CADnCoding t1_isr9xhs wrote
Reply to comment by ppitm 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
That’s exactly what happened to the crew of the C130 fighting fire in Australia a couple years ago. Coming in at a little over 100 knots for a retardant drop and a huge tail wind. Pilots earlier in the day were reporting 70 knot tail winds. Stalled and went down.
RIP Tanker 134 and crew.
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