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Air Traffic Monitoring => Listener Forum => Topic started by: flight level 350 on October 31, 2009, 07:32:11 PM
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Hey, When recently listening to ATC at JFK i've heard the controller say to planes landing " wind sheer alert gain and loss 10knts" and i wandered of someone could tell me what the controller means by " gain and loss"
Thanks
And Happy Halloween lol
Danny
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Gain and loss of indicated airspeed, used in wind shear reports. The gain and/or loss is also accompanied by the altitude at which it occurred.
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thanks