Air Facts

MAY 28, 2025

An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. Thats when the tone of the trip changed.

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Wind Shear Pilot Weather Ceiling 72

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

By far the best and most appropriate way to consider the utilization of visual angle of attack indicators (VAOAI) in general aviation is using the techniques of systems engineering. The system for VAOAI is pretty much all of general aviation and not just the hardware on the airplane.

Final Approach 90

Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 90

Northstar VFR

JUNE 8, 2025

ATC had vectored an Alaska Airlines to turn base just over my position, 1,000 ft above me. Loss of control in flight (LOC-I) is one of the leading causes of general aviation accidents. Wake turbulence hit me in the air, and it felt like I had been T-boned from the left side.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Aileron Rudder 52

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

This is an exploration of how NASA research has influenced modern airliners through research and technology. Airborne Wind Shear Detection During the 1980s and 1990s, NASA led a comprehensive research program to identify the characteristics of dangerous wind shear and validated technologies that can predict its severity while in flight.

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 11, 2024

In 2022, I jumped to one of the legacy airlines. I quickly realized that despite being the lowest-paying airframe at the airline, it had more than a few redeeming qualities: You can’t do red-eye flights in a short-haul airliner. Its short range also means that I generally only deal with two time zones.

Wind Shear 98

Wind Shear Flight Deck Pilot Airplanes 98

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Yet, statistics show that go-arounds are among the riskiest maneuvers in general aviation. Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. When an aircraft encounters horizontal wind shear, it could be blown off centerline.

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear Runway Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach 52