To: CodeToad
Being a military pilot for 20 years.
The storm was ugly but not that bad.
50 posted on
06/03/2009 9:52:38 AM PDT by
Jewbacca
(The residents of Iroquois territory may not determine whether Jews may live in Jerusalem.)
To: Jewbacca
Being a military pilot for 20 years. The storm was ugly but not that bad.
I'll bet you never flew a "fly-by-wire" aircraft that was glued together from composites either. (They just don't build'em like they used too!)
Regards,
GtG
I don't fly commercial as much as I used to but I'd never get on an "AirBus".
52 posted on
06/03/2009 10:20:56 AM PDT by
Gandalf_The_Gray
(I live in my own little world, I like it 'cuz they know me here.)
To: Jewbacca
The storm was ugly but not that bad.
That is not what the 5 or 6 airline pilots I have heard call into talk shows in the last 2 days all said. One of the ones that I heard had actuall flown that route quite a bit. A thunder storm that is over 50kft high can cetainly take an airliner apart.
Most military aircraft are more solidly built.
55 posted on
06/03/2009 11:13:04 AM PDT by
TalonDJ
To: Jewbacca
“The storm was ugly but not that bad.”
Did you check the weather observations on that storm. We did. It was very ugly and the size of Florida.
58 posted on
06/03/2009 11:52:41 AM PDT by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
To: Jewbacca
“Being a military pilot for 20 years.”
I don’t know of a single military aircraft rated for thunderstorms. Which ones have you flown through a thunderstorm?
59 posted on
06/03/2009 11:53:57 AM PDT by
CodeToad
(If it weren't for physics and law enforcement I'd be unstoppable!)
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