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Old 16th Jul 2014, 20:07
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Sidestick_n_Rudder
 
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Never had the pleasure of overflying a tropical cyclone, but remember hearing/reading that one thing to watch is a marked SAT rise at high levels (due to massive amounts of latent heat released by the typhoon due to condensation) and it subsequent impact on performance - max/OPT FL etc...
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