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Old Jun 12, 2006 | 12:19 am
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Skyjumper
 
Join Date: May 2006
Location: San Francisco, CA
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That's believable at DFW. Texas t-storms are legendary and there is a long history of wind shears there, including on that caused the crash of a Delta Tristar in 1985. If memory serves DFW was one the first airport to get a wind shear detection system, no doubt upgraded a time or two since then.

Fortunately for all of us, technology and scientific understanding has improved dramatically since then.

Originally Posted by CVO 1K 2 Million
I didn't actually hear this but suspect that the cockpit crew did...
about 1845 DEN time on arrival from DFW....T-storms had just passed through
on final approach, gear down, flaps down....then abruptly throttles full (I think) and rate of climb steep...the pilot later called it a "wind shear warning"....
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