a lot more speed and decent thumbs.

Now performing the take-off into a stall turn as Rob suggested is good practice. But I'd suggest that from there, you do a low flyby over the runway into another stall turn, then land (upwind).
Dennis-