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I've never seen one form out of clear air that quickly, as the pilot said local conditions were. I have flown a high performance jet alongside a rising cumulus
by thrill 4y ago
I've never seen one form out of clear air that quickly, as the pilot said local conditions were. I have flown a high performance jet alongside a rising cumulus and "raced" a column forming on the side that was rising quickly - it won, as in I ran out of climb capability before it did.
- cinntaile 4y agoWhat was the result? You couldn't outrun the turbulence?
- thrill 4y agoOh, I was solo in a jet trainer in a restricted (for me) area, so I just sliced off to the outside of the cloud with a big smile on my face.
- no-s 4y agoWhilst flying a sailplane I’ve seen a rotor cloud ( a kind turbulence associated with mountain wave soaring ) form in a fraction of a second. The first sign of it was a streak of cloud rising and curling over. It was in front of me and I dived to get under it, passing through massive sink. Fortunately I found some ridge lift nearby and was able to make it back to safety. Many years ago sailplane pilots flying in a contest near Marfa Texas were enjoying some strong updrafts in clear air and suddenly discovered they were in a coalescing strong tornado.