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draftstone t1_isr3osh wrote

Reply to comment by corrado33 in TIL: Airplanes take off and land into the wind. They takeoff into the wind to reduce the groundspeed required to lift and land into it to reduce groundspeed when landing. by Key-Code-4296

Next time people someone talks to you about this, ask him why a floatplane can takeoff if it has no wheels. What makes contact to the ground has no effect other than possibly slowing you down due to friction.

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