
Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
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- cessna170bdriver
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Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
Looking SSW from my driveway this afternoon. 

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Miles
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- Brad Brady
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Re: Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
Believe it or not every now and then, we see lenticular clouds clear out here in the mid west....Brad
- blueldr
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Re: Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
If memory serves, shortly after WWII there was a guy over in Bishop,CA, with a Lockheed P-38 who had a cloud seeding contract with L.A water. He claimed that when conditions were just right on the east side of the Sierras he could get that P-38 up to about 40K with both engines feathered.
BL
- lowNslow
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Re: Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
I'll bet the gliderports in the desert were busy.
Karl
'53 170B N3158B SN:25400
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'53 170B N3158B SN:25400
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- cessna170bdriver
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Re: Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
Same cloud from a slightly different angle. 

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Miles
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Re: Think I'll Stay on the Ground Today
Now that is COOL!!!!!!!cessna170bdriver wrote:Same cloud from a slightly different angle.
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