Title: Describe the effects of wind.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training II (20053-II) > Section: Operating the Aircraft

Description should include the following:

- As discussed in the study of the atmosphere, wind is a mass of air moving over the surface of the Earth in a definite direction.
- When the wind is blowing from the north at 25 knots, it simply means that air is moving southward over the Earth’s surface at the rate of 25 NM in 1 hour.

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