A tailwind is a wind that blows in the direction of travel of an object, while a headwind blows against the direction of travel. A tailwind increases...
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Bass Communion (redirect from Freiband/Bass Communion – Headwind/Tailwind)
Litany (2009) Sisters Oregon (2017) And No Birds Sing (2021) "Vajrayana/Aum Shinrikyo" (2004) "Headwind/Tailwind" (2009) Bass Communion V Muslimgauze...
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that is, the force can be separated into two vector components: the headwind or tailwind component in the direction of motion, the crosswind component perpendicular...
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approximately 35x3=105 nautical miles. This would have to be adjusted for headwind or tailwind, and also to allow for deceleration time. Alternatively, David P. Davies...
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aircraft's true airspeed and the current wind speed and direction; a headwind subtracts from the ground speed, while a tailwind adds to it. Winds at other...
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Landing performance (section Headwinds and tailwinds)
(ATC). An aircraft landing into a headwind will require less runway and will be able to vacate the runway sooner. Tailwind increases the ground speed of an...
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low wing, drawing the airplane sideways. This is the still-air, headwind or tailwind scenario. In case of crosswind, the wing is lowered into the wind...
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TACA Flight 390 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather)
including the presence of tailwind and headwind. The aircraft touched down approximately 400 meters past the displaced threshold and rolled with a ground speed...
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consumption by source and sector". www.conceptdraw.com. Retrieved 2025-06-30. "Global Energy Outlook 2025: Headwinds and Tailwinds in the Energy Transition"...
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Bicycle performance (redirect from Bicycle weight and power)
comes from a true headwind or tailwind. Then v a {\displaystyle v_{a}} is the scalar sum of v r {\displaystyle v_{r}} and the headwind or the difference...
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thrust and Mach buffet. In the presence of a tailwind, ECON airspeed can be reduced to take advantage of the tailwind, whereas in a headwind, ECON speed...
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Glenn H. Schiffman (category Duke University Trinity College of Arts and Sciences alumni)
2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-03. "CFO Departure Is a Near-Term Headwind, But IAC's Long-Term Tailwinds Remain". Jeffries Equity Research. Archived from the original...
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Sosoliso Airlines Flight 1145 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in Nigeria)
condition with headwind and tailwind. The flight crews then requested clearance to land at Runway 21. The controller then contacted Flight 1145 and advised that...
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(愛上孤獨的男人) 2000: He ri jun zai lai (何日君再來) 2001: Rebirth (重生) 2001: Headwind, Tailwind (逆風順風) 2002: Obsessed (沉迷) 2005: Forever Love (永恒的愛) 2005: Be Brave...
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third race should take place the following day. It was claimed that the headwind benefited the newer composite eight crew who were heavier. Therefore, the...
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1945 Japan–Washington flight (section Aircraft and men)
little headwind and expected it. However, all our information indicated that once we passed Fairbanks it would drop. We didn't need a tailwind. All we...
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Mohawk Airlines Flight 112 (category Airliner accidents and incidents caused by weather)
from a headwind to a tailwind. The Civil Aeronautics Board found the cause of the accident to be the pilot's decision to take off in bad weather, and cited...
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Air France Flight 358 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2005)
the wind changed from a headwind to a tailwind. While approaching the threshold, the aircraft entered an intense downpour and the forward visibility became...
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Korean Air Flight 631 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2022)
thunderstorm and the crew received instruction from the control tower to land on runway 4 to avoid landing with a tailwind. As they were descending and before...
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clearways and/or stopways. Runway wind component – The best condition is a strong headwind straight along the runway. The worst condition is a tailwind. If...
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and a temperature of 23.8 degrees Celsius. There was a strong tailwind for the first semifinal and a moderate headwind for the second. The tailwind speed...
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influence the way a shot is taken. A headwind can slow runners, while they may gain wind assistance from a tailwind. Some sports rely on the presence of...
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Marcell Jacobs (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics)
150th person in history and the second Italian, after Filippo Tortu, to break the 10-second barrier. On 26 June 2021, into a headwind of −1.0 m/s in Rovereto...
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temperature, chemistry, age, condition of the batteries, force of possible headwinds/tailwinds, etc. These factors can make some C-Cars a bit faster or slower than...
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Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431 (category Aviation accidents and incidents in 2018)
(9 m) and a maximum indicated airspeed of 151 knots (174 mph; 280 km/h) when the wind direction suddenly shifted to a 24-knot (28 mph; 44 km/h) tailwind. The...
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opposite to 16, despite the even deadlier tailwind. Trivandrum ATC prepares for the worst, with hospital beds ready and a rescue team stationed on the runway...
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Negative number (redirect from Negative and nonnegative numbers)
jump, the wind assistance is measured and recorded, and is positive for a tailwind and negative for a headwind. Temperatures which are colder than 0 °C...
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Sudan Airways Flight 109 (category Sudan Airways accidents and incidents)
they had a 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) headwind for landing, when they actually had a 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) tailwind.: 39 Sudan Airways Flight 139 Accident...
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race started in Noyon and during the 1980s in Senlis. The race is level for much of its route and quite often there is a headwind against the riders. The...
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the headwind component to the best L/D for the maximum distance. For a tailwind, the origin is shifted to the left by the speed of the tailwind, and drawing...
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