Definition of "All Weather"? Anyone?

[zab1001]

Anybody got a 'real' definition of what makes an aircraft "All Weather"? Is this covered in 3710?

These are the things I ponder as I chair fly a desk....

 

[skidkid]

actually the (AW) in our deltas squadrons stands for "add Wiso"

 

[squeeze]

actually the (AW) in our deltas squadrons stands for "add Wiso"

HAHAHAHA
that's some good stuff.... I'll have to remember that one. I always wondered why they made a distinction.... and now I know.

 

[webmaster]

Zab, if you are so bored, why don't you just hold a uniform inspection for your Army kids?

 

[ea6bflyr]

Too much work...first he'd have to get a haircut, then find his uniform, then press it....I think he'd rather goof around at AirWarriors.
ea6bflyr

 

[Dunedan]

It's not in the 3710.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the term "All Weather" is intended mainly for use by manufacturers, politicians, and others feeling some need to justify or put a spin on something. For example, the F-15E is an "All Weather" strike fighter - but I can, off of the top of my head, think of several weather phenomena that I'd avoid like the plague, even in an F-15E.

 

[bch]

Pretty sure it is jus a carry over from the days where there were aircraft that definetly could not operate in all the types of weather. But having never flown in the really bad stuff, I am not going to comment on what I would and would not want to take an F-15E in.

 

[Pags]

Anybody got a 'real' definition of what makes an aircraft "All Weather"? Is this covered in 3710?

These are the things I ponder as I chair fly a desk....

you should roll that chair down the hill and in the backdoor of lollapolooza, the bridge, or the brit. maybe grab a cute MIIS girl on the way by....

 

[VetteMuscle427]

Hey Zab, do they still have the Russian compound on base? My eldest brother went through DLI in 89-90 to learn Russian. Back then they had their own compound where you could get lobster and steak in the mess hall, but you had to ask in Russian. Has that switched to Chinese or Arabic now?

 

[zab1001]

So nobody knows? Man, all these aviation geeks (myslef inlcuded) and nothin...There has to be a reg somewhere...

Trust me on uniforms, this isn't NPS, I wear khakis EVERYDAY.

I dont know anything about a 'Russian' compund, all the enlisted students eat lunch at the comissary. I go home.