Severe Weather Flying

Describes how to anticipate hazardous weather conditions, avoid them in flight, and get out of them when encountered. Among the topics covered in clear detail are: The Ups and Downs of Air: showing that fronts, low pressure areas, mountains and jet streams really do only one thing - lift air. Stability: Explaining the relationship of atmospheric stability to observed weather. Air-Mass Thunderstorms: Describes what they are, how to avoid them and how (if you must) to fly through them. Steady-State Thunderstorms: Presents all you need to know about these fearsome tornado-spawning thunderstorms. Lightning: The dangers to airplanes, and which fuels and systems are most valuable (and vulnerable). Icing: The hows and whys of structural icing, with icing avoidance and other aspects of this flight-crippling condition. Nocturnal Thunderstorms: Takes the mystery our of the cause and effect of these beautiful killers. Downburst: Discusses the downdraft-shear phenomena which caused the 1975 Eastern airlines crash at JFK.