The 105,000-ft. Wave
Give thanks to HICAT — that's the “High Altitude Clear Air Turbulence” program — for much of our knowledge about the jarring phenomenon. Between 1964 and 1968, a U.S. Air Force U-2 conducted 285 flights, covering more than 800,000 km over the continental U.S., Alaska, Hawaii, Australia, New Zealand...
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