Category Archives: Weather for Pilots

25 Mar

Dr. Witiw Aviation Weather Expert

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Dr. Mike Witiw Aviation Weather Expert has just accepted a position at The University of the Turkish Aeronautical Association (UTAA)and will have the title Professor Doctor there starting in February 2016. Dr. Witiw will continue as Associate Professor Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Worldwide (meteorology, exploration in physics, mathematics-algebra through calculus, graduate course in statistics). Dr. Witiw

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14 Jan

Aircraft Accidents

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Aircraft accidents are less likely to occur today than years ago and this is the case even with the growing number of aircraft in operation. From 1959 to 2008 there were 27,877 onboard fatalities and comparing the same statistic for 1999 to 2008 there were 4717 fatalities. Certainly good news. The Aircraft Crashes Record Office

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15 Apr

New Airborne Radar

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For a few years now FAA Federal Aviation Regulations have required  all air carrier operators to operate with an approved airborne weather radar. The new airborne Doppler weather radars detect wind shear. The requirement for having this radar has greatly reduced the potential for accidents caused by microbursts. (Operations within the states of Hawaii and

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