Comments on: Flight 447 and the ITCZ https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/ Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:36:07 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Jean-Denis https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/#comment-519557 Sun, 04 Jul 2010 08:36:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/#comment-519557 One oft quoted hypotheses for the crash here in France is a failure of the Pitot tubes of the plane. Don’t ask me more though. I am totally incompetent.

]]> By: Roland https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/#comment-519556 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 05:02:58 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/#comment-519556 …flying Honolulu to Auckland, at night, in a 747, seeing lightning flashes below, which provided enough light to see the wingtips flexing through a 20+ foot arc. And this was at 40K feet, which is usually smooth. Airsick bags in use at 2am. Fun times.

]]> By: khan https://gregladen.com/blog/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/#comment-519555 Sat, 03 Jul 2010 01:44:07 +0000 http://scienceblogs.com/gregladen/2010/07/02/i-had-never-felt-airsick/#comment-519555 I learned something today.

Only time I ever got airsick was circling Chicago during a cold front thunderstorm.

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