Airlines Weather Wind Shear 
Air Facts
MAY 28, 2025
That evening, I checked the weather for the next leg. An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. Sure enough, Monday brought a wall of weather that confirmed my decision. If I dont like the weather, I dont go.
Northstar VFR
JUNE 8, 2025
ATC had vectored an Alaska Airlines to turn base just over my position, 1,000 ft above me. Environmental Factors Turbulence : Turbulence from wind shear, mountainous terrain, thunderstorms, or microbursts can put your aircraft into an unusual attitude. It’s more than many pilots can handle, and it can lead to loss of control.
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Air Facts
APRIL 14, 2025
Rather, the system, in the largest sense, includes VAOAI advocates and promoters, regulators, pilots, aircraft, regulations, training, airports, air traffic, airspace, weather, publications, public opinion, and more. This idea came from the airline industry, perhaps in the 1990s, with the well-intentioned goal of reducing airliner accidents.
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AUGUST 4, 2024
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Plane and Pilot
JANUARY 8, 2025
My time studying the weather proved itself well spent as the flight to Portland was uneventful and a beautiful sight. Left alone with my thoughts and the breeze, I watched carefully as several airliners came and went. The airliner behind it bounced just a touch. Even the heavy iron wasnt playing around on this day.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude.
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.
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