Pilot Institute

JULY 11, 2025

Depending on the warm air’s stability, this process can form different kinds of clouds. For example, as a cold front passes, surface winds may shift from southwesterly to northwesterly, while winds above may continue from the west. All these and more create the perfect recipe for wind shear.

Pilot

Pilot Institute

MAY 26, 2025

First of all, the sudden and quick movements can affect crew performance and the stability of your aircraft. airline accidents between 2009 and 2018. Wind Shear Wind shear happens when the wind suddenly changes speed or direction over a short distance, which creates turbulence. Lets break them down.

Turbulence

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The wreckage has now been removed and will be stored in a secure location out of the public eye as investigators from Canadas Transport Safety Board and the airline continue to examine what might have caused the plane to end up inverted and without one wing and its vertical stabilizer.

Runway

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

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Top Reasons for Go-Arounds Unstabilized Approach An aircraft must have a stabilized approach before landing. An approach is stabilized when: The aircraft is on the correct flight path, i.e., on runway centerline and glideslope. Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts.

Wind Shear