Turbulence

Many start with a private pilot certificate, then add an instrument rating, but how can you become a true instrument pilot?

The space agency works with a range of manufacturers and other stakeholders in the advanced air mobility (AAM) industry to guide aircraft design and operation.

Severe turbulence events are rare, but they do happen.

ForeFlight estimates its Reported Turbulence layer offers 50 times more turbulence reports than manual PIREPs.

A thunderstorm encounter changes the way a pilot thinks about instrument flying.

Austria’s Turbulence Solutions aims to measure, predict, and eliminate choppiness with its patented Turbulence Canceling technology.

As part of the probe, NTSB officials are looking at the pitch trim of the Bombardier Challenger CL30.

EDR quantifies turbulence for a specific aircraft, and it’s not a measure of the likelihood of turbulence—just the intensity.

Learn the different types of turbulence and what causes them.

Unseen—for the most part, unless rendered visible by dust or contrails—and always unwelcome, wake turbulence causes flight-path disruption at best, and fatal accidents when encountered at its worst. Pilots do what they can to avoid it, especially when on takeoff or landing, and controllers are tasked with helping us to steer clear. Still, we’re not […]