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AVIATION
HEADSETS
S-20 Headset
• Articulating Mic
Boom
• High Noise
Environment
Microphone
• Foam Ear Seals
• 3 Year Warranty
• Youth Version
with Child sized
Headband available

A word of caution: If you happen to miscalculate and blow
through the final, go around if you can’t correct with a simple,
prompt adjustment. Low altitude is no place for excessive
maneuvering.
If you “run out of rudder” or aileron and can’t maintain
longitudinal alignment or drift correction during a crosswind
approach, discontinue it; now you know your limit. After flying,
get out your flight computer and calculate the crosswind component that existed at the time. Keep a record of the crosswinds
you have experienced in your logbook or a journal.
To fine-tune individual elements of the technique, you and
your instructor can take advantage of sufficiently long runways
by flying above the runway centerline in ground effect without
touching down to get the hang of controlling drift with bank and
keeping the nose pointed down the runway with opposite rudder
pressure. (There’s nothing like investigating a technique’s individual elements at length for imparting technical understanding
and proficiency.)
Here’s a guiding idea for your pilot training: There’s no such
thing as too much crosswind landing practice. Consider that
even highly experienced pilots who are out of practice will benefit greatly from a brisk session of getting the wheels down in the
proper order. For a flight instructor administering a flight review,
a rental checkout, or some other refresher, a good crosswind is
the best tool in the toolbox.

S-45 Headset
• Gel & Foam Ear Seals
• Air Pillow Headpad
• 5 Year Warranty
• High Noise
Environment
Microphone
• Stereo, Helicopter,
and Youth
versions

S-58 Headset
• Flex Microphone
Boom
• Powder Coated
No-Glare Frame
• Headset Bag
• Gel Ear Seals
• 5 Year Warranty
• Stereo, Helicopter,
& Youth versions

Dan Namowitz is an aviation writer and flight instructor. He has been a pilot
since 1985 and an instructor since 1990.

S-68 Headset
• Flex Microphone
Boom
• Gold Titanium
PVD Frame
• Headset Bag

FINDING THE BIG WIND

• Gel Ear Seals
• 5 Year Warranty

Airplane designers seek out extreme conditions

• Stereo, Helicopter,
& Youth versions

Somewhere on your airplane there is probably a placard that lists a maximum demonstrated crosswind value. This number is a guide, a crosswind the aircraft’s engineers and
test pilots were able to find during testing. It represents a value they know the airplane

All Sigtronics headsets are built in the U.S.A.
with high quality cables and components.

can handle. While Cessna and Diamond might wait for a windy day close to home to test,
Boeing and Airbus fly all over the world looking for the big wind. Both the Boeing 787 and

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the Airbus A380 found it in Keflavik, Iceland. For Airbus the trip was worth it—the A380
has a maximum demonstrated crosswind component of 45 knots.

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