The wing could be rotated to 100 degrees, past vertical, in order to hover in a tailwind.
On a day-to-day basis airliners are routed to take advantage of the jet stream tailwind to improve fuel efficiency.
Winds at other angles to the heading will have components of either headwind or tailwind as well as a crosswind component.
At the moment of touch down, the assumed crosswind turned out to be a tailwind.
Enjoying the tailwind, the duo had a maximum gap of seventeen minutes.
When the winds blew from behind, the cabin presented a smooth, aerodynamic shape which reduced the tailwind advantage.
The aircraft's second approach was a tailwind approach in the opposite direction.
Aircraft usually have maximum tailwind and crosswind components which they can not exceed.
