Wayne R. Sand
Wayne R. Sand
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Non-Fiction, Memoir
Book: 2025: Aviate Navigate Communicate – How Severe Weather Affects Airplanes and Pilots, BookBaby, May 2025. Scientific Publications: 1966: Updraft measurements beneath the base of cumulus and cumulonimbus clouds. J. Appl. Meteor., 5(4) 461-466 (with A. H. Auer, Jr), 1973: Analysis of data from T-28 aircraft penetrations of a Colorado hailstorm. J. Appl. Meteor., 12, 1364-1370 (with D. J. Musil and R. A. Schleusener), 1973: Water content in convective storm clouds. Science, 1274-1276 (with T. G. Kyle), 1974: Development of an armored T-28 aircraft for probing hailstorms. Bul. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 55, 1115-1122 (with R. A. Schleusener), 1974: Use of the Rosemount icing rate probe in thunderstorm penetrations. Atmos. Tec. 6, 137-140 (with D. J. Musil), 1976: Fitting measurements of thunderstorm updraft profiles to model profiles. Mon. Wea. Rev., 104, 611-617 (with D. J. Musil), 1976: Observations in hailstorms using the T-28 aircraft system. J. Appl. Meteor., 15(6), 641-650, 1976: Structure of an evolving hailstorm, Part IV: Internal structure from penetrating aircraft. Mon. Wea. Rev., 104(5), 596-602 (with D. J. Musil, E. L. May, and P. L. Smith, Jr), 1976: Structure of an evolving hailstorm, Part V: Synthesis and implications for hail growth and hail suppression. Mon. Wea. Rev., 104(5), 603-610 (with K. A. Browning, J. C. Frankhauser, J. P. Chalon, P. J. Eckles, R. G. Strauch, F. M. Merrem, D. J. Musil and E. L. May), 1980: A conceptual model synthesized from microphysical and dynamic observations of a multicell thunderstorm. Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Atmospheric Science, University of Wyoming, May, 260 pp, 1981: 22 July 1975: Mature storm study: A conceptual model synthesized from microphysical and dynamic observations of a multicell thunderstorm. NCAR Technical Note No. 184, 1984: Icing conditions encountered by a research aircraft, Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology, 23, 10, 1427-1440 (with W. A. Cooper, M. K. Politovich and D. L. Veal), 1984: Effects of icing on performance of a research aircraft. Journal of Aircraft, 21, 9, 708-715 (with W. A. Cooper, M. K. Politovich and D. L. Veal), 1992: Winter Icing and Storms Project (WISP) Bul. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 73, 7 (with R. Rasmussen, M. Politovich, J. Marwitz, J. McGinley), 1993: Aeronautical Meteorology (Article), McGraw-Hill Yearbook of Science & Technology 1-4, 1994: Summer Weather: Convection, convective clouds and mountains. Wings West, May/June 1994, pg 20-23, 1995: No Ice on Board. Airline Pilot, Vol. 64, No. 1, Jan. 1995, pg 34-37 (with Capt. James P. Johnson.)

Wayne is a Montana native and has returned to Montana after many years in “other” places. Wayne has been an active pilot since learning to fly in High School. A few of his flying highlights are thunderstorm research in a North American Aviation T-6 (Texan), Navy carrier pilot in the Grumman A-6) all-weather attack airplane in Vietnam, returning to thunderstorm research in an instrumented and armor-plated North American Aviation T-28 (Trojan), and on to flying Beechcraft Queen Air and King Air doing all sorts of weather research in everything from winter snow storms to microbursts to aircraft icing studies. He then went on to start a consulting business in aviation weather.

Based on his diverse flying experience with what is usually considered hazardous weather, his education in atmospheric science, and his consulting on weather-related aircraft accidents, he felt compelled to share some of the lessons learned with pilots and others through an entertaining and engaging book, “Aviate Navigate Communicate - How Severe Weather Affectes Airplanes and Pilots”  

His book will be available from:

https://store.bookbaby.com/

Amazon

Or contact the author at:

waynersand@gmail.com

or your favorite bookseller