[Milsurplus] Wing Flexure

Falls, Jim Jim.Falls at conservation.ca.gov
Fri Dec 29 13:24:48 EST 2006


I flew into Albuquerque one early evening in the summer of 1991. We were in a Southwest 737 and ran into thunderstorms over west AZ. Intellectually, I knew that these wings are carefully designed to flex, but my hindbrain DID NOT LIKE the vision of that wing flapping and the engine doing the twist! We hit one bump and everything went weightless for about 5 seconds after which one fellow up front waved his hat over his head and yelled "YEE HAW!". Beverage service had been suspended about 20 minutes before, fortunately.

As Shelley Berman says: "Flying is the safest way to fly............."

Jim Falls
KG6FWT
Eureka, CA




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