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f13
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f10
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C
f15
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D
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1. Clouds, Ceiling, Visibility & Fog
By
the end of this module, you will be able to:
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X
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Identify
& classify clouds, and relate them to local and larger-scale
weather systems and to potential hazards to aircraft
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X
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b
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Recognize and explain
special clouds (e.g., castellanus, billow, lenticular, rotor, banner,
fractus, etc.)
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X
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X
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c
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Relate
cloud coverage amounts to the visual appearance of the sky
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X
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X
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d
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Define the
cloud ceiling, estimate its altitude, and relate it to cloud coverage
amounts
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X
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e
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Contrast
horizontal visibility, vertical visibility, runway visual range, and
discuss how they affect aviation
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X
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f
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Recognize
and interpret weather and obscuration glyphs on weather charts
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X
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X
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X
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g
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Explain the
difference between visual & instrument flight rules (VFR, IFR) and
meteorological conditions (VFC, VMC, IFC, IMC), and how they affect aviation
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X
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h
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Anticipate when
fog might occur based on location, humidity, temperature, winds, and
cloudcover, and how fog affects aviation
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X
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i
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Explain
the nature of these obscurations: haze, smoke, blowing dust/sand,
blowing snow, volcanic ash, rain, and how they affect aviation
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A
f13
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B
f10
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C
f15
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D
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2. Pressure, Temperature, Winds
& Wind Shear
By the end of this module, you will be
able to:
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X
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a
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Draw and explain the
variation of pressure and density with altitude
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X
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b
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Explain how reduced oxygen and/or high
altitude affects pilot physiology |
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X
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c
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Determine "density altitude" and explain why pilots use it
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X
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d
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Compute
crosswind & headwind components
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X
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e
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Identify
the causes and typical locations of wind shear at aerodromes
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X
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f
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Relate updrafts
for soaring to causes including thermals, anabatic winds, and mountain
waves
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A
f13
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B
f10
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C
f15
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D
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3. Turbulence & Icing
By the end of this module, you will be
able to: |
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X
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a
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Identify
atmospheric layers according to temperature characteristics in the
standard
atmosphere
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X
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X
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b
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Determine
the static stability given temperature soundings, and describe its
effects on air motion and on aviation
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X
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c |
Describe how different types of turbulence form, and
relate turbulence intensities to aircraft behavior
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X
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d
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Describe
the characteristics and causes of mountain waves, relate them to
winds and stability using the Froude-number, and describe how they affect flight
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X
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e
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Describe the
characteristics and causes of clear air turbulence (CAT), relate
them to winds shear & stability
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X
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f
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Compare
the characteristics and causes of boundary-layer &
obstacle/mountain-wake
turbulence, and describe their effects on aviation
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X
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g
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Explain how
and where supercooled water forms, and explain how ice on aircraft
affects flight
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X
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X
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h
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Locate
likely areas of turbulence, icing, and thunderstorms relative to
drylines and to warm,
cold & occluded fronts, and describe how these frontal hazards
affect aviation
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A
f13
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B
f10
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C
f15
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D
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4. Thunderstorms & Aviation Weather Services
By the end of this module, you will be
able to: |
X
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a
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Describe
thunderstorm cells, the different types of thunderstorms, and their
hazards to aviation |
X
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b
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Identify
thunderstorm hazards to flight & how to avoid
them. Details of these hazards are in Learning Goals 4c-h
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X
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c
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X
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d
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e
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f
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g
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X
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h
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i
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Access
real-time weather info online from aviation weather services
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