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Offline Slash27

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Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« on: June 28, 2014, 01:40:21 AM »
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_WmjWAGkLI

Glad no one was injured. Had to be a bit surreal to say the least.

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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #1 on: June 28, 2014, 10:19:28 AM »
 :O I guess planes really are meant to fly.

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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #2 on: June 28, 2014, 11:15:14 AM »
Those guys did some real quick thinking on their feet and saved their planes and maybe some lives.  On thing the Army Air Corp learned in the Pacific is that when a typhoon was about to hit, everyone would man their planes and keep them pointed into the wind with their engines on.  One B-29 crew spent either 12 or 15 hours in their plane just keeping it headed into the wind while on the ground.  Surprised the engines didn't overheat or run out of fuel.
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2014, 06:00:25 PM »
Running out of fuel would surprise me. The B-29 regularly flew 12+ hour missions bombing Japan.
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #4 on: June 29, 2014, 04:13:26 AM »
The wind made the planes move?
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #5 on: June 29, 2014, 10:15:43 AM »
The wind made the planes move?

Yes.  The ones pointed into the gust lifted off, #3 was blown sideways.  Good job on the part of the pilots to do "pilot stuff" and keep/get the a/c under control.
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #6 on: June 29, 2014, 10:56:12 AM »
Yes.  The ones pointed into the gust lifted off, #3 was blown sideways.  Good job on the part of the pilots to do "pilot stuff" and keep/get the a/c under control.

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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #7 on: June 29, 2014, 03:12:01 PM »
Im very surprised those little planes are even out there and not chained down like they are supposed to be.

We took no chances with far larger and heavier aircraft in USAF when T-storms were around. Someone is going to answer for this I would bet.
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #8 on: June 29, 2014, 03:30:03 PM »
Im very surprised those little planes are even out there and not chained down like they are supposed to be.

We took no chances with far larger and heavier aircraft in USAF when T-storms were around. Someone is going to answer for this I would bet.

I don't believe they were sitting idle but rather were in the middle of their day flying.  What with the pilots sitting in them with the engines running and all the people around and all...

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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #9 on: June 29, 2014, 08:41:08 PM »
Im very surprised those little planes are even out there and not chained down like they are supposed to be.

We took no chances with far larger and heavier aircraft in USAF when T-storms were around. Someone is going to answer for this I would bet.

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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #10 on: June 29, 2014, 09:18:50 PM »
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #11 on: June 30, 2014, 02:34:57 AM »
It also shows how concentrated a microburst is. The 2 on the edges barely moved (realtively).
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #12 on: June 30, 2014, 10:55:20 AM »
One B-29 crew spent either 12 or 15 hours in their plane just keeping it headed into the wind while on the ground.  Surprised the engines didn't overheat or run out of fuel.

I remember a photograph in the 475th ABW headquarters building at Yokota AB, Japan.  It depicted a line of B-29's on the ramp during the Typhoon of 1952.  The nose wheels were cabled to the ground - flight decks were manned - engines were running.

I went through a Typhoon in 1977(?) at Yokota.  The eye came right over the base.  Surreal.

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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #13 on: June 30, 2014, 01:51:35 PM »
Did they get called for cheating after they boasted a short takeoff, using the AH wind cheat?
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Re: Microburst incident at USAF Academy airfield
« Reply #14 on: June 30, 2014, 04:43:35 PM »
Jeez.  I can't imagine pilots taking off into that.  Is this for sure real footage?  It certainly looks real.