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Old 09-09-2019, 11:59am   #7
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Originally Posted by chinaski View Post
Last winter I covered a gigantic crash on PCH in Malibu. It was a VERY windy day. Took off with winds steady out of the North at about 30 knots with gusts into the high 30's. The turbulence was FIERCE.

We got on station and were able to essentially hover. Pointed the nose into the wind, chopped power and just basically stayed put. Ground speed was probably 10 or 15 knots. Weird sensation in an airplane.
If your pilot went down for the count, do you think you could land the plane?
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