DFW - Lightning

[JEP]

found on msnbc pics of the week:

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[frog_flyer]

when the hell was that?

[JEP]

Originally Posted by frog_flyer

when the hell was that?

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[BobDDuck]

Oh, yeah, there's a cell sitting right over the field but the departures look clear.... set thrust!

[jtrain609]

Originally Posted by BobDDuck

Oh, yeah, there's a cell sitting right over the field but the departures look clear.... set thrust!

Dude that's nothing. I was doing a checkout with a guy a few weeks ago (like I was going to rent where he was working) and we come back to the airport and there's a cell sitting like 4 miles north of the airport. I'm thinking, "Ok, sneak in, tie down and run before we get drenched."

Not this guy.

He wanted to do touch and go's! When I told him I didn't think it was that great of an idea, he said that, "I obviously hadn't done much weather flying yet, it'll be fine!" I had to tell him three times I was uncomfortable and then finally just told him we were making this a full stop and the checkout was over.

[meyers9163]

Oh and why are we whining about a little storm Jtrain it wont hurt you too bad ! That's interesting someone would say that though..... So much for siding with caution by that person.... Good decision though obviously!

[OldTownPilot]

That's a once in a lifetime type of picture.

To have it framed like that to begin with, and to open the shutter at wxactly the right moment as to get the strike, without blurring the plane.

Simply amazing.

[Maximillian_Jenius]

I see no image...am I alone?

[JEP]

Originally Posted by Maximillian_Jenius

I see no image...am I alone?

Is anyone else home? If not, then yes indeed, you are alone.

You should be able to see the picture though in the 1st post.

[Jonesberuitchamp]

that was made in photoshop yo

[meyers9163]

Photoshop eh? I dont know about that one but it is an interesting picture either way!

[chris6387]

That's a heck of a picture. I caught some lightning on my camera phone using the video option this summer. Only took me like 10 attempts...

[DocCorsair]

That is a really a cool pic, however I question if it's not photoshoped, and here's the reason why. Everytime T-stmrs invade DFW, AA is quick to ground stop their flights into DFW and I assume they do that because they are still licking their wounds from the crash in Little Rock, because of weather. Now, when they do ground stop, my home airport here in Shreveport, (KSHV) turns into a AA Hub. Just last sunday, DFW groundstopped, and we had AA birds nose to tail here. I just find it hard that AA would still have op's, with weather that bad over the airport, but who knows.

Seems like everytime it "Sprinkles" in the "Big D", AA is coming to Shreveport. Happens all the time.

Anyone have info on how bad the weather has to be in DFW or any major airport, before groundstops are placed into affect?

[killbilly]

It may or may not be p'shopped, but lightning displays like that are quite common in DFW.

[flywithUS]

I highly doubt it's photoshopped. I remember that storm, as I was only a few miles from where this photo was taken. The storm is a lot farther from the airport than it seems to be. The storm never went over DFW, instead, it slid by to the north, heading out east. (The picture is facing east)

For some reason, that always seems to happen on this side of Grapevine. You can always see the storm coming, but it seems to always move either to the north or to the south, or sometimes breaking apart to both the north and south, skipping Grapevine and DFW. I have heard Lake Grapevine causes that.

I remember seeing the picture in the Metro section of the Dallas Morning News.