Factors of the Environment That Affect Flight

 Wind Shear and Its Effects on Aviation     Weather is very problematic for the aviation industry. Has your flight ever been delayed due to weather? This happens to be a common issue for flying all around. Bad weather creates much higher risk for pilots to lose control of the plane and jeopardize the safety of everyone on board. There are many forms of bad weather such as thunderstorms, icing, hail, wind, wind shear, etc. All of them pose a threat of some degree to flying. However, wind shear poses one of the greatest threats to flying. Wind shear affects many flights every year and has been the cause of many serious accidents.      Wind shear is the sudden change of direction and/or velocity of wind during a small period of time. Wind shear can cause an almost immediate loss of speed and altitude which makes it extremely dangerous. Wind shear at lower levels is the most dangerous because when a plane experiences wind shear at a lower level it is more likely to crash. Wind shear is mos

Air traffic Control Entities       This weeks blog I will be discussing air traffic control entities. More specifically, I will be discussing ARTCC and ATC Clearance Delivery which are both parts of a large variety of safety entities that make up all of air traffic control entities. ARTCC stands for Air Route Traffic Control Center ( Air Traffic Control Center, n.d.) . Both of the air traffic control entities provide air safety and security in different forms. I will be discussing the similarities and differences between the two air traffic control entities.     ATC Clearance Delivery is an airtraffic controller whos purpose is to coordinate with other ATC facilities and allow pilots permission for flight or flight clearance. Clearance delivery is very important for aircraft safety mainly while in the air. When providing clearance the ATC deliverer will provide the pilot with the destination, altitude appropriate for departing from the airport, the appropriate altitude at a specific po

 Air Planes Air Pollution Output                Air planes contribute a significant amount of air pollution through emissions such as green house gases and carbon dioxide. Green house gasses have had a major impact on the world. Global warming is a huge example of how green house gases have negatively impacted the world. Air planes currently result in about 1.9 percent of the worlds green house gasses (as of 2016) and 2.5 percent of the worlds carbon dioxide emissions ( Climate change and flying: what share of global CO2 emissions come from aviation?, n.d.). They also account for 3.5 percent of global warming. Even though they only result in 2.5 percent of green house gasses, they contribute to a higher degree of warming because most of the gasses are emitted directly into the upper atmosphere. These numbers are far smaller than I originally expected, but they are not insignificant. If a reduction in these percentages is possible, it could help the environment significantly.       Airp