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FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Someone made this cool little movie showing radar tracks of the nightly FedEx "push" into Memphis as a line of Thunderstorms approached.
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/v...0060508233.htm
http://www.airlinepilotcentral.com/v...0060508233.htm
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
I also like the music to the video. Funny stuff.
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Is that real? 
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Yeah, it's in the news right now.
There were a couple of guys from the northeast that went straight through it...they came out looking disoriented.
Pretty impressive watching them dodge the storms and shoot little clear gaps, good electronics on those planes now.
There were a couple of guys from the northeast that went straight through it...they came out looking disoriented.
Pretty impressive watching them dodge the storms and shoot little clear gaps, good electronics on those planes now.
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Very impressive.
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Having been through the FedEx "push" in a little Cessna, I can tell you that it is a sight to see. Planes stacked for miles to land.
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
ok, who's got the really big magnifing glass????
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
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Pretty impressive watching them dodge the storms and shoot little clear gaps, good electronics on those planes now.
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
What's our vector victor?
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Clearance Clarance.
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Roger, Roger...
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
cleared for landing???
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
A few years back at Grattan after the Saturday races while the sun was setting, a huge thunderstorm rolled in over Grand Rapids. We were sitting in the upper paddock by the campfire drinking beer and watching the light show.
Every minute or so another corporate jet would take off out of Gerald Ford while we watched them dodge horizontal and ball lightning and more than a couple were entirely "aura'd" by the horizontal strikes. I imagine it was pretty interesting for the flight crews, but we were jumping up and down everytime another jet would make it through the maze.
Simply amazing to watch
Every minute or so another corporate jet would take off out of Gerald Ford while we watched them dodge horizontal and ball lightning and more than a couple were entirely "aura'd" by the horizontal strikes. I imagine it was pretty interesting for the flight crews, but we were jumping up and down everytime another jet would make it through the maze.
Simply amazing to watch
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
Someone give those guys in ATC on the scopes an "attaboy!"
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Re: FedEx planes dodge Thunderstorms in Memphis
...and that was almost as cool to watch as this:
http://www.mtsu.edu/~jlm3x/
http://www.mtsu.edu/~jlm3x/
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