NewbRVator
Well Known Member
Anyone ever encounter a thermal over the runway during a landing?
Just wondering. I was landing on a freshly paved black asphalt covered runway and the weather is starting to heat up here in Central California. As I came in over a water feature, trees, and grass the transition to the runway is abrupt. At about 5 ft over the runway I had a pretty good burble. At first I thought crosswind but after landing safely I think it was a thermal off the asphalt.
Just wondering. I was landing on a freshly paved black asphalt covered runway and the weather is starting to heat up here in Central California. As I came in over a water feature, trees, and grass the transition to the runway is abrupt. At about 5 ft over the runway I had a pretty good burble. At first I thought crosswind but after landing safely I think it was a thermal off the asphalt.