Particulates Challenge Turbine Engines, Part 3

Clay Lacy engine photo

The impact of airborne particulates on aircraft engines is a challenge for aviation.

Credit: Clay Lacy Aviation
On May 24, 1988, TACA Flight 110, a Boeing 737-300, was flying from Belize to New Orleans. The weather radar depicted areas of light-to-moderate precipitation in the flight path, as well as some isolated red cells indicative of heavy precipitation to both sides of the intended flight path for the...
Patrick Veillette, Ph.D.

Upon his retirement as a non-routine flight operations captain from a fractional operator in 2015, Dr. Veillette had accumulated more than 20,000 hours of flight experience in 240 types of aircraft—including balloons, rotorcraft, sea planes, gliders, war birds, supersonic jets and large commercial transports. He is an adjunct professor at Utah Valley University.

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