Just What is Relative Wind

Relative wind is always comes at your airplane from the direction toward which your plane is moving. When you fly the most important factor is the direction of the relative wind.

This, put in another way, is the angle from which the air is rushing against the wing. Good pilots have a "feel" for their airplane. You listen to what your plane is saying to you. If it "feels" good you can handle the situation.

Now you can redefine the Angle of Attack as the angle at which the wing meets the Relative Wind.

Wasn't that simple!

Next time the discussion will center on how Angle of Attack and Relative Wind are intertwined in a series of Flight Conditions.