Windshear
Flight crew awareness and alertness are key factors in the successful application of windshear avoidance techniques and recovery techniques…. Continue Reading →
Wind information
Wind information is available to the flight crew from two primary sources: Air traffic control (ATC) and Aircraft systems…. Continue Reading →
An Overview of NASA Engine Ice-Crystal Icing Research
Ice accretions that have formed inside gas turbine engines as a result of flight in clouds of high concentrations of ice crystals in the atmosphere have recently been identified as an aviation safety hazard. NASA’s Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) has made plans to conduct research in this area to address the hazard. This paper gives…… Continue Reading →
A Description of Convective Weather Containing Ice Crystals Associated with Engine Power loss and Damage
This presentation is intended to enhance pilots’awareness of ice crystal icing conditions where engine events have occurred… Continue Reading →
Avoiding Convective Weather Linked to Ice-Crystal Icing
Understanding the weather conditions that have been linked to ice-crystal icing can help pilots avoid situations that may put airplane engines at risk for power loss and damage… Continue Reading →
Caution Lightning
Lightning is the personal signature of thunderstorm. It is beautiful,inspiring, spectacular and…lethal… Continue Reading →
Cold Weather Operations by Airbus
A reminder of Impact on the Fuel System and Dispatch… Continue Reading →
Cosmic Radiations
Crew members who regularly fly at high cruise altitudes receive higher levels of ionizing radiation than the general population. The increased risk appears to be slight, but greater attention is being focused on monitoring of, and education about, ionizing radiation…. Continue Reading →
Cosmic Radiations by Airbus
This Airbus document deals with cosmic radiations coping with myths and realities of cosmic radiation. It has published in 2003 during the 12th Performance & Operations conference in Rome…. Continue Reading →
Engine Power Loss in Ice Crystal Conditions
High-altitude ice crystals in convective weather are now recognized as a cause of engine damage and engine power loss that affects multiple models of commercial airplanes and engines. These events typically have occurred in conditions that appear benign to pilots, including an absence of airframe icing and only light turbulence. The engines in all events…… Continue Reading →