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Originally Posted by Norm K
... or until the winds are still there on your return trip. Flying along I-84 some 40 years ago, into a 25-30 knot headwind, the old Piper Colt couldn't keep up with the freeway traffic below. Then, more than ever, I pined for the Mooney I couldn't afford at the time ...
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I hear you . Many years ago I was flying a Cessna 150 over Lethbridge Alberta and turned towards Calgary. I had zero groundspeed (wind on the ground was 45 mph gusting to 60). So I checked the weather in Cutbank Montana and landed there. Advised customs and slept in the hangar.
