Re: Teeth chattering turbulence question....

On 3 Dec 2005 19:49:00 -0800, Robert M. Gary wrote:

> Seeing 50 knots on the ground is not common (as you know) but seeing 50
> knots of wind at altitude is pretty common. As for the turb, its almost
> par for the course when flying IFR. IMC flying is rarely smooth.

Hi Robert,

My flight level was 2000 feet, which was only 1700 AGL. For down here, in
MS, 50 knot speed is quite rare.

The clouds this morning were the stratiform type. Again, down here in MS,
it is very common for silk smooth air to be inside these type of clouds. I
have done many hard IFR flights in silk smooth air.

The layer was not much more then 1.500 to 2000 feet thick. As the day
progressed, the clouds broke up and the ceilings went above VFR levels.

Today's flight conditions were not normal by any stretch of imagination.

The terrain down here is reasonably flat, so the turbulence was not
mechanically created.

Allen
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