Accession Number:

AD0852150

Title:

Severe Bumping of Aircraft Caused by High-Altitude Atmospheric Turbulence,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

FOREIGN TECHNOLOGY DIV WRIGHT-PATTERSON AFB OH

Personal Author(s):

• Kapovits, Albert

Report Date:

1969-02-03

Pagination or Media Count:

12.0

Abstract:

A detailed discussion is presented for the occurrence of high-altitude turbulence which caused severe aircraft bumping on the Budapest-Frankfurt-Main route. Various hypotheses on turbulence analysis developed in recent years are taken into consideration in an effort to give Hungarian aeronautical meteorologists better insight into this phenomenon and to formulate an approach to successful analysis of turbulence cones in everyday forecasting. Author

Descriptors:

• *COMMERCIAL AIRCRAFT
• CLEAR AIR TURBULENCE
• WIND
• HIGH ALTITUDE
• FLIGHT PATHS
• SHEAR STRESSES
• DISTRIBUTION
• AVIATION SAFETY
• STABILITY
• HUNGARY
• ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
• WEATHER FORECASTING

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE