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Or if the airport uses a length of chain in place of a windsock, and the chain is sticking straight-out...If the chain tie downs are broken and the plane is wadded up into a ball and against the far fence, it may be too windy to fly...
Yup. When I was was doing my IFR training, we were using a 150. This was in the lee of the Rockies, in Calgary. The winds can be wild there, but even if they're relatively mild, the turbulence off the Rocks makes life difficult for a 150 trying to follow the ILS. I spent way too much time just trying to keep the shiny side up, and the needles would not cooperate. I switched to a 172 and the learning accelerated nicely. Who is going to do hard IFR in a 150 anyway? Especially in Canada, where IMC in an airplane not certified for known ice is illegal if ice is reported or forecast.One thing is most trainers are light airplanes, and they will bobble around in the wind like a cork on rough water. To me that made learning difficult. I was trying to learn the maneuvers and trying to control the plane in the bumps which frustrated me to no end. I ended up scheduling early morning flights until my confidence level went up.
There are parts of the country, if you are not willing to fly in 10G15, you'll never fly.
Not necessarily. When the winds are that strong, I get into an early slip to see if I can hold alignment.If you don’t have enough rudder to keep the aircraft aligned with the centerline, it’s too windy. But then again, by the time you determine that, it’s too late.