flywithastick
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The talk and pics of jet engines kind of ties with something I saw this weekend at the Houston air show. There was a C-17 that flew for a few minutes. Before taking off, he started up and backed out of his parking spot. Pretty neat, but understandable with the thrust reversers.
What really impressed me was as seeing the engines start lifting water off the ramp in the form of 6-8' dia vortexes/tornados (it was a little wet in the HOU are over the last 10 days or so). I've never seen anything like it. 15-20' tall tornadoes of water droplets and vapor coming off the ground, up and bending into the engine inlet. I'm pretty convinced it would have picked a pretty light person up off the ground when he had is spooled up. didn't have time to get my camera out, but sure would have made an interesting picture.
Anyone seen this before?
What really impressed me was as seeing the engines start lifting water off the ramp in the form of 6-8' dia vortexes/tornados (it was a little wet in the HOU are over the last 10 days or so). I've never seen anything like it. 15-20' tall tornadoes of water droplets and vapor coming off the ground, up and bending into the engine inlet. I'm pretty convinced it would have picked a pretty light person up off the ground when he had is spooled up. didn't have time to get my camera out, but sure would have made an interesting picture.
Anyone seen this before?