Thunderstorm Penetration, It Was Not
USAF Col. (ret.) Michael Gallagher’s warning against trying to outclimb a rapidly growing cumulo-nimbus (AW&ST Nov. 17, p. 10) was on the button. When it happened to me on a hot afternoon many years ago, I learned what the term “coffin corner” really means. As the cloud swallowed my T-33 somewhere...
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