Judging the Risk of Low-Level Windshear

Malibu accident April 7,  2017
Malibu accident April 7, 2017
Credit: NTSB
On the stormy afternoon of Aug. 2, 1985, I drove out of the north tollbooth at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport (KDFW), headed for my home in Dallas. As I accelerated, I felt my car begin to rock from side to side with increasing force. In order to maintain control of the car, I slowed way down and crept...

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