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To: DesertRhino

The wind speed towards the west in the banning pass typically gets up to 50-60 miles an hour. Piper cub cruises at about 75 mph. So effectively the ground speed would’ve been 15 mph.


14 posted on 03/09/2025 3:14:19 PM PDT by HerrBlucher
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To: HerrBlucher

“The wind speed towards the west in the banning pass typically gets up to 50-60 miles an hour. Piper cub cruises at about 75 mph. So effectively the ground speed would’ve been 15 mph.”

15 mph is all I could do there in my 1967 VW bus when I was a teenager.


25 posted on 03/09/2025 4:07:37 PM PDT by willk (Local news media. Just as big an enemy to this country as national media)
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