Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

You may have even seen a few YouTube videos of jets doing go-around maneuvers set to Kens song. Weather Hazards Low visibility and wind shear are weather hazards that can create the need to go-around. Wind shear can create landing hazards for all sizes of aircraft.

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Aerotime

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

The wreckage of the Endeavor Air/Delta Connection Mitsubishi CRJ900 regional jet which crashed on landing at Toronto-Pearson International Airport (YYZ) on February 17, 2025, has been removed and recovered to a secure location, around 48 hours after the accident unfolded.

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Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog

AUGUST 4, 2024

Whether you’re preparing for turbine ground school, studying for your Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) certificate, priming for a corporate or airline interview, or upgrading into a personal jet or turboprop— The Turbine Pilot’s Flight Manual Fifth Edition is designed for you.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Most seemed to be using more flaps than normal for takeoff, the idea being to get away from the ground as quickly as possible to minimize their time near the ground, where a wind shear could have serious consequences. I can tell you the wind limitations for every jet Ive flown, as they were memory items we were required to know.

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Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

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. Chevrons are being implemented on many of today’s aircraft, including the new Boeing 787.

Wind Shear

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

This agreed with the wind vector on the PFD and almost perfectly matches the pilot weather report that I filed (see the remarks section). The sounding analysis depicted a low-level jet maximum at 2,500 feet. This means the wind speed increased rapidly with height just above the surface.

Weather

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Considering the delay in the AWOS reporting, it may also be helpful to proactively use the radio to ask anyone on the ground for the current winds (e.g. Microbursts are not the only source of severe wind-shear close to the ground. Sudden and very powerful surface winds can have various other causes. Absolutely!

Wind Shear

Professional Pilot

MAY 10, 2024

The green lines show the position and height of jet streams. Between the equator and the subtropical high, easterly trade winds at the surface flow beneath the subtropical jet stream. Along the US east coast, southerly winds drive surface ocean waters northward in the Gulf Stream current.

Weather

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Some gust fronts can be completely harmless or may be a precursor for an encounter with severe turbulence and dangerous low-level convective wind shear. These gust fronts often contain severe or extreme turbulence, strong and gusty straight-line winds, and low-level convective wind shear.

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 11, 2024

Although it was far from my first preference, I wound up on the smallest jet we operate. The long course is the same full qualification training on the jet that new-hire pilots go through. The others were an abort, a V1 cut, or wind shear. In 2022, I jumped to one of the legacy airlines.

Wind Shear

Ask Captain Lim

MAY 21, 2024

However, careful analysis of horizontal wind shear on computer flight plans can sometimes reveal turbulence ahead. Most flight planning systems consider wind speed 1,000 feet below and 1,000 feet above the cruising level. These conditions are most prevalent in the Bay of Bengal area and its vicinity.

Turbulence

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It could be that theres sudden wind shear on final approach, or that that visibility is below minimums, or that the aircraft is too high or too fast, etc. Generally speaking, go arounds happen for one of several reasons. As Will mentions, sometimes go arounds happen due to weather or other flying conditions.

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Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

After we decided this, we heard a Challenger jet announce “Taxiing to 26 for takeoff”. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call. This near miss was avoided only by the jet taking off immediately in front of him. He tried again, with no reply.

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