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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 6:11 am Post subject: turbulence at altitude. |
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APilot(at)webtv.net
Subject: Re: Early Birds/Sausage Feast
Here is a question for you Mark III pilots. I was flying near some
Sierra foothills yesterday 80 miles north of Reno with about a 5 mph
wind. It was early in the day and nice and still at pattern level
(5100"msl). Went up to 6000 and got thrashed by choppy air. Do not know
where it came from. How much choppy air will a Mark III Classic handle
and where can I attach a big handle to hang on to? Time to celebrate.
Have now made 66 landings.......one of which was a nice smooth
one......it was number 62. It was with full flaps and instead of going
to full stall, I just let it settle short of a full stall which is a no
no in a J-3.
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There are many possibilities... could have been a dry weather front.
Could be a wind sheer. Could be a boundary layer between different types of
air masses. Depending on the time of day it could have been thermal
activity. Or any combination of the above or others.... as to weather
the plane can handle it.... I am sure the plane can handle more than I
can...
Boyd young
Brigham city ut.
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rsanoa
Joined: 10 Jan 2006 Posts: 71 Location: Bell Buckle,TN
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Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 9:08 am Post subject: turbulence at altitude. |
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All,
I many years ago became very nervous when flying in the western U.S. where one can get bounced pretty severely. I bought a G Meter, installed it and found to my surprise, those nasty bumps weren't nearly as nasty as my nerves were trying to tell me. Slow down to maneuvering speed and you can ride out any of them. The G Meter just tells you it ain't as bad as your pucker factor tries to tell you. They are not that expensive.
Ray
UltraStar TN
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boyd <by0ung(at)brigham.net> wrote:
[quote]--> Kolb-List message posted by: "boyd"
APilot(at)webtv.net
Subject: Re: Early Birds/Sausage Feast
--> Kolb-List message posted by: APilot(at)webtv.net
Here is a question for you Mark III pilots. I was flying near some
Sierra foothills yesterday 80 miles north of Reno with about a 5 mph
wind. It was early in the day and nice and still at pattern level
(5100"msl). Went up to 6000 and got thrashed by choppy air. Do not know
where it came from. How much choppy air will a Mark III Classic handle
and where can I attach a big handle to hang on to? Time to celebrate.
Have now made 66 landings.......one of which was a nice smooth
one......it was number 62. It was with full flaps and instead of going
to full stall, I just let it settle short of a full stall which is a no
no in a J-3.
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There are many possibilities... could have been a dry weather front.
Could be a wind sheer. Could be a boundary layer between different types of
air masses. Depending on the time of day it could have been How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messenger’s low PC-to-Phone call rates. [quote][b]
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