Conquering Your Fear of Flying - Turbulence - Wolters World
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Date: 2022-02-04
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earth
For the most part (and not coming from an aviators' perspective) you explained things very well. A few things too relay to your audience. The sun heats the earth and that is how weather, wind, clouds are formed. Air flows like water. So over mountains that air is disturbed and goes in all kinds of directions, causing updraft and downdrafts, much like water travels around rocks in a river. The land and water absorb the suns heat at different rates. This is why you feel the bump over the coastline. The turbulence around the airport is most likely Wake Turbulence from other aircraft. Airplane disturb the air they fly in, much like a boat on the water. This kind of turbulence can be harmful to some aircraft. Smaller aircraft are warned by Air Traffic Control when a larger aircraft has flown in their path. Turbulence is nothing to fear. It is just an unwanted circumstance of flying.
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For the most part (and not coming from an aviators' perspective) you explained things very well. A few things too relay to your audience. The sun heats the earth and that is how weather, wind, clouds are formed. Air flows like water. So over mountains that air is disturbed and goes in all kinds of directions, causing updraft and downdrafts, much like water travels around rocks in a river. The land and water absorb the suns heat at different rates. This is why you feel the bump over the coastline. The turbulence around the airport is most likely Wake Turbulence from other aircraft. Airplane disturb the air they fly in, much like a boat on the water. This kind of turbulence can be harmful to some aircraft. Smaller aircraft are warned by Air Traffic Control when a larger aircraft has flown in their path. Turbulence is nothing to fear. It is just an unwanted circumstance of flying.
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Lights
Slightly different type of nervousness is the landing that some pilots make. And I am very aware that slick runways due to weather, short runways, etc. sometimes require a harder landing but Man o man, through the years of flying on some flights, I had nerve wrecking landings when you land so hard, everyone in the plane yells out a yellp and you feel your whole body jarring. Oh the other one is when the plane does a double bounce landing, thats always a fun one too! And these all happened in a perfectly good weather, lol. And then there are those moments when a pilot lands that plane so smooth, smoother then butter, you dont even feel the tires touching, its like you are just driving down a hill from air to the ground, man, I make it a point to complement the captain as I exit the plane.
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Slightly different type of nervousness is the landing that some pilots make. And I am very aware that slick runways due to weather, short runways, etc. sometimes require a harder landing but Man o man, through the years of flying on some flights, I had nerve wrecking landings when you land so hard, everyone in the plane yells out a yellp and you feel your whole body jarring. Oh the other one is when the plane does a double bounce landing, thats always a fun one too! And these all happened in a perfectly good weather, lol. And then there are those moments when a pilot lands that plane so smooth, smoother then butter, you dont even feel the tires touching, its like you are just driving down a hill from air to the ground, man, I make it a point to complement the captain as I exit the plane.
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travel
Sometimes I have experienced high air (30, 000+ feet) turbulence on looonnnggg (12+ hours) flights. At that altitude, the turbulence comes from jet streams. Experienced captains will ask ATC for a different altitude to get out of the turbulence.
This happens when flying US to Asia or Europe to US; that is, going west. Going east, you are flying with the jet stream, not against it, and there is rarely a problem. North-south -- US to South America -- there is rarely a problem.
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Sometimes I have experienced high air (30, 000+ feet) turbulence on looonnnggg (12+ hours) flights. At that altitude, the turbulence comes from jet streams. Experienced captains will ask ATC for a different altitude to get out of the turbulence.
This happens when flying US to Asia or Europe to US; that is, going west. Going east, you are flying with the jet stream, not against it, and there is rarely a problem. North-south -- US to South America -- there is rarely a problem.
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Kevin
Great video, I think this would help fearful flyers a lot. I learned about all these situations over the many years traveling around the world and throughout the USA. One thing to add, in my experience, once youre over the Atlantic or Pacific oceans there is near zero turbulence. I once slept from Boston to Madrid, only waking up when we reached the coastline and was able to see the Iberian coastline as we passed over.
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Great video, I think this would help fearful flyers a lot. I learned about all these situations over the many years traveling around the world and throughout the USA. One thing to add, in my experience, once youre over the Atlantic or Pacific oceans there is near zero turbulence. I once slept from Boston to Madrid, only waking up when we reached the coastline and was able to see the Iberian coastline as we passed over.
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Pinkpixy
I live near San Francisco so, between the ocean, the wind, and the Sierra Nevada mountains, flying in and out is always a turbulence hot spot. I sat next to an aeronautics engineer out of Lockheed once and he said that, when he flies, he closes his eyes and imagines the worst road he's ever driven on. If the turbulence is easier than that, then he's fine. From then on, basic turbulence stopped bothering me.
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I live near San Francisco so, between the ocean, the wind, and the Sierra Nevada mountains, flying in and out is always a turbulence hot spot. I sat next to an aeronautics engineer out of Lockheed once and he said that, when he flies, he closes his eyes and imagines the worst road he's ever driven on. If the turbulence is easier than that, then he's fine. From then on, basic turbulence stopped bothering me.
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Bravo
The only time I ever felt concerned on a flight was from BCN to MIA on a 767. I had never been on a 767 before and the high-pitched engine sound on acceleration made my gut sink. However, I looked around at the other passengers and crew and saw that they all seemed to be unconcerned about it and I instantly felt better. The moral of the story is if nobody else is freaking out, you're fine.
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The only time I ever felt concerned on a flight was from BCN to MIA on a 767. I had never been on a 767 before and the high-pitched engine sound on acceleration made my gut sink. However, I looked around at the other passengers and crew and saw that they all seemed to be unconcerned about it and I instantly felt better. The moral of the story is if nobody else is freaking out, you're fine.
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Alex
Wouldn't call it turbulence necessarily, but something that scares a lot of passengers is when the plane wheels hit hard during a landing, and I hear things like this pilot is reckless. If the runway is small or has moisture on it, the pilot will hit the ground hard to slow the plane down. You can expect this just about every time you fly into Chicago Midway.
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Wouldn't call it turbulence necessarily, but something that scares a lot of passengers is when the plane wheels hit hard during a landing, and I hear things like this pilot is reckless. If the runway is small or has moisture on it, the pilot will hit the ground hard to slow the plane down. You can expect this just about every time you fly into Chicago Midway.
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Means
All of this is totally true! It takes some flying experience to notice all of these patterns, but once you do, I agree that you start to expect the turbulence during these times. So glad you made a video about this to put it in words! One thing I'll add is that I personally feel like turbulence is worse in winter months in the USA than any other season.
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All of this is totally true! It takes some flying experience to notice all of these patterns, but once you do, I agree that you start to expect the turbulence during these times. So glad you made a video about this to put it in words! One thing I'll add is that I personally feel like turbulence is worse in winter months in the USA than any other season.
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Greg
I've noticed it always gets bumpy over the Canadian Maritime provinces!
The greatest danger in clear air turbulence (CAT) is not staying in your seat and falling!
Remember, there's always the plane ahead of yours, sending back alerts, as well as the plane ahead of that!
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I've noticed it always gets bumpy over the Canadian Maritime provinces!
The greatest danger in clear air turbulence (CAT) is not staying in your seat and falling!
Remember, there's always the plane ahead of yours, sending back alerts, as well as the plane ahead of that!
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GLI
It took me a long time to get on a plane because of my fear of flying. I missed out on opportunities to fly on several iconic airplanes. Two years ago was my first time flying and I loved it! The turbulence didn't bother me and I'm always looking forward to my next flight.
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It took me a long time to get on a plane because of my fear of flying. I missed out on opportunities to fly on several iconic airplanes. Two years ago was my first time flying and I loved it! The turbulence didn't bother me and I'm always looking forward to my next flight.
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