Pucker factor...
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Thankfully I was in an F-150.
N747JB
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I was wondering why anyone would fly through that??
Especially doing 65 kts!
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Wow!
What sort of AOA do you need to get an F150 up to 1,027'???
I'm impressed!
What sort of AOA do you need to get an F150 up to 1,027'???
I'm impressed!
Geico266
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timwinters
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It's the Jonesymobile. It's magical!
nddons
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I-94 in Minnesota will get you there!
Better than the C model.
You mean....
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Well, I have heard that 90% of the Fords built in the last 20 years are still on the road.
The rest made it home!
The rest made it home!
bnt83
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Storm season has arrived. This was from Wednesday evening. 
Well, I have heard that 90% of the Fords built in the last 20 years are still on the road.
The rest made it home!
Good one!
momalley
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Line Up and Wait
timwinters
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And Spring is upon us!
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I dunno, what's maneuvering speed for an F150? Probably could have added a few knots and been okay going through that cell.
Actually, driving this (well, I was actually a passenger, so I wasn't being distracted) watching the "real world" weather out the windshield while seeing what ForeFlight was depicting for NEXRAD, was very instructive. A couple of things I noticed...
1) The lag in building NEXRAD images means they're slightly further ahead in their direction of movement than what's depicted. It would show that we had just "missed" the heaviest showers when we were actually in a cloud burst. Then, the next NEXRAD update would arrive and depict more closely the level of precip were were actually seeing. Thus, the advice to use this tool strategically, not tactically, is probably good advice.
2) Driving between the cells, the heavier one to the north, and a smaller one to the south, there was a tremendous amount of cloud-to-cloud lightning between them. It was definitely ugly looking from the ground perspective.
Interesting exercise. Of equal value whether driving Ford, Chevy or Dodge.
1) The lag in building NEXRAD images means they're slightly further ahead in their direction of movement than what's depicted. It would show that we had just "missed" the heaviest showers when we were actually in a cloud burst. Then, the next NEXRAD update would arrive and depict more closely the level of precip were were actually seeing. Thus, the advice to use this tool strategically, not tactically, is probably good advice.
2) Driving between the cells, the heavier one to the north, and a smaller one to the south, there was a tremendous amount of cloud-to-cloud lightning between them. It was definitely ugly looking from the ground perspective.
Interesting exercise. Of equal value whether driving Ford, Chevy or Dodge.
nddons
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Jeanie
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I don't think I'd want to driving under some of that stuff either...
silver-eagle
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NEXRAD via XM has always been good at strategic planning and a bear 1/2 for tactical. I learned this watching XM from the right seat which indicated the weather was approaching the airport when, in fact, it was beating the hell out of it that second. Building as it moved NE.
Personally speaking, I'd rather be inside the house than anywhere else with that kind of weather, and most certainly not in the air.
Shepherd
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Student: "Um, I think the weather looks a little bad."
CFI: "What do you mean?"
Student: "High winds, rain, lightning, turbulence, possible tornado."
CFI: "Nothing wrong with that. Go do your preflight."
Student: "How are we supposed to fly in this!"
CFI: "Fly under the clouds, when it gets bad, land on the highway, and wait under an overpass for it to blow by."
Student: "um, OK."
Student walks out into the rain to do his preflight.
Everyone in the FBO howls.
CFI: "I think today is the perfect day for 'Personal Minimums' and 'VFR Flight Rules and Weather'. After he come back in. If he comes back in."
We can be cruel s.o.bs. at times, can't we?
CFI: "What do you mean?"
Student: "High winds, rain, lightning, turbulence, possible tornado."
CFI: "Nothing wrong with that. Go do your preflight."
Student: "How are we supposed to fly in this!"
CFI: "Fly under the clouds, when it gets bad, land on the highway, and wait under an overpass for it to blow by."
Student: "um, OK."
Student walks out into the rain to do his preflight.
Everyone in the FBO howls.
CFI: "I think today is the perfect day for 'Personal Minimums' and 'VFR Flight Rules and Weather'. After he come back in. If he comes back in."
We can be cruel s.o.bs. at times, can't we?
I could see the eventual development of "Predictive NEXRAD" that would take existing conditions and the immediate past history to provide a predictive depiction of a "Best Guess" at current conditions. Granted, Mother Nature doesn't lend herself to being placed in a box, but with enough history and the right analytical I bet they could get pretty close we're only talking a five to ten minute lag as it is, so I think they could get pretty close.
As my flight instructor said to me one day after trying to justify how I might be able to make my flight despite horrible conditions: "Loren, days like today are why they make Buicks."