Seems like lately it has been windy in Houston. So therefore I cannot learn to land, which I am learning right now. If it wasn't for all those windy days, then I'd be soloing by now. I am getting really fed up with windy days and late spring and summer is usually not windy. I have been grounded as a result. [sm=angry.gif][sm=angry.gif][sm=angry.gif][sm=angry.gif]

Damn Dude..You been about to land for so long, you might as well wait for the next Ice Age.

Just kidding, it has been windy everywhere it seems this year.

Don t be afraid of the wind,,, its a good thing when you use it to your advantage. Besides that, it will make you a better flyer!

I'm guessing that your flying during the part of the day when its windy? Is there a part of the day(mornings) when it isn t windy?

BV

My instructor doesn't like to fly on windy days, especially with crosswinds. In the morning, it is usually not windy around 6:30 AM, but of course no one is awake. Unfortunately it has been windy in all times of the day.

landing in wind is an important lesson, go with it.
just be glad your not like us with 400' cliffs at the end of the field, then you get 20' rotors coming across the field which can suck your plane back down, or even take it back up once landed

Same here lately. If it's not windy, it's raining... Or BOTH!

Just don't land downwind!!! Hahahahaaaa ... up wind is really kewl, I love the way the plane will hang in the sky.

Boy, that's the truth!

Seems like the entire country has been either rainy or windy for at least a month and a half! If we weren't flying in 15 to 25 MPH winds here, we just wouldn't be flying! It WILL help make you a better pilot though. (If your planes survive. )
Dennis-

We had a windy one here too. I almost lost it trying to 3D on the deck in 20+MPH gusts haha

Yup - You will have to learn to fly in the wind. Favorite quote at my club is that the airplane doesn't know its windy!

Unfortunately flying in the rain is out! Ludington, Michigan where my club is at has had 12.8" of rain the month of May!

Between the winds and the rain I've only been out twice! It sucks. Ptarmigan I totally agree, I'm disgusted too!

John

Crosswinds allow you the learning of how to crab or slip a plane. It is really neat to watch once you have learned how to do it. Good Luck, Dave

I've learned to land in cross wind, but the 20 - 25 MPH we have had lately is a bit much. You can only hover into the wind so much, and then it just gets old.
I like 10-15 MPH down the runway.
I wonder why everyone is experiencing so much wind and rain? Global warming, the earth shifting on it's axis, crop circles?

Greg

flying in the wind will make you a better pilot, however trying to LEARN to land in the wind will be difficult. I think you will b better of lerning to land on a non-windy day so you can predict what the airplane will do. With wind there is no telling which way it will yaw, roll, or pitch suddenly. You need quick thumbs. Once you learn to land and are a better pilot, the wind can be fun. I have a funtana that i love to fly in the wind. Good luck!

sean

Did more flying in the winter when I was up to my elbows in snow.

I hope you mean on REALLY windy days and not a NORMAL windy day. He should take you up on windy days even if you don't get to land. I'm talking 10 to 15 mph not 20 mph. Unless your field is really tricky on the approach, is subject to bad gusts, or some other factor, your instructor should be able to handle the landings.

May be time to find a new instructor, or at least one who has a little more experience.
If you plan on flying more than 5 times a year, you need to be able to handle all weather conditions. (within reason )
The wind is your friend.
Once in the air, the plane can't tell if it's windy or not.

We actually had a day when the wind was only blowing 15 mph. April, May, and June are the worse months of the year to fly in around here because the wind is always blowing. It's the storm season.

I used to live in Kansas, so I know what you mean about the winds. We couldn't fly full scale helicopters a lot of the time. The times we could fly were often miserable with lots of bouncing around in the gusts.

Its been windy in Colorado too. This spring/early summer has been blowin every day. Great sailplane weather. Maybe you need a foamie to pound around.

Causeitflies-RCU:
We have crosswinds of 25 to 35 mph at the field and happens a lot. [:@]

Scottrc:
Its normally windy in the winter. It normally calm in the summer.

Ptarmigan, just wait till July-Aug. and see if your not begging for this wind to return

I'd rather fly in the wind than 100+ degrees and 90% humidity and no breezes

Cajun[8D]

Amen to that brother.
Seams as though Its windy in The USA as well as Australia
There has got to be a place where there is no wind.

Wind has been blowing here too for a month or two... Never seen this much wind... Were in the 90's
with 15 to 20 mph winds everyday.. And then rain every once in awhile... Definitly a strange weather
year for us...

Not much wind here in Alabama. Sometimes, we have around 15 mph until around 4 pm. It dies down for a good 3 hours of flying before sunset. Not much rain around here either.

I can see why your frustrated. I've been to Galveston in June and August and never felt a breeze, even on the beach, which was bad bacuse it gave the mosquitos more of an advantage to suck me dry.