X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:46:17 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([63.240.76.22] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0c1) with ESMTP id 675599 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:13:36 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=63.240.76.22; envelope-from=mjrav@comcast.net Received: from mark1 (c-65-96-140-242.hsd1.ma.comcast.net[65.96.140.242]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc12) with SMTP id <20050820091251012005j5tqe>; Sat, 20 Aug 2005 09:12:51 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <003301c5a568$8865ec50$f28c6041@mark1> From: "Mark Ravinski" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Thunderstorms X-Original-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 05:21:22 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0030_01C5A547.011D36C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1506 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1506 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C5A547.011D36C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In 1973 when I was a student pilot in the T-38, my instructor and I got = into a thunderstorm. This was in South Georgia in the summer and there was a war on at the = time. I can't say anything about what category storm it might have been - we = weren't told it was there. Believe me - holding maneuvering speed is not your highest priority in = this situation. The ride is worse than anything Disney ever dreamed up. We were fighting to keep the plane right side up. =20 The T-38 is a 12,000 lb aircraft, it can handle 12 g's and has a 400+ = deg per second roll capability. We were both on the controls and fighting off the unusual attitudes. = The windshears cause such rapid airspeed changes that trying to maintain = any airspeed is an exercise in futility.=20 We were lucky to get through it. Mark Ravinski =20 N360 KB 1356 hrs ------=_NextPart_000_0030_01C5A547.011D36C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
In 1973 when I was a student pilot in = the T-38, my=20 instructor and I got into a thunderstorm.
This was in South Georgia in the summer = and there=20 was a war on at the time.
I can't say anything about what = category storm it=20 might have been - we weren't told it was there.
Believe me - holding maneuvering speed = is not your=20 highest priority in this situation.  The ride is worse than = anything Disney=20 ever dreamed up.
We were fighting to keep the plane = right side=20 up. 
The T-38 is a 12,000 lb = aircraft, it can=20 handle 12 g's and has a 400+ deg per second roll = capability.
We were both on the controls and = fighting off=20 the unusual attitudes.  The windshears cause such rapid airspeed = changes=20 that trying to maintain any airspeed is an exercise in=20 futility. 
 We were lucky to get through = it.
 
Mark Ravinski 
N360 KB  1356 hrs
 
 
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