Turbulence sucks: when I'm flying, I usually try to climb out above it. Turbulence often means thermals and updrafts, though, so I imagine that soaring types actually go looking for it. The gusts disappear usually a few hundred feet above the ground. The turbulence disappears anywhere between 1,000 and 10,000 feet above the ground, depending on all kinds of factors.
I agree :-) In a C152 with one aboard it certainly gets a little bumpy around the circuit even nauseous sometimes. The worst turbulence I've been in so far was just beneath a bank of fluffy cumulus clouds. I thought the airframe was going to fail and for the first time since I started flying I wished I had my parachute on!
> Approach and landing was not what I'd expect either - stick out the > airbrakes while still several hundred feet in the air and then dive > down to the ground, level off and flair.
Sadly, there are powered-plane pilots who try to do the same thing, even through flaps aren't exactly air brakes.
Mmmm. Sorry that's me. Getting better though.
> Sorry this is OT but there isn't anyone else who'd really > understand.
On the contrary, it was an excellent posting.
I agree :-) It probably helps foster ideas and can only be good for FG if people share their experiences.
All the best,
Matt.
PS: I passed my RT exam this week with 97%. Would have been even cooler had the guy next to me not got 100! One down, 7 to go...
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