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• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 12-20
  Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Flight Toward an Approaching Warm Front › Cold Front

  Cold Front A cold front occurs when a mass of cold, dense, and stable air advances and replaces a body of warmer air. Cold fronts move more rapidly than warm fronts, progressing at a rate ... However, extreme cold fronts have been recorded moving at speeds of up to 60 mph. A typical cold front moves in a manner opposite that of a warm front. It is so dense, it stays close to the ground…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 12-20
  Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Air Masses › Flight Toward an Approaching Cold Front

  Flight Toward an Approaching Cold Front Like warm fronts, not all cold fronts are the same. Examining a flight toward an approaching cold front, pilots can get a better understanding of the type of conditions that can be encountered ... layer of clouds at 3,500 feet. As the flight progresses westward to Columbus and closer to the oncoming cold front, the clouds show signs of vertical development with a broken layer at 2,500 feet. The visibility…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 12-20
  Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Flight Toward an Approaching Cold Front › Comparison of Cold and Warm Fronts

  Comparison of Cold and Warm Fronts Warm fronts and cold fronts are very different in nature as are the hazards associated with each front. They vary in speed, composition, weather phenomenon, and prediction. Cold fronts, which move ... travel faster than warm fronts, which move at only 10 to 25 mph. Cold fronts also possess a steeper frontal slope. Violent weather activity is associated with cold fronts, and the weather usually occurs along the frontal boundary…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 12-21
  Chapter 12: Weather Theory › Flight Toward an Approaching Cold Front › Occluded Front

  Occluded Front An occluded front occurs when a fast-moving cold front catches up with a slow-moving warm front. As the occluded front approaches, warm front weather prevails but is immediately followed by cold front weather. There ... colliding frontal systems play a large part in defining the type of front and the resulting weather. A cold front occlusion occurs when a fast moving cold front is colder than the air ahead of the slow moving warm front…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 8-4
  Chapter 8: Flight Instruments › Effect of Nonstandard Pressure and Temperature

  actual altimeter setting are not recommended. Adjustments to compensate for nonstandard pressure do not compensate for nonstandard temperature. Since cold air is denser than warm air, when operating in temperatures that are colder than standard, the altitude is lower than ... required to provide adequate terrain clearance. A variation of the memory aid used for pressure can be employed: “FROM HOT TO COLD, LOOK OUT BELOW.” When the air is warmer than standard, the aircraft is higher than the altimeter indicates…

• Aviation Instructor's Handbookp. 3-6
  Chapter 3: The Learning Process › Cognitive Theory › Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)

  childhood. Thus, they have a basic experience of how weight and balance works around a center of gravity. Additionally, HOTS should be emphasized throughout a program of study for best results. For aviation, this means HOTS should be taught ... until these techniques become automated and transferable to new situations or problems. Cognitive research has shown the learning of HOTS is not a change in observable behavior but the construction of meaning from experience. Scenario-Based Training…