... and then it stood me up like I was hitting a wall.

The wind here is England has been crazy. It is has been like 45knots or more forever. Working around aircraft does not help the situation. Here is a little science/aerospace engineering. When air moves, the particules say in the line of direction unless an object is in it wways. After the air partucle goes up or down, it returns in the same line of travel as if the object was not there. When you squeeze air, like between the ground and the fuselage of an aircraft,the pressure decreases and the speed stays the same. So try to walk under a fuselage with wind blowing at 50mph. It makes it had to walk.