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Kris, UserMod Light
1 year ago

Fall winds (or “Microburst”) are very dangerous, because they can push down a landing or starting aircraft with enormous force without the pilot being able to do something about it. They are also not too rare, but you have the technology to recognize these winds. Starts and landings are not possible. This brings delays, but also security. You don’t have to worry about it anymore.

The most well-known example of a crash through a microburst is Delta Airlines flight 191 in August 1985.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDfodeURad0

Kris, UserMod Light
1 year ago
Reply to  Unbekannt12357

Don’t worry. The technique is far enough to prevent fatal accidents. Basically, only the factor human is a risk, but you have it everywhere. Not for free is an aircraft the safest means of transportation (based on the distance covered).

Vando
1 year ago

Prior to the discovery of the boundary layer by Prandtl, aerodynamic influences were determined by the dimensionless factor c. This is today the well-known Cw with the automakers, or Ca with the aircraft builders. One could not explain the lift to the various wing profiles. But this factor was so brilliant that one could super compare wing profiles.

Kris, UserMod Light
1 year ago

It was also possible before the uninterrupted monitoring of the weather that the landing of an aircraft was awaited to see whether safe air traffic is possible at all. But such examples were really rare, and the crew of the plane had to decide. The Tower couldn’t help anyone.

Vando
1 year ago

Experiments with airplanes in the style of “Seeing if he will make it” have long been no longer a topic if they ever were.

The first flight of a person was such a one;)

Kris, UserMod Light
1 year ago

The weather at airports is monitored continuously. Experiments with airplanes in the style of “Seeing if he will make it” have long been no longer a topic if they ever were.