"Blueskies" wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Blueskies" wrote

I LIKE that one!

You wouldn't like that one, if you were flying along in CAVU, and
someone else dragged and dropped a thunderstorm right on top of you!
--
Jim in NC


Talk about fast moving storms...

Ever see the movie "The Final Countdown"? That had a fast moving time-storm
vortex that came literally out of nowhere to engulf the USS Nimitz. So
these things can happen! Hopefully Garmin's 596 will be able to display any
time-vortices so one can fly around them.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Final_Countdown

I didn't realize this bit of trivia about one of the maneuvers in the Zeros
vs. F-14 dogfight, according to Wikipedia:

"When the F-14s report what happened, Yelland orders them to "play" with
the Zeros but not destroy them. The pilots perform amazing maneuvers like
diving toward the water and pulling up at the last second, feats impossible
for World War II-era planes (though in truth, when this sequence was
filmed, the Tomcat pilot tried to follow one of the Zero's slow barrel
rolls, but miscalculated the low speed maneuver and lost a considerable
amount of altitude, far more than intended, which prompted a hasty full-
afterburner recovery at the last moment)."

No mention how many gees pulled during those barrel rolls. ;-)