Microburst at the AF Academy

[RV10flyer]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_WmjWAGkLI&app=desktop

What would you guys do in this situation in your own airplane?

Try to "fly" it in place or takeoff?

It looked like two tried one way and two the other. Good job tower, pilots and ground crew!

 

[Blatham489]

Yipes.

One of those reflexive responses where hopefully good training kicks in without having to think it through.

Hard to argue with the results - looks like everyone did fine and only maybe one scraped wingtip.

 

[nddons]

I think it was a good call by those pilots. I don't think I would have had the foresight to take off. I may have just tried to hold it on the ground, and possibly flipped because of it.

 

[frfly172]

Good job by all the pilots involved.

 

[jhausch]

I think it was a good call by those pilots. I don't think I would have had the foresight to take off. I may have just tried to hold it on the ground, and possibly flipped because of it.

+1. Kudos to the guy who got blown downwind but never stopped flying and never gave up.

 

[nddons]

+1. Kudos to the guy who got blown downwind but never stopped flying and never gave up.

Think that will go on his resume for flying jobs?

 

[airguy]

Think that will go on his resume for flying jobs?

"Rescuer of endangered aircraft under non-ideal conditions"

 

[Sac Arrow]

Why are they trying to fly that day, let alone tow gliders?

 

[Matthew]

Why are they trying to fly that day, let alone tow gliders?

At 55kt all they needed to do was turn the gliders into the wind and unwind a kite string - no tow planes necessary.

 

[CharlieTango]

Why are they trying to fly that day, let alone tow gliders?

It was a gust front on a not otherwise a windy day. Instability is highly desirable when flying gliders.

 

[brcase]

Why are they trying to fly that day, let alone tow gliders?

Glider pilots are a hopelessly optimistic lot. We spend a lot of time on the ground looking at the sky thinking it will get better in 30 minutes. It looked to me like they had already suspended operations everyone seemed to be on the ground.

Then these are Air Force Cadets they are being trained to complete the mission and playing it safe means firing a second missile in case the 1st one misses.

Brian

 

[ClimbnSink]

http://www.tv2.no/v/825627/ More glider pilots having 'fun.'

 

[Bill]

http://www.tv2.no/v/825627/ More glider pilots having 'fun.'

That girl in the grey sweats got tossed a good distance, and that after she realized she needed to let go.

 

[Bill]

That girl in the grey sweats got tossed a good distance, and that after she realized she needed to let go.

Have you seen any videos of when kite boarding goes bad? It's ugly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4J9mHbJIgo

 

[Sac Arrow]

Have you seen any videos of when kite boarding goes bad? It's ugly.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d4J9mHbJIgo

Ouch. Not that I ever had a desire to kite surf, but now....