Anthony Lorenti
Anthony earned his Bachelor of Science degree from Southern Connecticut State University in Business Management. Beyond his primary vocation as a Citation Sovereign 680+ captain, Anthony has expertise in a variety of areas in aviation safety including aircraft crash, fire and rescue, and aviation weather. In addition to writing for Aero Crew News’ Squall Line weather column, he is a contributor to the Aviation Fire Journal. Anthony is a volunteer firefighter and an FAA Safety Team representative providing education to local pilot and firefighting communities.
How Upset are You?
As the Squall Line columnist, it should come as no surprise that convective weather is my favorite subject. There is something that uniquely links...
The “All Weather” Machine
The very nature of commercial flight and the capabilities of transport category aircraft combine to make flight into the wild blue on a daily...
Inside and Outside Runners
While the terms in this title sound like they’re right out of a gridiron playbook, they are not. Rather, the terms are used to...
Rough Road Ahead!
I am often asked by laymen, “What airplane do you drive?” As pilots, we routinely refer to ourselves as “drivers.” So, what better segue is...
The New Kid In Town
Lately, I’ve been asked by a bevy of first officers to talk about issues that I think are important to upgrade training. This makes...
Tropical Cyclones
Our subject this month is tropical cyclones. Rather than delve deeply into myriad reasons behind the formation of tropical cyclones (e.g. hurricanes and related...
Deciphering a METAR
In this article, I will describe some of the criteria that I think you should use in determining whether a thunderstorm is occurring at...
Pathfinding in Convective Weather – Who wants to go first?
"Express 4121, you're the first to go..."
The term pathfinding, as it relates to convective weather and air traffic, is one I have not come across...
Derecho!
Last month, I wrote about large-scale, long-lived, convective complexes; Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCS) and Mesoscale Convective Complexes (MCC). To review, as a pilot, you...
Look Mom! It’s a Mothership!
Mothership is not a term you’ll find in the weather glossary, but it is a term used by some to describe the appearance of...
