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To: BenLurkin

YES!!! you could be spiraling down and think you are straight and level, your senses play tricks on you in a cloud!


3 posted on 01/29/2020 9:03:40 AM PST by eyeamok
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To: eyeamok

Like when you’re drowning and you think you’re swimming to the surface, when you are in fact swimming further down.


4 posted on 01/29/2020 9:04:49 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: eyeamok

YES!!! you could be spiraling down and think you are straight and level, your senses play tricks on you in a cloud!

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It’s called a graveyard spiral. It’s possible to recover if the plane or helicopter breaks through the bottom of the clouds with enough altitude, and the pilot knows the proper technique.


12 posted on 01/29/2020 9:12:09 AM PST by Moonman62 (Charity comes from wealth.)
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