Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 >