Method for smart air/ground data transmission optimization

An aircraft comprising:

• a weather radar system configured to generate weather data at a sampling rate, wherein the weather data is associated with a plurality of radar returns;
• a flight display configured to generate a weather radar overlay based on the weather data;
• a communication system configured to wirelessly transmit the weather data from the aircraft;
• a memory maintaining program instructions;
• and
• one or more processors configured to execute the program instructions causing the one or more processors to:
• receive the weather data from the weather radar system;
• cause the communication system to wirelessly transmit the weather data at a first interval from the aircraft;
• and
• cause the communication system to increase the wireless transmission of the weather data from the first interval to a second interval;
• wherein the second interval is faster than the first interval;
• wherein the program instructions cause the one or more processors to increase the wireless transmission of the weather data from the first interval to the second interval in response to the one or more processors detecting an expected change of at least one of a yaw or a pitch of the aircraft.