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Offline dan9125

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What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« on: January 08, 2009, 04:55:47 PM »
UPS heavy coming into Buffalo early this morning had to go around due to a wind sheer. The sound in the cockpit reminds me of my car when you leave the keys in and open the door :-).....could that be the alarm?

  Dan



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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #1 on: January 08, 2009, 05:29:54 PM »
UPS heavy coming into Buffalo early this morning had to go around due to a wind sheer. The sound in the cockpit reminds me of my car when you leave the keys in and open the door :-).....could that be the alarm?

  Dan

i'm not sure tht was wind shear alert,  wind shear alert that i know of is  'Wind Shear' in urgent voice from the airplane 

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #2 on: January 08, 2009, 06:06:39 PM »
i'm not sure tht was wind shear alert,  wind shear alert that i know of is  'Wind Shear' in urgent voice from the airplane 

I don't think Dan is referring to the windshear GPWS annunciation, but rather the aural alert from the Low-Level Wind Shear Alert System (LLWAS) installed in the tower.

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Offline dan9125

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #3 on: January 08, 2009, 06:22:57 PM »
Its the very first thing you here when the pilot keys his mic.

 Dan

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #4 on: January 08, 2009, 07:24:41 PM »
Good clip, thank you for taking the time to post - much appreciated!

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #5 on: January 09, 2009, 01:07:18 PM »
When he first keys his mic reporting the go-around, that's most likely their windshear warning going off.  I'm not sure what type of aircraft it is though, or its annunciation of the windshear.

I have attached the actual audio clip that my aircraft uses on a windshear warning.  Along with the audio warning, windshear escape guidance is automatically brought up on my PFD/Attitude indicator along with big red letters WINDSHEAR



Upon further review, the warning bell that you hear going off sounds like the GPWS in an airbus.  So, I'll guess that this was an airbus.
« Last Edit: January 09, 2009, 01:09:32 PM by cessna157 »

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #6 on: January 09, 2009, 01:50:43 PM »
I have attached the actual audio clip that my aircraft uses on a windshear warning.  Along with the audio warning, windshear escape guidance is automatically brought up on my PFD/Attitude indicator along with big red letters WINDSHEAR

Sheesh... so easy a monkey could do it!

I kid, I kid!


ha....

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #7 on: January 09, 2009, 01:59:22 PM »
It was a Airbus A300F4-600 according to Flight Aware. One of the few heavys that come into KBUF on a daily basis.

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #8 on: January 11, 2009, 10:23:27 PM »
No the alarm was from him opening the door when the plane was still moving. lol

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #9 on: January 13, 2009, 02:56:17 PM »
Left the keys in the ignition eh......  Or did he leave the lights on?

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Re: What does a wind sheer alarm sound like?
« Reply #10 on: January 13, 2009, 03:27:57 PM »
No the alarm was from him opening the door when the plane was still moving. lol
 

lol  maybe he did open the door