Objective: To develop the pilot’s ability to recognize critical weather situations and avoid wind shear.

Text References:

Instrument Pilot Flight Maneuvers and Practical Test Prep

Aviation Weather and Weather Services (Part I)

Instrument Pilot FAA Knowledge Test Prep, Study Unit 8, “Aviation Weather”

Instrument Pilot Flight Maneuvers and Practical Test Prep

Reading Assignment

Instrument Pilot FAA

Knowledge Test Prep

Study Unit 8 Contents

Study Unit 7, “Aircraft Systems Related to IFR Operations”

Aviation Weather and Weather Services

Part I Reading Assignment

Study Unit 1, “The Earth’s Atmosphere”

Study Unit 2, “Temperature”

Study Unit 3, “Water Vapor”

Study Unit 4, “Atmospheric Pressure and Altimetry”

Study Unit 5, “Wind”

Study Unit 6, “Air Masses, Fronts, and the Wave Cyclone Model”

Study Unit 7, “Vertical Motion”

Study Unit 8, “Atmospheric Stability”

Study Unit 9, “Clouds”

Study Unit 10, “Precipitation”

Study Unit 11, “Weather, Obstructions to Visibility, Low Ceiling, and Mountain Obscuration”

Study Unit 12, “Turbulence”

Study Unit 13, “Icing”

Study Unit 14, “Thunderstorms”

Content

8.1 Causes of Weather

8.2 Stability of Air Masses

8.3 Temperature Inversions

8.4 Temperature, Dew Point, and Fog

8.5 Clouds

8.6 Thunderstorms

8.7 Icing

8.8 Wind Shear

8.9 Microbursts

Completion Standards

The lesson will have been successfully completed when the pilot answers the questions in Study Unit 8, “Aviation Weather,” of Instrument Pilot FAA Knowledge Test Prep, FAA Test Prep Online, and/or Online Ground School with a minimum passing grade of 80%.