On 7/1/04 4:40 AM, in article ,
"Cub Driver" wrote:

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 11:18:19 -0800, Dale wrote:

Watch an airplane during a runup with standing water on the surface.
Directly under the prop you'll see a little "mini tornado" of water
being picked up from the surface.

This is why I follow the newsgroups. You never can tell when you'll
pick up some priceless bit of information!

The same thing is often seen below the engine inlets of airliners with low
wing-mounted engines (737s, and others) on wet taxiways.


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Jack
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