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Re: [OM] OT Low Flying, was an OM weekend

Subject: Re: [OM] OT Low Flying, was an OM weekend
From: "W. J. Liles" <wliles@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 17 Sep 2002 19:13:53 -0500
Scnozz

The ripple is either the boundary between laminar and turbulent flow
over the wing or the shock front where the local airflow goes
supersonic.

Jerry Liles  

AG Schnozz wrote:
> 
> This discussion reminds me of a strange event that I mentioned
> before on the list.
> 
> One time I was flying onboard a 727 or MD-80, can't remember
> which, but I'm leaning towards the 727.  Anyway, I was above the
> wing right at the CG (Center of Gravity).  I was watching a
> ripple in the air. This obvious distortion of light would move
> back and forth an inch or two, and wiggle some, but it stayed
> right there.  Once we started to descend it went away, but it
> was the strangest thing.
> 
> It was vertical and visible through two different windows.  If I
> had to guess it was maybe five or six feet away from the window,
> but who knows exactly since it was a distortion of visable
> light.  It looked kinda like an OLD window pane where the glass
> has flowed downward, except it was air.  I don't know how tall
> the distortion was, but it distorted the wing from a few feet
> away all the way to the horizon.
> 
> AG-Schnozz
>


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