On Saturday, October 6, 2012 12:59:58 PM UTC-5, son_of_flubber wrote:
What are the G forces in unintentional aerobatic maneuvers... say flying through extreme rotor?



Have there been cases of gliders losing their wings in rotor on their way to mountain wave?

Not sure about gliders, but a B-52 lost it's vertical tail in CAT (may have been rotor?).

http://www.usread.com/flight587/Prev_Tail_Sep.html

Interesting read on how the crew, with the help of Boeing engineers on ground, reconfigured their crippled bomber inflight and got it home safely.

As Winston Churchill said: "Never, never, never give up!"


Kirk
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