Yikes!
Oh, for some reason the link you pasted, even though it is spelled correctly as the link name, goes to a site with the letter z in it and doesn't work. Weird.
http://www.extremeinstability.com/
No, but this guy would.
http://www.avweb.com/news/profiles/184369-1.html
He's a weather research pilot who flies a armored T-28 Trojan through thunderstorms for a living.
Stuff like this is why I need to be an FO somewhere before I do anything else.
In Vegas, you just don't see stuff like this.
If there's a thunderstorm on the west side of the valley, you fly on the East side.
It's not just the summers...EVERY flight I've made between SoCal and Vegas has involved diverting around those famous pop-up Tstrms. In every month of the year. Some flights I had no option but to turn around or climb to FL250 or higher. And I don't fly that high so climbing was not an option.I you fly between Vegas and Burbank during the summer you'll learn what thunderstorms are all about.
Those pix are awesome! I cant believe the lightning strike pix!! Speaking of, does a lightning strike mess up small planes? As a student working on a PPL, I have no intention of ever finding out, but I would assume that any metal plane would just create a de-facto faraday cage and not harm those inside.
Those pix are awesome! I cant believe the lightning strike pix!! Speaking of, does a lightning strike mess up small planes? As a student working on a PPL, I have no intention of ever finding out, but I would assume that any metal plane would just create a de-facto faraday cage and not harm those inside.
I you fly between Vegas and Burbank during the summer you'll learn what thunderstorms are all about.