Downwind Landings Straight Downwind Landings by mistake. Pilot fatigue leads to flight errors. Misread wind indicators or tower instructions. (more serious) Landing downwind, when you think you're landing upwind, leads to confusion. You approach the runway through the air at 75 mph and, at the same time drifting with the air at 20 mph. Since the two motions are both in the same
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