Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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slim_slag: Ah, that would explain why paxing on United between Denver and Las Vegas, the signs came on at the slightest tremor.
Just about the worst turbulence I ever encountered was climbing out of Las Vegas and flying through what we think was the rotor off Mt Charleston.
Just about equal was descending into Turin on Dec 26 1999 (the day of the Great Storm in France). Ditto rotor Mt Blanc. The 300 mb wind was 300/180, if my memory serves me well. The 757 ahead of us had to day-stop due to some of the cabin crew suffering fractured limbs.
The aircraft in both cases was a DC-10. The flight engineer was also with me on both occasions. He says he'll fly with me anywhere ... but only out of curiosity!