What are some aviation hazards associated with lightning?
a. Static charge builds up in the aircraft while in the clouds.
b. Can strike aircraft flying in the clear.
c. Structural damage is possible.
d. Catastrophic fuel ignition is possible.
e. Pilots can experience flash blindness.
f. Static buildup sometimes released through St. Elmo's fire.
Weather
- In the METAR shown, what is the reported ceiling at KSEA? (F/1/2)
- Using the SPECI shown, what is the prevailing visibility reported at KNFB?
- What is the most accurate means of tracking thunderstorms?
- What are the best choices, in order of priority, for avoiding the penetration of a thunderstorm?
- What is the sequence of events a pilot will encounter when flying through a microburst?
- What are some visual indications of possible microburst activity?
- What aviation hazards are associated with thunderstorms?
- What are some hazards of flying into volcanic ash?
- What are the two types of fog?
- What is a ceiling?
- What is sky coverage?
- What are the types of obscuring phenomena?
- What is Runway Visual Range (RVR)?
- How is visibility expressed?
- To avoid icing, why would climbing to a colder temperature be a consideration?
- What type of front is associated with mixed icing?
- What type of front is associated with rime icing?
- What are the types of icing?
- What are the requirements for icing?
- True or false? A wind shear is always caused by a sudden change in wind speed or direction over a short distance vertically.
- Frontal turbulence is caused by warm air lifted by a ______.
- Thermal turbulence is also known as ______.
- During ______ you will experience large abrupt changes in altitude and/or attitude.
- What are the turbulence intensity classifications?