Originally Posted by
bampilot06
Huh. I’ve never given that a thought before. There would still be air going over the wings, so life would be created, but probably not enough lift to sustain flight so you would descend. Stalling is only relative to angle of attack. This is making my head hurt.
Gliders land with tailwinds.
Back in my CFI days my favorite thing to do was slow flight in high winds. We would be at about 56-57 knots into a 70 knot head wind and fly back wards, I would then retract the flaps while keeping the back pressure and allow the wing to drop. It was fun, for me at least.
If the plane is moving at 100 knots in a 100 knot tailwind, how could the wings generate any lift?
I don't know the answers to these things other than what I've experienced sailing. For example, if I'm going dead down wind in a sailboat at 3 knots in a 3 knot wind, then I'm just getting pushed and the sails (foils) are not generating any lift.