Mary
I posted this before and I think you replied back then but Flying the PA28 to Nice There were warnings of severe turbulence between FL 200 AND 300. I warned the PAX and reduced the speed in the decent to Nice.
When we landed a felt a complete fool as the air all the way down was a smooth as silk.
We dropped the PAX and positioned the PA28 back to the UK! On the more northerly SID out of Nice with just myself and the FO passing FL200 in the climb all hell let loose with cupboards flying open and the contents hurled from one end to the other ( yes this PA28 had a special interior fit with cupboards and catering facilities)
we had 45 degree wing drops and asked for an immediate climb to over FL300 as the PA28 was almost uncontrollable
Normally between FL200 and 300 the climb rate was around 1000 fpm but in this air we had a solid 2 to 3000 fpm all the way up to over FL300 where the air became smooth again
Mountain wave can be amazing
Pace
Last edited by Pace; 23rd Feb 2016 at 15:09.