BEECHCRAFT
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Safety Information
Updating
of
weather information enroute
is
also
essential.
The
wise
pilot
knows
that
weat
her
conditions can change quickly, and treats weather
forecasting as professional advice, rather than
an
absolute fact. He obtains all the advice he can, but
stays
alert
to
any
sign
or
report
of
changing
conditions.
Plan the flight to avoid areas
of
severe turbulence
and thunderstorms.
lt
is
not always
possible
to
detect individual storm areas or find
the in-between
clear areas.
Thunderstorms, squall lines and violent turbulence
should be regarded as extremely dangerous and
must
be
avoided.
Hai!
and
tornadic
wind
velocities
can
be
encountered in thunderstorms that
can
destroy any
airplane, just as tornadoes destroy
nt:arly everything
in their
path
on
the ground.
Turboprop Engines -
Thund~:rstorms
also pose the
possilbility
of
a lightning strike on an aircraft. Any
structure
or
equipment which shows evidence
of
a
lightning strike, or
of
being subjected to a high
current flow due to a strike,
or
is
a suspected part
of
a lightning strike path through the aircraft, should be
thoroughly inspected and any damage repaired prior
to
additional
flight.
The
Pratt
&
Whitney
or
March, 1981
1()..23
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