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FAA Offers Guidance on Wind Shear for Training Devices

Recommendations are intended to improve instructor access to scenarios.

By AIN Staff • AIN Staff

March 22, 2015

The FAA recently created InFO 15004 in support of recommended improvements to wind shear and microburst simulator training that evolved from the July 2011 stick pusher and adverse weather event training aviation rulemaking committee (ARC). FAR Part 60 flight simulation training device (FSTD) qualification standards require a minimum set of wind-shear models to be available to instructors during critical phases of flight, including before takeoff rotation; at liftoff; during initial climb; and on final approach, below 500 feet agl.

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