Aviation Safety Research     "Technical Research in the field of Aeronautics"
                                    Resources for Flight Operations

         
Part I (3 hours 36 minutes) explains
weather facts every pilot should know.
 

Part II (2 hours 12minutes) contains topics of special interest,
such as High Altitude, Arctic, Tropical, and Soaring Weather.

ALBUM NOTES

Aviation Weather was published jointly by the FAA and the National Weather Service.
The publication began in 1943 as CAA Bulletin No. 25, "Meteorology for Pilots,"  which at the time, contained weather knowledge considered essential for most pilots.






As aircraft flew farther, faster, and higher and as meteorological knowledge grew, the bulletin became obsolete.


It was revised in 1954 as "Pilots' Weather Handbook"

 

and again in 1965 under its present title.

All former editions suffered from one common problem. They dealt in part with weather services which change continually in keeping with current techniques and service demands. Therefore, each edition became somewhat outdated almost as soon as published; and its obsolescence grew throughout the period it remained in print.

To alleviate this problem, the new authors have completely rewritten Aviation Weather, streamlining it into a clear, concise, and· readable book and omitting all reference to specific weather services. Thus, the text will remain valid and adequate for many years. A companion manual, Aviation Weather Services,  Advisory Circular 00-45, supplements Aviation weather.

AC 00-45 is periodically updated to reflect changes brought about by latest techniques, capabilities, and service demands. It explains current weather services and the formats and uses of weather charts and printed weather messages.

C. Hugh Snyder, National Weather Service Coordinator and Training Consultant at the FAA Academy, directed the preparation of Aviation Weather and Aviation Weather Services. He and his assistant, John W. Zimmerman, Jr., did much of the writing and edited the final manuscripts. Recognition is given to these meteorologists on the NWS Coordinator's staff who helped write the original manuscript, organize the contents, and plan illustrations: Milton Lee Harrison, Edward A. Jessup, Joe L. Kendall, and Richard A. Mitchem. Beatrice Emery deserves special recognition for her relentless effort in typing, retyping, proofing, correcting, and assembling page after page of manuscript. Many other offices and individuals have contributed to the preparation, editing, and publication of the two volumes.

Throughout the book, each aspect of weather as it relates to aircraft operation and flight safety are discussed.

Of the most fascinating publications in my aviation library. This book helped me get to know the clouds, learn about the creation and modification of weather, and how "The Weather Machine" works.

This fabulous book with it's funny 3-color palette illustrations prepared me with much of what I needed to know about aviation weather.

Because I loved this book it so much, I created an MP3 version in the summer of 2016.
Since it was first published, the laws of nature have not changed, and time has not diminished this book's wealth of knowledge.

"There is something special in this book. Maybe the way it was written? Certainly the colorful and amusing illustrations (appearing below), were one of the components which facilitated my falling in love with aviation."
-Tom Gorski 2267082CFI

WIND
25:16
Convection
Pressure Gradient Force
Coriolis Force
The General Circulation
Friction
The Jet Stream
Local and Small Scale Winds
Wind Shear
Wind, Pressure Systems, and Weather

                                    SOARING WEATHER
                                                    2:26