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A number of years ago I was flying an ultralight that had a cruising speed of about 40 mph. While I was aloft the ground winds picked up and when I was returning to land I was crawling against them. However, on the upside, I was able to land in about 30 feet total rolling distance. Truth be told, it was quite unnerving.

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From a witty, if not so wise, squadron mate:
"I swear, on the honor of the CO's daughter, the plane they give me to fly is so slow, on a windy day I've got to land it backwards, back up across the field and back it into the lee-side hangar door!"
He's since been transferred to safer duty, closer to the front.

In my first flight simulator, for S&G's one day, I set the wind speed to 100 knots and landed a Cessna backwards.

It's not that scary if you do it at your desk, Lou.

The wind had a huge effect on operations and making the pilots life even more difficult. A dodgy engine when behind the lines for the Entente forces could be a nightmare if there was a strong westerly wind.

I have read somewhere about a pilot more or less at a stand still whilst flying into the wind above the aerodrome when it showed seventy on his airspeed indicator. Might be a pilots tale that went round at the time but I'm sure at times it felt like it.