Comments on: Rider on the Storm https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/ Fascinating true stories from science, history, and psychology since 2005 Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7 By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-73741 Mon, 05 Apr 2021 02:40:37 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-73741 Sm9:

Good one!

]]> By: Sm9 https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-73254 Thu, 27 Feb 2020 09:26:42 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-73254 Did Rankin wish he had company during his ordeal with the thunderstorm to provide emotional support while he was suffering? Did he enjoy the free massage he received during this ordeal despite the inflicted injuries?

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-72901 Sun, 04 Aug 2019 02:46:21 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-72901 I’m back.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-72521 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 02:16:10 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-72521 Mr. Bellows:

Something I should have mentioned back in 2011: I like the allusion to The Doors.

They have always been my favorite group.

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-72520 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 02:13:56 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-72520 Bill: Thanks for the update!

]]> By: JarvisLoop https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-72519 Sun, 29 Jul 2018 02:12:49 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-72519 I recall reading this story in 2011 and being very impressed with his survival. I also recall wondering if the colonel was related to one of my students. “Rankin” is not exactly a common name, so the chance is a little stronger than average.

]]> By: Bill https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-60203 Tue, 08 Mar 2016 22:41:32 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-60203 For those wondering about Nolan, looks like he landed safely (presumably the power failure only affected Rankin’s plane) but was traumatized and was released by the Marines later that year.

“Lieutenant Nolan, who was “pretty shook up” over the incident he witnessed, was released by the Marine Corps September 1 and is living in Laguna Beach, Cal.” – Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Oct 14 1959 (https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1129&dat=19591014&id=C8lRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=PGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6839,2249289&hl=en).

]]> By: Harry Sufehmi https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-40007 Fri, 25 Sep 2015 13:58:33 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-40007 “So stories like this get me to thinking. That kind of trip sounds like a fantastic adventure. What if one were actually prepared properly? Pressure suit, oxygen, goggles, lots of warm clothes, etc.? There’s no reason you’d have to lose consciousness, and there’s really not that much danger until you fall out of the bottom of the cloud”

You forgot the lightning – the Chinese glider pilot, which was gliding along with Ewa above, was killed by the lightning.

]]> By: redletterman https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-27082 Fri, 27 Apr 2012 16:06:00 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-27082 6th Paragraph.

“Colonel mustered”

I wondered where he got off to….

It was Colonel Mustered, in the Storm Cloud, With the Ice Shard….

I WIN!

]]> By: T. Hood https://www.damninteresting.com/rider-on-the-storm/#comment-27080 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:32:20 +0000 https://www.damninteresting.com/?p=2659#comment-27080 Excellent writing! Very interesting indeed.

I can think of nothing better than when you the writer, Alan, can write so clearly that the theater of the mind permits me to become the subject! Real life stories that outstrip Indiana Jones.

Well done Alan!

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