Can a plane stall if entered a jet stream?

Question

Is there any way for a Jet to stall if it enters a jet stream? I know that if it entered the jet stream east to west (headwind) it would have a slower ground speed, but would stay in the air. But if the Jet entered the jet stream entered the jet stream from west to east, could it stall? Because (hipothetically) if a plane entered with a higher wind speed in the jet stream than the plane's current speed (before entering the jet stream) wouldn't this mean that the wind would be going over the wings in the wrong direction? meaning little to no lift?

Answer 1

no

Answer 2

No. Relative wind is relative to the wing, not the ground.

Been in the jet stream many times and never had a issue except for some turbulence around the edges.

Answer 3

Cmon people, an airplane can stall anywhere. Jeez.

Answer 4

Theorically, the answer is: Yes. When becoming pilots, we are warned to be careful because shear winds can cause the aircraft to stall. This is especially true with light aircraft.

Imagine this: On a cold winter day at high latitude, a light aircraft takes off early in the morning in no-wind condition. After climbing a few hundred feet, it meets turbulence then a strong tailwind. The aircraft stalls ... into the lower layer of not-moving air. This is typical meteorological inversion situation: the cold air near the ground has a warmer layer on the top that moves in a convective system. It happens very often.

I don't see why that couldn't happen in a jet stream. Mind you, I fly small aircraft and have never been in the jet streams myself.

It is also worth noting that if the general direction of the jet streams is eastward, they can move in any direction. Because I teach meteorology to aviators, I was a few months ago looking at a strange thing: Over northern Europe, there was a Jet Stream moving south and, right under it, another one moving ... north! I can only imagine the turbulence between those two layers!

Answer 5

Entering a jet stream will not produce a stall; aircraft do this all the time.  First, stalls are actually a function of angle of attack, not airspeed (since airspeed in combination with other factors can alter angle of attack, they are only indirectly connected with airspeed).  Second, the airspeed of the aircraft greatly exceeds the speed of the air moving in the jet stream.  Third, with a tailwind, the aircraft will rapidly accelerate in ground speed until the ground speed is airspeed+tailwind.  So, no danger of a stall.

Answer 6

The jet stream are extremely strong winds at high altitudes. But it's not like there is no wind just below it. The stream drags air with it so as a plane climbs its indicated airspeed remains pretty constant even though the ground speed is increasing to include the velocity of the stream. If the jet stream did have a floor of say 30K and there was no wind at 29900. The plane would not be able to enter the stream.

Answer 7

A plane at the high altitude of the jet might well be flying very near its stall speed.  It wouldn't take a huge shear to stall.  

A large and abrupt enough shear anywhere can cause extreme turbulence.

Some research planes broke apart during jet stream research.

Answer 8

Aircraft stall when they exceed the stall angle of attack. It has nothing to do with the jet stream.

The stall angle of attack is that angle in which the wings are not producing enough lift to sustain the weight of the aircraft.

Answer 9

no it wouldnt jets fly through the jet stream all the time it will if it flys through jet was to close to another plane but not the jet stream