Downwind Landing

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If you land with a tailwind, the airplane is going to eat up runway as it whizzes by at a faster clip than when you land into the wind. In this video, you'll see it was not my intent to land downwind, but the wind shifted to the East at the airport, and the tower was still using the West runways!
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[@ymmlspottingteam]

Great tips mate, you explained the difficulties faced with a downwind landing perfectly!!

[@TenMinuteTrips]

Thanks for your tips, Garry! I have about ten hours in but took a break for a couple of months before I had an opportunity to solo. Prior to my hiatus, I got to experience a runway change for wind shift while in the pattern. I think every student pilot should go through this at least once during their training. I learned a lot just in that hour of instruction. I'm looking forward to getting back into flying.

[@rightscooper9193]

Usefull video :-))

[@DavidDyck]

Did you consider asking the tower to switch directions?

[@GarryWing]

David Dyck Good question. I caught the very early stage of the wind shift, and tower was a little behind real-time changes. After I got back to the hangar, they issued a new ATIS and did switch to 9-L/R...

[@jeffmarken7493]

Another good video. Never land a tailwheel airplane downwind! One of many bad habits nosewheel pilots tolerate that we really just can't.