Flying in turbulent skies
NetJets Europe Beech 1900D lands at LTN (Luton, London, England). Notice aircraft has right wing down as pilot crabs to handle crosswind.
What is turbulence
Turbulence has been known to aviation since early balloon pilots felt the jostling of the wind or the rising air from heat-producing fallow fields beneath them, but as balloons move easily with air currents, strong turbulence was relatively unknown unless the balloon drifted too close to a thunderstorm

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