Sandstorms
vocab
ice
Micro burst
Turbulence
100
Hot and dry lands
Where do sandstorms take place?
100
Engine system that prevents ice build up on an aircraft structure
What is anti-ice system?
100
clear ice, rime ice, mixed ice
How many types of ice are there?
100
violent down draft
What is a micro burst
100
disturbance caused by a pair of vortices
What is turbulence
200
Reduce visibility, clog aircraft engines and instrumed make it difficult to breath
what does sandstorms cause?
200
A loss of power after too much water or other substance that drowns an engines heat source
What is a flameout
200
icing can occur
What happens when the wind chill is below freezing
200
greater then a 100 knots
what are the wind speeds can a micro burst get up to?
200
planes flight at high altitudes and moves through air of different density's and temperatures
What is main cause of turbulence
300
8 airmen and marines
How many marines and airmen died
300
landing made without power landing
What is a Dead stick
300
effects lift, weight, drag
what can ice effect
300
perform creasing head wings, perform decreasing down drafts,wind rapidly shearing to a tail wind, and impact with ground
give 3 examples how a micro burst can affect a plane
300
the trail vortices, avoid flying through another planes flight path
How do pilots avoid wake turbulence
400
yes
does dust solidify over time if it gets moist or mixes with engine lubricant
400
Black Box" that records audio in the cockpit
What is a cockpit voice recorder
400
could not see because snow was falling
how did ice impact flight 90
400
develop sensors that read speed and direction and visible particles
How do they detect micro burst
400
Take off climb and landing.
How are strong wing tip vortices created?
500
particles work there way into their systems
how can sand storms damage machinery or equipment
500
A loss of power after too much water or other substance that drowns an engines heat source
what is deice
500
turn on the anti-ice system
how would flight 90 get rid of the ice
500
low level wind sheer alert system
What have airports involved
500
when a generating aircraft is heavy slow and clean
when is the greatest intensity in turbulence?
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