Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/11
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That must have been a great ride. For cell penetration you don,t want propellors , unless you stay below the freezing level or above the -40 C SAT level which is also hard in a prop plane. High wing loading is nice and an airframe stressed for lot,s of G,s is also nice for your peace of mind.And be sure to wear a helmet with the strap fastened to avoid injury from hitting the cockpit structure. simon > When I was young my father's company had an Aero Commander 500B and I > got to ride shotgun. One winter late afternoon we were on our way to > Bimini via Ft Lauderdale and were flying down the center of Florida > between two vast lines of thunderstorms that rose on either side of us > upwards of 40,000 ft or so separated by perhaps 30 miles with a clear > channel that ran hundres of miles in a nort-south channel. We were at > maybe 8,000 ft flying above the cloud bases but with these vast storms > rising above us into strikingly blue sky, tinted by the sun setting in > the west - great streams of light, wonderful textures in the clouds. > The eastern-most line passed over Lauderdale in time for us to land, > which we quickly did and then waited for the next line to pass over - > a deluge with lots of lightning. > > I would NOT want to do storm penetration in a 500B. Maybe a Lockeed > Electra? I think those are used by the Navy in their P-3 configuration > for penetrating rough weather. Maybe by NOAA too. > > Adam > > On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 22:27:10 +0200, animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote: > > We are not strapped to 400 tons all off the time. > > And then in a small agile bird with high wing loading it,s quite fun to get > > close .One can really see just a wingtip disappear in one and the canyons > > and portals are just amazing to play around .True a lightning strike on a > > windscreen gets your heartrate up for a while but it,s worth it. > > simon > > p.s. what would you like to fly around it with? > > > > > > > > > > > Oh boy - just what I want: an airline pilot who wants to fly through > > > monsoon thunder-bumpers! > > > > > > <grin> > > > > > > I 'd rather fly around 'em myself! > > > > > > AB > > > > > > On Mon, 9 Aug 2004 20:38:27 +0200, animal <s.jessurun95@chello.nl> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > this is the monsoon time of the year here...and > > > > > this is tonite's sky over Phoenix... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.leica-gallery.net/barbour/image-71392.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Steve > > > > > Very nice would love to dip a wing into that one. > > > > best regards > > > > simon jessurun > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Leica Users Group. > > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Leica Users Group. > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information