Short Final: Wind Shear
On final to Boeing Field 14R on a blustery Pacific Northwest fall day a Gulfstream reported wind shear upon landing. Gulfstream 123: “15 knot wind shear.” Tower: “What was your…

On final to Boeing Field 14R on a blustery Pacific Northwest fall day a Gulfstream reported wind shear upon landing.
Gulfstream 123: “15 knot wind shear.”
Tower: “What was your location when you encountered the wind shear?”
Gulfstream 123: “About 300 feet.”
Tower: “Baron 581CB did you copy that?”
Baron 581CB: “Affirmative.”
Tower: “Citation 425 did you copy that report.”
Citation 425: “Yee ha!”
Thomas Ysasi
Ketchum, ID

Editorial StaffAVweb
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