Nicholas White ASCI 202

     An aircraft's flight normally is under at least one or two hazards, due to the weather being very unpredictable and subject to change by even the most minute variation. However, none is more dangerous than Density Altitude for one simple reason, dealing with it requires intuition and is always changing at any given moment. For context, density altitude is the equivalent density of air a higher or lower altitude would experience; caused by many factors, but mainly moisture and temperature. Even the smallest change can drastically change how the aircraft will perform and, if the pilot does not know these conditions to exact and how to respond, an accident can occur. For starters, why is this so important, well Density Altitude will indicate a lot of factors: Fuel efficiency Landing and takeoff difficulty Reduced Rate of Climb      Now I would like to give some examples of crashes that were all concluded to be caused, in part, to a lack of knowledge of de...

 As aircraft are a common form of travel, there runs the issue of collisions or accidental miscalculations resulting in lost or unaccounted for aircrafts; as such there are checkpoints in place to assist pilots in their day-to-day flights, two important parts being the TRACONs and Specialists. Now what do they do, well to start with what they have in common: Deal and maintain safety with aircrafts Prevent collisions Provide speedy and orderly travel Ensure that the passenger's best interests are in mind Specialists will sometimes work in a TRACON But, they have so many more differences TRACON typically only deal with approaching and departing vehicles; whereas specialists will deal with aircraft through the flight Terminal controllers deal with all planes in the airspace TRACON sends the aircraft on course, rather than instruct them on any changes needed to be made TRACON is purely radar, whereas specialists can sometimes be at the airport directly or in close proximity. This artic...