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Weather Hazards: Rising Temperature

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One weather hazard that is affecting the aviation business is climate change. As the years go on, the temperature keeps increasing each year, and with rising temperature comes a rise in problems. These temperature changes affect an aircraft's performance in several ways: the amount of lift on an airplane's wing, the cooling system of a plane, and the weather patterns. Density altitude is significant for aircraft. This determines the air molecules in the surroundings and how they are distributed along the wing of an airplane. If the density altitude is high, the air molecules are spaced out, making it harder for the aircraft to gain lift. If the density altitude is low, the air molecules are closer, making the plane grab onto the air more smoothly and quickly. In hotter temperatures, it causes the density altitude to increase, therefore making it hard for an airplane to gain lift, which is crucial for a plane to fly. The temperature rise also affects the way an aircraft is coole...
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Aviation Security: Emerging TSA Threats

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Active smugglers are an emerging threat to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). They can range from thugs to passengers or even the flight crew and can be hard to spot. The TSA, however, has several measures to keep these smugglers off the plane caught. One method the TSA uses while at the airport is canine dogs trained to sniff out specific materials such as bombs, drugs, or distinct smells. Another technique the TSA uses is to include trained officers in behavioral detection and TSA pre-check to ensure nothing fishy is happening and the passenger is who they say they are. They also use advanced technology that scans the passengers' bags for any weapons or prohibited items that present any threat. These are some ways TSA ensures that nothing illegal can be smuggled and stopped to prevent further transactions. These methods are very effective in stopping smugglers from getting anything onto the plane and getting themselves arrested. One way the TSA could add extra secu...
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Aviation Ethics Today: Weather

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Ethics is the  discipline dealing with good, evil, and moral duty and obligation . For Aviation, for example, weather is an immense ethic that pilots must consider and be aware of. On August 2, 2023, a plane crashed in Southern California at 4 a.m. PST killing 2 pilots and 4 passengers. The cause has yet to be officially released, but the circumstances and weather prove otherwise.  That morning, according to the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB), the weather was beautiful, with "visibility of 10 miles less than an hour before the crash," making the weather unnecessary to know. However, the weather worsened as the day went on, and "visibility was down to three-quarters of a mile," which dropped to a half-mile at the time of the crash. I chose this event because it is essential to know the weather of where you are as a pilot, and where you will be going. Just because the weather is fine at point A doesn't mean it will be fine at point B or between. This ...
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