Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

Have you ever wondered how pilots determine wind direction and speed at a glance? If youre preparing for takeoff, navigating an approach, or landing at an uncontrolled airport, knowing how to read a windsock can give you quick wind information. Why does this matter?

Knot 98

Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

1] NASA provides this excellent but unavoidably long definition: At NASA, systems engineering is defined as a methodical, multi-disciplinary approach for the design, realization, technical management, operations, and retirement of a system. An historical antecedent is the concept of the unstable approach.

Final Approach 52

Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 52

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. When making a cross-wind takeoff, hold the nose gear on the runway longer and accelerate to a higher speed than normal.

Crosswind 93

Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 93

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These maneuvers include an engine failure on takeoff, loss of lift on the wing during departure, en route, and approach, crosswind landings, wind shear scenarios, engine inoperative landings, low visibility landings, crash landings and evacuation.

Pilot 94

Pilot Wind Shear Airline Airlines 94

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The peppering of rain on the windshield, the darkening of thick clouds, or the battering of wind shear all deliver a clear message that some piloting is now required. Fixating on the runway numbers can lead to flying through treetops during the approach. No training block should ever be cast in stone. 1 priority. Go no lower.

Runway 52

Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The peppering of rain on the windshield, the darkening of thick clouds, or the battering of wind shear all deliver a clear message that some piloting is now required. Fixating on the runway numbers can lead to flying through treetops during the approach. No training block should ever be cast in stone. 1 priority. Go no lower.

Runway 52

Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. As soon as the pilot realizes this, they must abort the landing and climb back to traffic pattern altitude and attempt the approach and landing again. How Do You Perform a Go-Around?

Pilot 52

Pilot Wind Shear Runway Approach 52