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Originally Posted by BReif61 View Post
Knowing that this is Wikipedia that we are talking about, everything must be taken with a degree of skepticism. But wouldn't an airplane that operates on that thin of a margin be extremely susceptible to crashing?

IE, couldn't a sudden strong tailwind stall the wings?
Only on take off and landing. Interesting video if you can handle the narration.



Up and away you are basically flying "with" the wind.
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