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Flying Through the Center of a Trough Should Have Been Uneventful

Flying Magazine

Over the last 25 years, I have been asked to speak on various aviation weather topics at dozens of aviation events and gatherings. During these events, it’s quite common for a pilot to walk up and ask me about how I handled my most challenging flight as it relates to weather. I spent an hour looking at the weather before we departed.

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Turbulence

Air Facts

The equilibrium in a confined space is easy to see, but in the infinite space where several weather phenomena are competing and contemplating their actions at once, equilibrium is not often the result. Ah, a wind shear and a lot worse was going to mess with our landing. As we turned back, the wind shear hit.