crosswind

Converse of object

• fly: Options include four levels of difficulty, day or night flying, crosswind and turbulence effects, and cloud.

Adjective modifier

• strong: In my defense, there's quite a strong crosswind in that park.
• stiff: A more unusual display was that of several microlights hacking round the circuit despite the stiff crosswind.
• blustery: Despite a blustery crosswind a fantastic display was flown, earning the Team a round of applause from the crowd.

Modifies a noun

• landing: It's also a crosswind landing for hang gliders.
• component: Drift Degrees Calculates & displays the current amount of drift in degrees due to any crosswind component.
• course: The 4.5m class was the next fleet to take to the water with 2 laps round a crosswind figure-of-8 course.

Noun used with modifier

• land: You can easily abort the turn at any time and land crosswind if you run out of height.