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Date: 10 Mar 2025 05:02:34 GMT
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On Mon, 10 Mar 2025 00:18:26 -0400, c186282 wrote:

>    Once landed a Cessna when a huge headwind gust came up when I was
>    just four or five feet above the runway.
>    QUICKLY 'flew' it down because in a few secs the headwind would stop
>    and I've had had zero airspeed. Instead, landed at zero GROUND speed.
>    Freaky. In distant retrospect I was the only kid they'd rent a plane
>    on gusty days - had a knack for it.

Better than the birds. For whatever reason the stretch of road south of 
Carson City NV can be pretty windy. I watched a bird land who, I don't 
think you could call it negative ground speed, was rather surprised when 
he was going backwards at touchdown. Not very graceful. 

I also watched a raven playing in the wind breaking over a ridge line. He 
had zero ground speed and was happily gliding about six feet off the 
ground. He would slowly lose altitude and give a couple of flaps to get 
back up. 

No wonder humans spend centuries asking "Why can't we do that?"