You're right, I better do a 360 on my comment ;)
replyA 180 might be more useful :)
replyoh boy, maybe geometry intuitions and spatial reasoning are what's really needed.
replyOr maybe a nice sabbatical aboard a sailboat expedition.
replyOr maybe not, because that's where confusing 180 and 360 degrees or headwind and tailwing will REALLY bite you.
replySure, but if you come back, you'll have really learned that stuff!
replyDo it twice to be sure
replyThat was obviously a joke...
reply> A headwind makes it harder to advance in the direction you're going
replynit: except in aviation
Also in aviation, but with caveats; you want to take off and land with a headwind, because the headwind gives a greater airspeed which means greater lift.
replyThis is true for takeoffs but not for landings. You want to land with a headwind because this means that for the same airspeed you have a lower groundspeed, i.e. when you actually touch down you're going slower on the runway than if you touched down at the same airspeed but with a tailwind.
replyIn other words, it's because of the greater lift.
replyAh
replySurely a headwind makes an aircraft travel slower over the ground so it takes longer to reach the destination?
replyCorrect. See e.g.:
replyhttps://www.businessinsider.com/3-aircraft-fly-new-york-to-l...