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bizarre Flying Next To Landspout Tornado

He must like playing Just Cause 4 😂.


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He should see what happens if he flys into it.
This is virtually always the result.

However, if it's truly small enough, and you just "dip" a wing into it, you'd probably just stall that wing out and get away without any structural damage. If you're at a high enough altitude, you'd absolutely be able to nose down, throttle up, and regain lift under that wing.

For safety purposes, aircraft tend to be designed to withstand about twice the aerodynamic force that they'd ever be expected to handle during normal operation. I'm sure a modern fighter jet laying down a few hundred knots could pass through it without any serious issues (though I'm legitimately curious if this would interrupt airflow into the engine enough to cause a compressor stall. I'd try it in a Hornet, but not a Viper), however I'd absolutely NEVER try this in a small GA plane such as a Cessna 150 or similar.

Also depends on whether or not there's anything of substance from the ground caught up in the vortex when you happen to fly through it. Hitting air at speed is what a plane is designed to do; hitting branches and dirt at speed is usually reserved for CFT.
 
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