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Originally Posted by woodynh
Also a sea plane over there had landed and taken off 3 times while we were there. He took off one time directly into the wind. That was interesting. I can't believe he actually got it airborne. I told my wife he is going to have to shut down before he runs out of lake but he got out of the water. He appear to be a very good experienced pilot.
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That is how airplanes take off-into the wind. The lift is provided by the wind travelling over the wings. If he took off with the wind he would have to exceed the rotate (take off) speed by the speed of the wind he was going with. I hope that makes sense.