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WEATHER HAZARDS TO AVIATION PRESENTATION
PERTINENT INFORMATION
1) The plane you are flying is a basic CESSNA 172
2) Its cruising airspeed is 110 knots
3) Your flight is from Chattanooga, TN (KCHA). Original Departure
time is 1800 UTC
4) Your destination airport is to Indianapolis, IN (KIND)
5) The approximate time of flight is 3 hours, which can be completed
without refueling
6)**Your scheduled original departure time is delayed by 3 hours
due to maintenance problems of your plane.**
7) You must fly below 13,000 feet unless you have bottled oxygen.
You don’t have bottled oxygen.
8) You should fly at least 2,000 feet above the surface for safety reasons
9) You must fly at least 500 feet beneath a cloud
10) All of the METAR cloud height measurements are above the surface
11) Altimeter settings are reset as you fly over stations
FLIGHT PLANNING
Prepare a flight plan including the course heading (compass heading)
and altitude you will fly at (it doesn't have to be the same for the whole
trip). When your course is known, check the winds aloft and other
weather information to determine your flight altitude. Then prepare
a detailed weather briefing for the trip. Start your flight planning
by answering the following questions
BASIC FLIGHT BRIEFING QUESTIONS
1) What time are you planning on taking off?
2) What is your destination?
3) How long is your flight expected to take? (You need to account
for winds.)
4) What time are you planning on landing?
From here, you can proceed to your weather briefing to determine the
weather enroute and at your destination airport.
QUESTIONS:
1. What are any weather hazards that concern you with this trip?
(Where, when and why)
2. What does the TAF for KIND tell you
about the weather upon arrival?
3. Will you make this flight? If not, why? Pay particularly
close attention to the METARS and TAFS.
4. What time will you depart KCHA (if you choose to)?
5. Your flight heading(s) (course) is XXXX. What is your flight
altitude(s) for your trip to KIND? Note, on a VFR flight to the west,
you must fly at even numbered thousands of feet plus five hundred feet
(e.g. 2,500, 4,500, etc. to 12,500)
6. What is your estimated time of arrival at KIND?
Enroute the following Metar observations
become available to you.
1. What were the changes from your original flight plan that you considered
prior to flight (if you decided to take off)?
2. What do you decide to do given this new information?
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