Ask Captain Lim
MAY 21, 2024
A SIA Boeing 777-300ER taking off at Zurich Photo Credit: Aero Icarus ( [link] ) The Boeing 777 severe encounter with turbulence On May 21, a Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 diverted to Bangkok and made an emergency landing at Suvarnabhumi Airport after encountering severe turbulence, leaving one dead and about 30 injured.
Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog
AUGUST 4, 2024
It includes discussions on high-speed aerodynamics, automation, wake turbulence, high-altitude and adverse weather, air carrier operations, transport airplane performance, and cockpit professionalism and leadership. This manual clarifies the complex topics of turbine aircraft engines and all major jet and turboprop power and airframe systems.
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Learn to Fly
APRIL 11, 2024
If you’re IFR, can you fly through them without risk of icing, severe turbulence, or storm downdrafts? Wind—Is the direction and speed conducive to the runway alignment at both the departure and arrival airport? Turbulence and Wind Shear—Ironically, it’s often bumpiest when the skies are the clearest.
Flying Magazine
MAY 3, 2024
The Aeronautical Information Manual warns pilots about the dangers of exhaust plumes both visible and invisible, as they can contribute to turbulence, wind shear, and reduced visibility. The steep gradient is also noted on the RNAV 20 approach plate. Pilots are advised to avoid flying over them.
Professional Pilot
MAY 10, 2024
These charts show areas where thunderstorms, turbulence, and other weather hazards may occur on transatlantic routes. Along the US east coast, southerly winds drive surface ocean waters northward in the Gulf Stream current. This view shows winds and turbulence at FL340 – close to jet stream altitudes.
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.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 5, 2024
These are great for deciding whether you need a jacket tomorrow, but when it comes to aviation weather—looking at thunderstorms, ice, turbulence, visibility and so much more—these apps just aren’t enough. There are thousands of weather apps for the general public, from free to quite expensive. Get the app here. SkewTLogPro.
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