Interesting discussions about deep stalls, but do the revelations of the last 48 hours change anything?
Machinbird,
For the benefit of this pedestrian pilot, what is a "cat shot", and are you talking about a F-102/ F-106 (delta-wing)?
Quote from
SaturnV (post #3000):
"...there was no lightning with this particular complex; none detected by satellite, nor by ground stations. Apparently lightning is infrequent in the ITCZ."
Before anyone gets the idea that sub-Saharan Africans (for example) know little about lightning (!), my understanding and experience suggest ITCZ lightning is less likely over the oceans.
I'm interested in the idea that some serious atmospheric changes may have been experienced if they got far enough to emerge from the north face of that Cb. As I've said before, this would have left them very poorly placed if they were already trying to fly thrust/attitude with unreliable airspeed indications.
Chris
PS (Edit):
takata,
Maybe the five minutes involved a tear-drop?