Laminar Flow vs Turbulent Flow

Here are two great approximations of turbulence near the jet stream. While the jet stream can cause a turbulent flight, it can also be smooth. This is why turbulence is so hard to predict.

Turbulent

Laminar

Written by tb_neg on June 17th, 2008 with comments disabled.
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