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Liquor Dealer · 09-23-2003, 05:30 AM

JusticeForPhat · 09-23-2003, 06:25 PM

i have to say that plane held up surprisingly well. Travelling at 400 mph and hitting hail stones that big is impressive as hell. If i was the pilot though i would have been friggin terrified. Especially the one that hit the window.

bundy · 09-23-2003, 07:08 PM

haha... i´ve always wondered why planes have such tiny windows... but if they have to fly through scary hail storms like this, i can see why.. (i know thats not the real reason).

thats truly terrifying.
i can´t begin to imagine how the passengers and pilots felt during this.

speakeasy · 09-23-2003, 09:10 PM

Thats insane! I wonder what a hailstorm cloud looks like from inside

ismark · 09-23-2003, 10:56 PM

i'll never enjoy fying into a storm again, i've always seen it as a bit exciting

ktthequeen · 09-24-2003, 12:26 AM

We had a plane that stopped at our ramp (back at the airport I used to work at) and it was pretty much like this one.

The pilots were flying an empty leg on a Gulfstream IV (large biz-jet) and both panes of glass in the cockpit were cracked like that and an entire piece of the nosecone was missing.

The wings and fuselage of the plane looked like someone beat it with a bat. It was pretty damned awesome if you ask me...For awhile, I gave "tours" of the plane from our ramp-space. (Tours consisted of me driving people around on a golf cart around the GIV when I was bored at work)

splck · 09-25-2003, 01:53 AM

Cool pics. I'd still jump on a plane...no problem.

09-23-2003, 05:30 AM	#1 (permalink)
Liquor Dealer Super Agitator Location: Just SW of Nowhere!!! In the good old US of A	Flyin' Today? Hail NO!!!! __________________ Life isn't always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it's more like a jar of Jalapenos --- what you say or do today might burn your ass tomorrow!!!

09-23-2003, 07:08 PM	#3 (permalink)
bundy . Location: Tokyo	haha... i´ve always wondered why planes have such tiny windows... but if they have to fly through scary hail storms like this, i can see why.. (i know thats not the real reason). thats truly terrifying. i can´t begin to imagine how the passengers and pilots felt during this. __________________ Ohayo!!!

09-23-2003, 10:56 PM	#5 (permalink)
ismark Crazy Location: Sydney	i'll never enjoy fying into a storm again, i've always seen it as a bit exciting __________________ The Grumpy Old Bloke

09-25-2003, 01:53 AM	#7 (permalink)
splck it's jam Location: Lowerainland BC	Cool pics. I'd still jump on a plane...no problem. __________________ nice line eh?

09-23-2003, 06:25 PM	#2 (permalink)
JusticeForPhat Crazy Location: Philly	i have to say that plane held up surprisingly well. Travelling at 400 mph and hitting hail stones that big is impressive as hell. If i was the pilot though i would have been friggin terrified. Especially the one that hit the window.

09-23-2003, 09:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
speakeasy Upright	Thats insane! I wonder what a hailstorm cloud looks like from inside

09-24-2003, 12:26 AM	#6 (permalink)
ktthequeen Insane Location: Earth	We had a plane that stopped at our ramp (back at the airport I used to work at) and it was pretty much like this one. The pilots were flying an empty leg on a Gulfstream IV (large biz-jet) and both panes of glass in the cockpit were cracked like that and an entire piece of the nosecone was missing. The wings and fuselage of the plane looked like someone beat it with a bat. It was pretty damned awesome if you ask me...For awhile, I gave "tours" of the plane from our ramp-space. (Tours consisted of me driving people around on a golf cart around the GIV when I was bored at work)