» Cover story WHEEL WN » By Dan Namowitz PHOTOGRAPHY BY MIKE FIZER CROSSWIND TOUCHDOWNS START ON THE UPWIND SIDE A n aircraft is rolling on the runway after landing in a lively crosswind. Spectators on the ramp have admired the nice approach, and could hear the one, two, three chirps of the tires as the upwind main wheel, downwind main, and nosewheel touched down in sequence. What the observers could not see inside the cockpit was the pilot’s physical agility as a wellpracticed dance was tapped out on the rudder pedals to keep PLUS Can you plant one wheel down? Ian Twombly shows you how in this video. NOVEMBER 2013 FLIGHT TRAINING / 27