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Text: Aviation Weather - AC06


The field trip for Aviation Weather will be the Burke Lake Front Airport in Cleveland, Ohio. We will meet at 6:30 on Friday March 30, 2007 in the airport lobby. After touring the control tower we will go to the 100th Bomber Squadron restaurant by Cleveland Hopkins Airport. A van will leave Hiram College in front of the Hinsdale Building at 5:30 pm. If you want to ride in this van, let me know. 

Map of Airport Area

Map of Cleveland


Syllabus

Session One:   
Text: Chapter One - The Earth’s Atmosphere
Chapter Two - Temperature
Chapter Three - Atmospheric Pressure and Altimetry
Lecture: Introduction to course 
What is Air Pressure?             
Air Speed Vs. Ground Speed
Film: Flight

Session Two:   
Text: Chapter Four - Wind
Chapter Five - Moisture, Cloud Formation, and Precipitation
Lecture: Altimeters and Airspeed Indicators
Film: To be Announced

Session Three:
Text: Chapter Six - Stable and Unstable Air
Chapter Seven – Clouds
Lecture: Cloud Formations and Types
Test: One hour exam on Session One and Two
Film: Coriolis Effect & Satellite Views
Activity:  Pizza Party

Session Four:
Text: Chapter Eight - Air Masses and Fronts
Chapter Nine – Turbulence
Lecture: Aircraft Performance Factors
Film: Tornado, Hurricane, and Flood               

Session Five:    
Text: Chapter Ten - Icing
Chapter Eleven - Thunderstorms
Chapter Twelve - Common IFR Producers
Lecture: Thunderstorms
Test: One-hour exam on Session Three and Four
Film:  Aircraft Accidents
Activity:
Appetizers Party

Session Six:     
Film: Global Warming
Take-home final exam issued
Lecture: Forecasting the Weather
Weather Charts

PowerPoint Aviation Weather Presentations
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Aircraft Performance

Air Temperature and Pressure

Clouds

Fog

Thunderstorms

Windshear