Probably great flying weather if you want to go in the opposite direction.
Damn, the other direction will have birds doing 100mph.
Reminds me of a flight I was on with winds like that. Blowing across the runway as we tried to land. It was horrifying. The pilots had to bring the plane in at like a 30+ degree yaw (I think it’s yaw - pointing to the side) and straighten it out at the last minute.
First try they had to mulligan but I’ll be damned if they didn’t safely albeit very firmly set us down the second try.
Yeah that maneuver's called "crabbing" -- looks scary, but as I understand fairly typical for cross-wind landings
Basically just flying into the wind a little bit to cancel it out, so that relative to the ground you're going right down the runway, even though the nose is pointed the other way. Then turning down the runway at the last moment so the landing gear is pointed the right direction when it hits the ground
30+ degrees is definitely on the higher end though
Yup, it's yaw. The three are yaw (nose side to side), pitch (nose up and down), and roll (nose rolls around).
This seems totally intentional. It didn't really flap with force once. Instead it just kinda vibed around on the wind for a while without really expending too much energy. I think the bird could totally go against the wind if it wanted to, but it just wanted to do whatever it was doing here. Maybe just playing or training a bit, or maybe getting a slightly different vantage point.
i want to be bird
I want to die
but my wings have been so denied
This reminds me of a few months ago. We were having insane winds, and I saw a Magpie get absolutely yeeted off a tree branch. I watched it get blown about 2 city blocks before it went over an industrial building and I lost sight of it.
Doing it to impress the lady bird.
STOL
*VTOL if it wasn't trying to launch forwards
Birds always seem so graceful & purposeful. Comforting to know that even they have awkward moments sometimes.
I believe I can fly
"Well, fuck. I guess I'll just stay here then..."
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