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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
"Ron Lee" wrote in message
... I am hoping that ADS-B will help to prevent these kinds of tragedies. Having real-time traffic and weather data streaming into your avionics from ground stations should make all of us safer if we know where to look for each other in flight, and we all give severe weather the respect and wide berth it deserves... I am confused. He could not look outside and see that weather was bad? Technology is nice but common sense is needed more by some pilots. I don't know his case, but when flying in the clouds with imbedded thunderstoms, you can't see the storms. Without a radar on board, I prefer to stay VMC if there are thunderstorms in the area. Danny Deger Ron Lee |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
On Sat, 4 Aug 2007 11:23:29 -0500, "Danny Deger"
wrote: I don't know his case, but when flying in the clouds with imbedded thunderstoms, you can't see the storms. Without a radar on board, I prefer to stay VMC if there are thunderstorms in the area. That's what I was thinking. Has anyone read this book? http://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Checkride-Flight-Instructor-Taught/dp/0070224684/ref=sr_1_1/102-8529981-0193753?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1186268573&sr=8-1 The author was vectored into an embedded thunderstorm, blowing the door off of a Piper twin, which removed part of the tail. Embedded t-storms do happen... |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
On Aug 3, 6:06 pm, "Danny Deger" wrote:
"Newps" wrote in message . .. Danny Deger wrote: I don't think any of the "Centers" have skin paint. They all do. And thus they have weather. Then you have operated in a different flight control system I have for the last 35 years. A friend of mine died because he lost his transponder and Washington Center didn't have his skin paint. Danny Deger There could be several reasons why a skin paint is not displayed on a radar scope. The fact that a particular radar does not pickup enough energy from a primary return to display it does not mean that it is incapable of displaying any primary returns. The reason we have transponders is to make radar returns more powerful. Aside from a return too weak to display, the radar operator has to configure his radar to display primary returns or secondary returns or both. If the radar operator filters out all but secondary returns (transponders) then of course, no "skin paints" or weather will be displayed on his scope. |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
"150flivver" wrote in message
ups.com... On Aug 3, 6:06 pm, "Danny Deger" wrote: "Newps" wrote in message . .. Danny Deger wrote: I don't think any of the "Centers" have skin paint. They all do. And thus they have weather. Then you have operated in a different flight control system I have for the last 35 years. A friend of mine died because he lost his transponder and Washington Center didn't have his skin paint. Danny Deger There could be several reasons why a skin paint is not displayed on a radar scope. The fact that a particular radar does not pickup enough energy from a primary return to display it does not mean that it is incapable of displaying any primary returns. The reason we have transponders is to make radar returns more powerful. Aside from a return too weak to display, the radar operator has to configure his radar to display primary returns or secondary returns or both. If the radar operator filters out all but secondary returns (transponders) then of course, no "skin paints" or weather will be displayed on his scope. My understanding is -- "Centers" do not have ANY capability for primary radar. They are secondary only. Maybe I am mistaken, but I have been flying for many years and have been told this by many people. This is why "Centers" have, as I understand it, zero capability to help out with storms. The factors you mention have a lot to do with why approach controls and a radar equipped towers are very poor for weather avoidance. They have their primary radar optimized for painting aircraft, not for painting weather. I am not going to say I can't be wrong. If someone like a Center flight controller pops in and says he has primary radar capability, I will stand down. But I am an active pilot in Texas. My plan is to continue to think I MIGHT get some storm information from approach control and I will NEVER get storm information from a Center. Danny Deger |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
Danny Deger wrote: My understanding is -- "Centers" do not have ANY capability for primary radar. They are secondary only. Maybe I am mistaken, Terribly. but I have been flying for many years and have been told this by many people. This is why "Centers" have, as I understand it, zero capability to help out with storms. All Centers have weather radar capability. |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
"Newps" wrote in message
. .. Danny Deger wrote: My understanding is -- "Centers" do not have ANY capability for primary radar. They are secondary only. Maybe I am mistaken, Terribly. Thanks for the information. Next time I am talking to a Center and need storm information, I will ask them. Danny Deger |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 13:04:36 -0500, "Danny Deger"
wrote: Thanks for the information. Next time I am talking to a Center and need storm information, I will ask them. If you get a chance, call the local ATC center an ask for a tour. That's what a group of us did to tour BDL a few years ago, and the tour was absolutely fantastic. The tour wasn't a simple "this is this and that's one of those", but we were allowed to sit one-on-one with controllers for a decent amount of time to really see how things worked. We each rotated through all the different jobs in the location, both app/dep and the tower cab! I seem to remember reading somewhere, possibly in the AIM, that stated something about how the FAA encourages pilots to visit ATC facilities. Of course, here on the forum we get to ask Newps and Steven. G Call and ask! I can't wait to go again, one of these days. |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
"Newps" wrote in message
. .. Danny Deger wrote: My understanding is -- "Centers" do not have ANY capability for primary radar. They are secondary only. Maybe I am mistaken, Terribly. Have you ever worked a Center that looked out over the water? I friend of mine flying F-4s died because Washington Center lost radar contact when he lost his transponder. He was out over the water in a warning area. We were told Washington Center had no primary radar. Perhaps it is only over the water for Centers along the coast that there is no primary radar. Danny Deger |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
Danny Deger wrote: Have you ever worked a Center that looked out over the water? No. I friend of mine flying F-4s died because Washington Center lost radar contact when he lost his transponder. He was out over the water in a warning area. We were told Washington Center had no primary radar. Perhaps it is only over the water for Centers along the coast that there is no primary radar. So ATC loses his transponder and he forgets how to fly the plane? |
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NTSB: Crossfield Not Warned Of Adverse Weather
"Newps" wrote in message
. .. Danny Deger wrote: Have you ever worked a Center that looked out over the water? No. I friend of mine flying F-4s died because Washington Center lost radar contact when he lost his transponder. He was out over the water in a warning area. We were told Washington Center had no primary radar. Perhaps it is only over the water for Centers along the coast that there is no primary radar. So ATC loses his transponder and he forgets how to fly the plane? It was obviously much more complex than that. Go to my web site www.dannydeger.net and download a free copy of my book. Look in the Seymour Johnson chapter. I have a section on this fatal mishap. Danny Deger |
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