Weather Reports, Forecasts & Flight Planning

Whether you're flying into the wild blue yonder, gray skies, or pitch-black night, Terry T. Lankford's classic weather guide for pilots is your one dispensable source for clear meteorological information. In this easy-to-understand book, FAA Weather Specialist and 30-year veteran pilot Lankford gives pilots practical weather guidance for safer flights. In Weather Reports, Forecasts & Flight Planning, you'll find more than weather theory and simple assessment information. Terry Lankford gives you: hands-on advice on pilot interpretation and application of diverse weather information; the voice of experience in applying real-life techniques to specific situations; pilot-tested, best-practice procedures for all types of conditions, forecasts, and flight planning; vital information on challenges such as vorticity, icing, low-level wind shear, thunderstorms, and turbulence; a pilot-savvy understanding of the limitations and evolution of weather forecasting; clarifications of dangerous misunderstandings and misconceptions about weather forecasts and terminology; the most efficient ways to get the meteorological information you need and make maximum use of FAA automated services; decoding of weather and NOTAM abbreviations. Providing the equivalent of in-depth experience in gathering, interpreting, and applying meteorological information, this book puts the goal of weather-wise piloting within easy reach. Weather Reports, Forecasts & Flight Planning will raise your confidence level as it raises your skills.

המשפט הראשון: According to Mark Twain: "If you don't like the weather in New England, just wait a few minutes."

שנה

1999

שפה

English

הוצאה

McGraw-Hill Professional Publishing

מהדורות

3

עמודים

470

ISBN

9780071354561

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