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Old September 14th 07, 12:50 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Maxwell
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Default Deadly Thermals!!!!


"Dan Luke" wrote in message
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"JGalban" wrote:

A friend of mine passed me this article about the deadly thermal
currents
over Nevada. What a hoot! I've been flying over deserts for 20 yrs.
and
never realized how much danger I was in!

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl.../MNJTS506U.DTL



Dang! I thought I had a winner:

http://www.beatricedailysun.com:80/a...news/news5.txt

but yours knocks mine out of the lead, John.

What a dope.

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