62 AUGUST 2018 ÇPlane&Pilot
CROSSWIND
BATTLE
BY LEROY COOK
Land being the valuable commodity
that it is, it’s becoming more and
more difcult to nd an airport
offering a choice of runway
directions—other than the two
alternate ends of a single strip of
pavement. And so, more often
than not, we’ll be faced with
exercising our crosswind takeoff
and landing skills. This task
does not come naturally; proper
alignment during a crosswind is
something that must be forced on
the airplane, much against its will.
62 AUGUST 2018 ÇPlane&Pilot