iPad Pilot News
JUNE 7, 2024
ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts iPad Pilot News Datalink weather stole the show when portable ADS-B technology debuted over a decade ago, providing pilots with free in-flight weather imagery in mobile apps like ForeFlight. The visual depiction of the wake provides an aid to situational awareness when approaching wake turbulence.
Air Facts
APRIL 24, 2024
But, with a frontal system approaching, the conditions were expected to worsen over the hours subsequent to our passing through, including the chance for moderate to severe turbulence. At first it was just gradually, then more decidedly, evolving into moderate turbulence. But the turbulence would continue to worsen. We weren’t.
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Air Facts
APRIL 29, 2024
I immediately leveled off at around 650’ AGL, and began slowing down. I had seen these clouds associated with turbulence before, but all appeared to be calm. On the short flight to KFLO I asked my son about how much turbulence he felt during the missed approach. miles northeast of the airport in reduced visibility.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
You’re skimming the cloud tops at 3500 feet, which is 2900 feet AGL You ask Approach for lower, but the controller says you’re already at the MVA for the area so you can’t get lower. The airport is 6 miles ahead, but it’s obscured by a scattered to broken cloud layer. The KHRI ASOS reports 1500 feet broken with visibility of 10 miles.
Chess In the Air
JUNE 24, 2022
He only needed a glide ratio of 14:1 to reach the airfield to arrive at a typical pattern altitude of 1,000 ft AGL. At this point he still had an altitude of 8,275 ft MSL, i.e. 2,739 ft AGL. At this point he was just NW of the runway at an altitude of 8000 ft MSL (2464 AGL). After all, a pattern entry altitude of approx.
Chess In the Air
JULY 4, 2022
Possible causes include: Rotor turbulence, e.g. on wave days. Altitude: I will enter the pattern high enough that I can be confident that I can complete the turn to final at about 1000 AGL even if I hit enormous sink. (In In some situations this may require a pattern entry at 2000-3000 ft AGL). This is another great point.
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.
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