[Scan-DC] Wind shear makesinteresting Nationalairport towerlistening

[Andrew Clegg]

For whatever reason, either National's system was not reporting wind shear
last night while the airplanes were, or its system was otherwise not
working. The tower was only aware of wind shear through pilots' reports.

-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Radioman
Sent: Monday, February 23, 2009 6:20 AM
To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] Wind shear makesinteresting Nationalairport
towerlistening


Airports have wind shear detection systems usually located a short distance
off the end of runways. I believe they were installed for the most part
following crashes in Dallas and Denver. The data use to be transmitted on
VHF frequencies (I haven't listened for the data lately).

-----Original Message-----
From: scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
[mailto:scan-dc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Doug Kitchener
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2009 10:46 PM

Yeah, maybe it was about equipping planes rather than airports with wind
shear detection


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