Air Traffic Control Threshold Wind Shear 
Flying Magazine
MAY 26, 2025
Even if you have a datalink weather capability in the cockpit, dont give up on your air traffic controllers. A Weather Systems Processor (WSP) has been added to many of the ASR-9s to measure Doppler wind velocity and thereby support detection of low-level wind shear events. Not too shabby.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 2, 2025
He said that after the event the windsock showed a right crosswind and he believed that there was some wind shear that resulted in the right wing raising during the event. After takeoff the pilot flew in the airport traffic pattern, departed the area, then elected to return.
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