Meteorology

Meteorology Articles that have been published in the UKFSC Official Publication “FOCUS on Commercial Aviation Safety”.

Title Author Issue No Page No
Windshear Report John Menzies 3 24
Mountain Waves Capt. Jack Harrison 6 23
AntiIcing and De-Icing Roy Humphreyson 9 5
Icing Induced Stalls AIC61/1994 17 19
Aircraft Icing McKeller and Bowyer 17 20
Icing and All That Transport Canada 21 14
Icing PIREPS Transport Canada 21 16
Atmospheris Turbulence Cacol Knable 22 10
Engine Icing – A Timely Reminder Asia Pacific Air Safety 25 24
Sspace Weather Ipacts on Airline Operations Capr. Bryn Jones Virgin Atlantic Airways Cosmic Rediation Programme Manager 49 21
Thunderstorms – From the Top Down Paul Ferreira 57 21
Cold weather operations Capt. David Prior 61 13
Icing on Helicopters Capt. Derek Whatling
Capt. Mark Prior
61 19
Disagreements about deicing, post-deicing inspection contribute to serious incident FSF Editorial Staff 65 7
Hydroplaning (Aquaplaning) Capt. George Fourfis 65 18
Improving our understanding of Vortex Wake 66 10
Tail Strikes: Prevention Capt. Dave Carbaugh 66 18
Engine power loss in ice crystal conditions Jeanne Mason 70 15
Clear Air Turbulence Jim Galvin 73 8
The Operation & Interpretation of Weather Radar Ratan Khatwa 73 11
Wind Reports – Not the Full Story Robert Seaman 73 23
Using Weather Radar Erik Eliel 77 19
Avoiding Convective Weather Linked to Ice-Crystal Icing Engine Events Mathew L Grzych 79 11
Wake Vortex Encounters Dr Debbie Mitchell 79 20
Hard Lessons on Windshear David R Carlisle 83 14
Safe Winter Operations The Boeing Company 83 3