Big scare story

When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"


Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years ago
and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst.

"Gig 601XL Builder"
Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?
Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years ago
and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst.

Just a guess here, but tornados take on the color of the ground they are
crossing over... black topsoil - black tornado, yellow dirt - yellow
tornado, water - white tornado. My guess would be a clear one wouldn't be
on the ground?


Dallas

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"Gig 601XL Builder"
Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?
Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years
ago
and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst.

Just a guess here, but tornados take on the color of the ground they are
crossing over... black topsoil - black tornado, yellow dirt - yellow
tornado, water - white tornado. My guess would be a clear one wouldn't be
on the ground?


Dallas



The tornado wasn't clear. It was dark. The sky was clear.

On Fri, 18 Nov 2005 06:30:39 GMT, "Dallas"
wrote:


"Gig 601XL Builder"
Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?
Surprised the hell out of me as well. I did some research own it years ago
and it seems to be related to a better known clear air micro burst.


Just a guess here, but tornados take on the color of the ground they are
crossing over... black topsoil - black tornado, yellow dirt - yellow
tornado, water - white tornado. My guess would be a clear one wouldn't be
on the ground?

There is a clear air vortex, but they are still associated with a
storm.

A tornado on water is a "water spout" and they are dark. Usually the
appear black or blue black just like any other funnel cloud associated
with tornados a;though they may be surrounded by white spray at the
bottom.

Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member)
(N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair)
www.rogerhalstead.com


Dallas

I have seen a number of water spouts, and they were all white to grey.
Never seen a tornado, though.
Dust devils may suck up whatever loose material they pass over (dirt,
grass, etc), and may be invisible if there is nothing to pick up. Once
I saw one that picked up & shredded a wagon load of newspapers that a
paperboy had left in a parking lot (while delivering down a side
street). It scattered the pieces all over the neighborhood.

David Johnson

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)

It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very strong
thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a
tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground,
that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large things
blowing, too.

That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about.
--
Jim in NC

"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21...
When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)

It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very
strong
thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a
tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground,
that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large
things
blowing, too.

That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about.
--
Jim in NC


That us exactly as I would describe it. Not something you want to fly to
close to especially in an R22.

One time driving through southwest Texas I saw a dust devil traveling
across the ground and it looked like the timing would be that it would
cross the road the same time I went buy. A dust devil, that cannot be
much and this will be fun. I was surprised how much energy is in a dust
devil. I wouldn't go near one in a plane.


-------------
Regards, Ross
C-172F 180HP
KSWI


Gig 601XL Builder wrote:
"Morgans" wrote in message
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"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
news:5u7ff.580371$xm3.76315@attbi_s21...

When he regained control we were at 1500 ft.

Whoa! A "clear air tornado"?

Quite a story. (If it was April 1st, I wouldn't have believed it!)

It sounds like to me that it was a giant dust-devil, caused by a very
strong
thermal. I have seen them pick up enough dirt that they looked like a
tornado. I say a video taken at a baseball game, and one at a campground,
that had good sized tents blowing around and around, and other large
things
blowing, too.

That is my best guess, as to what he was talking about.
--
Jim in NC



That us exactly as I would describe it. Not something you want to fly to
close to especially in an R22.

"Ross Richardson" wrote

I was surprised how much energy is in a dust
devil. I wouldn't go near one in a plane.

I had one experience with a dust devil, up close and personal, but it was
nowhere near as intense as the can be, I realize.

I was at a RC field one day, and there was a little break in the flying, and
there were no motors running. We suddenly heard a noise that didn't make
sense. It sounded like rain, very heavy, and nearby. We were all looking
around, and one of us saw the source of the noise. 3 or 4 hundred yards
from us, the tops of some trees looked like they were about to break off.
The trees stopped on the far side, then we saw some tall grass next to the
trees starting to blow around, heading right for us. We all finally
realized what was happening, and it was all hands on deck; we were all
trying to get all (3 or 4 planes each) of the planes held down.

The wind came upon us, and there were paper towels, and plastic bags blowing
around, and lifting up, high into the air. Most of the planes were saved,
but a few did get some damage. I would estimate that there were 60 to 70
MPH winds, for a period of the longest 30 seconds that any of us had ever
experienced.

As quickly as it came, it moved on. There was no bare dirt, so the event
just had a small amount of dirt, leaves and grass blowing around. We
watched a plastic bag lifting into the sky, until it was out of sight.

Strange, indeed!
--
Jim in NC