Question seen in New Scientist
Was lucky enough to chance upon only a very lightly soiled copy of the New Scientist magazine on the train the other day and saw something in the questions and answers section in the back of it which got me wondering.
From what I recall, somebody had written in saying he'd been a passenger in a 74 and whilst stationary on a very wet runway with engines running, he'd noticed one of the engines cause water to collect in a patch on the ground about a metre forward of the intake lip, rise vertically upward and turn ninety degrees and head into the turbine. I can't say I've noticed this myself, or that this is a verbatim account of the question - but my sim partner swore he'd seen it happen himself in the past.
Any ideas?