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bob10
24th October 2019, 04:26 PM
Small glider tow aircraft caught in a microburst. Now that would be scary.

YouTube (https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI)
travelrover
24th October 2019, 07:52 PM
Small glider tow aircraft caught in a microburst. Now that would be scary.

YouTube (https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI)

Very scary!!
Homestar
25th October 2019, 06:52 AM
Yikes! They all did well there. A few brown trousers I should think.
Old Farang
26th October 2019, 10:13 PM
Small glider tow aircraft caught in a microburst. Now that would be scary.

YouTube (https://youtu.be/b_WmjWAGkLI)

That looks like me when I was trying to learn how to hover a helicopter!
JDNSW
27th October 2019, 05:31 AM
Was that a microburst? looked like clear sky, pretty much - high mountains all around can cause that sort of effect, but this is not a microburst. A microburst is where a mass off air cooled by precipitation drops and spreads when it hits the ground.
Hugh Jars
27th October 2019, 08:05 AM
You can get a dry microburst in certain circumstances. However, this could be either a wind change associated with the passage of a front or a microburst...

Wind like this occurs regularly in springtime in Sydney (when we change to 07/25). It's not uncommon to see all sorts of stuff being blown around the airport in the high winds. Cargo containers are a favourite of mine...