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Originally Posted by Pfeil
As far as I know, the landing direction is set by the mission creator when placing the landing waypoint. I don't think the wind direction actually matters.
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G'day Arrow
Well I was not being literal about the wind direction change jibe
, I was using that as a mythical reason to explain the apparent change in the of the takeoff/landing pattern that completely reversed between me taking off and the subsequent landing.
The near miss report may have gone something like this…..
I was using the QMB scramble option, I was in a Ju88A4 with no wingman but had a single Do217 assigned as a friendly. I took off to what I think was the west (out to sea) then turned to port, the Dornier just wandered of out over the sea and I had head turn back towards him and ask him to rejoin. I then practiced formatting with the Do217 for 15 to 20 minutes then told him to dump his bombs and head for home, I continued flying in line astern until I visually picked up the field. At this point I over took the Dornier and after which started my decent while also calling for landing clearance. With this granted I then set up for a westerly approach via a left handed circuit.
While on the downwind leg of my circuit I heard the Dornier make his call for landing clearance, as I was setting up for my crosswind, I do not recall hearing the tower’s response. On final at some 10-20 metres and just about to start my flare I noticed that the Dornier with gear extended was on finals from the opposite direction estimated to still be above 100m or so. I decided to continue with the flare and braked as heavily as I dared on the roll out until I could safely exit the runway for a bumpy ride across the median to the parallel taxi-way. The Dornier passed in the opposite direction some 5 to 10 seconds later.