Wind direction is shown in the compass rose at the position from where the wind is blowing by a small windsock symbol. |
I land effortlessly by the windsock and walk my glider on to the nice green grass by the clubhouse. |
There was a shoddy wooden control tower, with a moth-eaten windsock and several obsolete instruments on it. |
Sure enough, eventually we came to a tree with a windsock and, more reassuring, a small airplane resting in its shade. |
Speaking of choices, the members opposite, in the withering windsock that is the Liberal Party, speak of principles. |
When the passengers take off from Westray they can see the windsock on the runway a mile and a half away on Papa Westray. |