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Old 19th Apr 2011, 18:02
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Originally Posted by PJ2
I don't think there is anything in the A319 event that relates to the AF447 event. The AC event was wake turbulence...quite different than TCu's.
Sorry for diversion - having seen Ewa Ewa sucked into storm and lives to tell - National - smh.com.au interviewed in the documentary 'CloudSpotting' again recently, and heard an explanation on how such big heavy clouds stay up - they don't they are continuously falling in their terminal velocity against the updraft - I believe vertical wind more likely to have been an issue. And then we are back to the effect of speed calculated from frozen pitot tubes and real altitude rise with working static ports...
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