Flight hazards

  1. 050-09-01 Icing planned

    Conditions for ice accretion · Types of ice accretion · Hazards of ice accretion, avoidance

  2. 050-09-02 Turbulence: effects and avoidance planned

    Effects on flight, avoidance

  3. 050-09-03 Wind shear planned

    Definition of wind shear · Weather conditions for wind shear · Effects on flight, avoidance

  4. 050-09-04 Thunderstorms: development and structure planned

    Conditions for, and process of, development, forecast, location, type specification · Structure of thunderstorms, life cycle, squall lines, electricity in the atmosphere, static charges

  5. 050-09-05 Downbursts and thunderstorm avoidance planned

    Development and effects of downbursts · Thunderstorm avoidance

  6. 050-09-06 Inversions and aircraft performance planned

    Influence on aircraft performance

  7. 050-09-07 Hazards in mountainous areas planned

    Influence of terrain on clouds and precipitation, frontal passage · Vertical movements, mountain waves, wind shear, turbulence, ice accretion · Development and effect of valley inversions

  8. 050-09-08 Visibility-reducing phenomena planned

    Reduction of visibility caused by precipitation and obscuration · Reduction of visibility caused by other phenomena

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