Radar on P337

[mshac]

Never attended Archie Tramell's radar school, but it probably would've been valuable training.

It was pretty much OJT for me learning to use weather radar in the airlines. The initial type rating class would be 2-3 weeks, and maybe an hour of that time was spent on using the radar. With radar, you usually learned the tricks of the trade from more experienced pilots.

As an aside, I always wondered why the sim instructors would throw every mechanical problem in the book at you, but never any weather avoidance scenarios. Sure, there were low approaches out the wazoo, but no "Should we deviate based on what the radar is showing" type scenarios. Radar interpretation has always been a bit of "black art" amongst pilots, which is why Mr. Tramell's radar school was needed.

[GAdams]

I attended Archie's School back in the late 1970s. The class was very well done and very well attended. The major emphasis was the use of the tilt and range functions and how they relate to the ground and the height and intensity of the storm. His message was: adjust the tilt until the ground shows up at the edge of the range sweep. Drive away from any dark scalloped spots (green screens) at the edge, which represent the most intense rain. Anyway if I look around hard enough I know I still have the book from the class. Archie's presentation was very professional, fun and worth the time and money to really learn about the use of radar. I know there are some VHS tapes out there as well. He was truly a subject matter expert.

[mshac]

Archie's school lives on: https://www.radar4pilots.com/

[patrolpilot]

How about that!