Chugalug (#10671),
Your "Actions in the Event of Getting Into a CumuloNimblyBumbly" differed from ours. We were taught to:
1. Turn up Cockpit Lights to Max (to reduce possibility of being temporarily blinded by the flash). [no use to us as we had no lights].
2. Reduce to penetration speed (What was it ? - suppose as slow as poss, without approaching stall).
3. Lower seat to the bottom, tighten straps (to avoid being thrown up against canopy rails and knocking yourself out).
4. On no account attempt to turn round to get back out of it: you will be 99% certain of losing control and becoming disoriented.
5. Make sure Canopy is fully closed (or you will get wet).
6. Prayer helps.
We found that, however hard it is belting down, there is usually a 500 ft gap between cloud base and ground you can use (but your pax might not like that). Trouble was that vis was about as far as the prop (luckily India is mostly flat !)
But they were great days !
Cheers, Danny.