Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Hey look what I uh "found on the internet".
Yes, I'm ready for the glue factory. Did you know Jay Rome has retired to sailing freakin yachts? Now that's the life.
FL Weather DOOOOOM!
- Thread starter ILSstud
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Hey look what I uh "found on the internet".
Yes, I'm ready for the glue factory. Did you know Jay Rome has retired to sailing freakin yachts? Now that's the life.
thewaffles
Well-Known Member
Yeah no joke, try working out on the ramp during those summer months and thunderstorms!
braunpilot
What day is it?
That's great! I will have to tell Russ & Dispatch sometime soon!
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
Been there, done that. Although if there was lightning within 5 miles of the airport, there wasn't any "working" going on.
FYI, roller coasters get shutdown at that point, too.
thewaffles
Well-Known Member
That's only if the system works correctly, which 80% of the time it doesn't.
KSCessnaDriver
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Nope, I've spent summers in Florida. Nothing compares to thunderstorms like back in Kansas. Sure, you get a ton of lightning, but so do we in Kansas. Difference is it is cloud to ground in Florida, whereas lots of it in Kansas is cloud to cloud. C2C, IMO, is much cooler to look at. Still, the thunderstorms down here ain't got nothing. There is nothing better than middle of a summer night, where you can hear a thunderstorm rolling across the plains, with distant views of lightning.
braunpilot
What day is it?
:yeahthat:
I may be in MO but I love watching an approaching thunderstorm. Nothing better, especially when you know more about that line of weather than the TV weather guy because you just flew through it on the way home.
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
I'd agree that Midwestern storms will eat your lunch in a way that FL storms just can't. They can be violent, but generally speaking the worst ones are embedded or isolated. FL doesn't seem to get the monster lines where you either stay on the ground or resolve yourself to strapping down tight enough it hurts and hope for the best. Which is not to say that I haven't been "making deals with God" scared in FL, too, but maybe a little less so. All hail the barren plains...I mean the heartland.
kellwolf
Piece of Trash
I'm officially a wuss now and won't fly through areas of large cloud cover with t-storm activity without WX radar. I probably dodge a few bullets as a low time pre-commercial pilot in ORL and didn't even know it. It was a "Hey, look I'm getting IMC time!" that quickly turned into a "Wow, it's bumpy and dark all of a sudden."
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
You probably have the right attitude. All the smart-/hardasses are down there trying to catch the various loose objects flying through the cabin while you're at FL370 getting more coffee. Here's to high altitude.
braunpilot
What day is it?
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Define high altitude
hah. Well, I can verify that it's above FL250. Just for poops and giggles, I tried to top a relatively tame line last night from MEM-ATL. No go, although I did get a badass tailwind and a chance to wear the ole oxygen mask.
At least I didn't have to worry about maneuvering speed, think I was below gear speed up there.
mattp1803
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Ha! That's incredible!
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
The weirdest part was he turned out to be this really unassuming, soft-spoken, average-looking dude. Like mid to late 20s, clearly from somewhere where "cruising" is the main pastime, maybe missing a couple of teeth. Super nice guy. Wonder what ever became of him? Wish I could remember his name. One imagines he probably didn't wind up at American.
It's always the quiet ones who turn out to be nuts.
mjg407
Well-Known Member
Wuss,
Real men fly across the Amazon during the rainy season with no weather radar.........
Boris Badenov
This is no laughing matter.
Imagine the groundspeed!
ppragman
FLIPY FLAPS!
Heh heh. Supposedly, that pic is of some intrepid soul slogging it out in a flight express baron.
