What exactly is turbulence and why is it bumpy. Why isn’t it one gust of wind that you feel. Was just on the plan and it felt like we were flying over rocks. Air travel is insane and very interesting.
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Flying entails pushing lots of air down in order to stay up. the wing accomplishes this by slicing through enormous volumes of air and changing its direction. The more the direction is changed, the stronger the lift. Turbulence is lots of wind blowing in unpredictable directions, so the amount of direction change the wings cause, and therefore the lift, varies quickly and randomly.
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