After a relatively normal landing in windy conditions, this 206 was blown over while taxiing by a gust of more than 50 knots.

By Ray Leis

Most pilots, whether they will admit it or not, have basic, nagging worries about crosswind landings. There is no cheap, clean, easy way out of it. If you have decided to be the pilot of an airplane, there will be ill winds, blowing you no good, while you try to stay aligned with the landing runway.

These are demons to be exorcised, not only while you are trying to stay on the runway, but even more so after a bounce or a porpoise. It’s a challenge that is not to be avoided, rather a technique that can be learned and practiced. Anyone who can solo an airplane can…