captainbluesky Posted September 30, 2018 Share Posted September 30, 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyingleaf Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Great shot. Very "chargingly" beautiful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iain Emms Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Fine shot. cheers Iain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 It's known as a sucker trap, great photo but marginal airmanship......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teecee Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 Nice..these shots are difficult to get..Well done. Terry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VH-KDK Posted October 1, 2018 Share Posted October 1, 2018 A well timed capture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 17 hours ago, macca22au said: It's known as a sucker trap, great photo but marginal airmanship......... Just as I was about to congratulate Captain B for escaping getting his tail fried, I read this observation. Macca, I don't understand. Could you clarify? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magic1 Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 "bolt out of the blue" - nice shot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macca22au Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 A sucker trap is when you fly toward a line of weather, believe you see a gap of clearer sky, turn to it, and when you arrive find it filled with active weather. If it is thundery weather those cells have enormous energy. I did it once flying over the Hay Plain at night, needed to get back home urgently, thought I had a gap and I was suckered right in, and before I knew it I was in real trouble. It was a basic Seneca so I had an interesting 10 minutes. When the storm got me, I left the plane on heading hold, disconnected altitude hold and worked the throttles as the draughts took me up and down. There was some hail, but gratefully none of the lightning struck the plane. Fortunately the line of storms was quite narrow, otherwise my trousers would have needed changing urgently or I might have become another statistic, used as an example by flying instructors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 1 hour ago, macca22au said: A sucker trap is when you fly toward a line of weather, believe you see a gap of clearer sky, turn to it, and when you arrive find it filled with active weather. If it is thundery weather those cells have enormous energy. I did it once flying over the Hay Plain at night, needed to get back home urgently, thought I had a gap and I was suckered right in, and before I knew it I was in real trouble. It was a basic Seneca so I had an interesting 10 minutes. When the storm got me, I left the plane on heading hold, disconnected altitude hold and worked the throttles as the draughts took me up and down. There was some hail, but gratefully none of the lightning struck the plane. Fortunately the line of storms was quite narrow, otherwise my trousers would have needed changing urgently or I might have become another statistic, used as an example by flying instructors. That's quite an experience, macca22au. Glad it was you and not me (no offense). Thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Sawyer Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 8 hours ago, macca22au said: A sucker trap is when you fly toward a line of weather, believe you see a gap of clearer sky, turn to it, and when you arrive find it filled with active weather. If it is thundery weather those cells have enormous energy. I did it once flying over the Hay Plain at night, needed to get back home urgently, thought I had a gap and I was suckered right in, and before I knew it I was in real trouble. It was a basic Seneca so I had an interesting 10 minutes. When the storm got me, I left the plane on heading hold, disconnected altitude hold and worked the throttles as the draughts took me up and down. There was some hail, but gratefully none of the lightning struck the plane. Fortunately the line of storms was quite narrow, otherwise my trousers would have needed changing urgently or I might have become another statistic, used as an example by flying instructors. Holy mackerel Ian. Thank goodness you made it out okay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikbenik Posted October 2, 2018 Share Posted October 2, 2018 what a splendid capture....it's like the plane is pushed forward by the force of lightningbolts out of the thunderstorm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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