Toby
Cleared for Takeoff
I went to the local FSDO seminar last night, and the topic was spring and summer flying. One of the areas the SPM covered was wind shear. His advice, for someone coming in for a landing and encountering wind shear near the ground that results in a drastic drop in airspeed and possibly a tailwind, was to fly at Vx while doing a go-around. His thought was that it is better to go at Vx than Vy in that situation, because you want to gain the most altitude in the least distance in order to get out of the wind shear level.
I had an experience with wind shear one day last summer when I was taking off. I don't remember anymore how far above the ground I was, but it wasn't far -- maybe 100 feet? If this is an important thing to know, I'll go back and look in my saved posts. But I had a tailwind, and the airspeed dropped to zero, and then swung back and forth. I was climbing, of course. My instinct was to level the pitch a little and climb more slowly. I wanted to get through the shear level, but I didn't want to stall, so I let myself climb more slowly.
This is the opposite of what I heard last night. Do any of you have comments or experience with this?
I had an experience with wind shear one day last summer when I was taking off. I don't remember anymore how far above the ground I was, but it wasn't far -- maybe 100 feet? If this is an important thing to know, I'll go back and look in my saved posts. But I had a tailwind, and the airspeed dropped to zero, and then swung back and forth. I was climbing, of course. My instinct was to level the pitch a little and climb more slowly. I wanted to get through the shear level, but I didn't want to stall, so I let myself climb more slowly.
This is the opposite of what I heard last night. Do any of you have comments or experience with this?