{"id":7036875,"date":"2026-07-24T10:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/jetflights\/william-rankin-fell-through-thunderstorm-1959\/"},"modified":"2026-07-24T10:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-07-24T08:01:17","slug":"william-rankin-cadde-durante-un-temporale-nel-1959","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/william-rankin-fell-through-thunderstorm-1959\/","title":{"rendered":"L&#039;uomo caduto durante un temporale"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>.et_pb_title_container h1.entry-title { padding-top: 40px !important; }<\/style>\r\n<p>Nel pomeriggio del 26 luglio 1959, il tenente colonnello dei Marines William Rankin stava volando a 47.000 piedi di altitudine quando l&#039;unico motore del suo caccia si spense con uno stridio metallico. Allung\u00f2 una mano, tir\u00f2 le maniglie di eiezione e si lanci\u00f2 fuori dall&#039;abitacolo in un&#039;aria a quasi sessanta gradi sotto zero, senza tuta pressurizzata e con un temporale che infuriava proprio sotto di lui.<\/p>\r\n<p>Ci\u00f2 che accadde in seguito lo rese l&#039;unica persona nota ad essere caduta attraverso un temporale e ad essere sopravvissuta.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f5f5f5;padding:20px;border-radius:8px;margin:24px 0\"><h3 style=\"padding-top:0;margin-top:0\">Informazioni rapide<\/h3><ul style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.8\"><li><strong>Pilota:<\/strong> Tenente colonnello William H. Rankin, Corpo dei Marines degli Stati Uniti<\/li><li><strong>Data:<\/strong> 26 luglio 1959<\/li><li><strong>Aeromobili:<\/strong> Vought F-8 Crusader (caccia monomotore)<\/li><li><strong>Altitudine di espulsione:<\/strong> Circa 47.000 piedi, senza tuta pressurizzata<\/li><li><strong>Tempo nella tempesta:<\/strong> Circa 40 minuti: una discesa normale richiede meno di 10 minuti.<\/li><li><strong>Atterrato:<\/strong> Sugli alberi vicino ad Ahoskie, nella Carolina del Nord<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LfcbYMVK5k0\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Fuori dalla cabina di pilotaggio a 47.000 piedi<\/h2>\r\n<p>Rankin stava guidando una coppia di <a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/aerei\/f-8-crusader\/\">F-8 Crusader<\/a> Mentre sorvolava la costa della Carolina, superando una parete di cumulonembi, il motore si spense. A quell&#039;altitudine, eiettarsi senza tuta pressurizzata \u00e8 di per s\u00e9 un&#039;emergenza. Nell&#039;istante in cui entr\u00f2 in contatto con l&#039;aria a -58 gradi, il suo corpo inizi\u00f2 a cedere: la decompressione gli gonfi\u00f2 lo stomaco e inizi\u00f2 a sanguinare da orecchie, naso e bocca. Il guanto sinistro gli si strapp\u00f2 e la mano nuda gli si congel\u00f2.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u00c8 caduto. Il suo paracadute era programmato per aprirsi a bassa quota, ma le forti oscillazioni di pressione all&#039;interno della tempesta hanno attivato il meccanismo di sgancio barometrico con troppo anticipo e, invece di scendere lentamente, Rankin \u00e8 stato trascinato dalla tempesta.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=260737935  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/f-8-crusader-in-flight.jpg\" alt=\"Vought F-8 Crusader in volo\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">Un Vought F-8 Crusader. L&#039;aereo di Rankin aveva un solo motore: quando questo si guast\u00f2, non ce n&#039;era un secondo per riportarlo a casa. Foto della Marina degli Stati Uniti.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Cavalcare il tuono<\/h2>\r\n<p>Una violenta corrente ascensionale riemp\u00ec la sua vela e lo scaravent\u00f2 a migliaia di metri di altezza a quasi 160 km\/h. Grandine si form\u00f2 nell&#039;aria intorno a lui. Un fulmine squarci\u00f2 il cielo cos\u00ec vicino da illuminare il paracadute come un flash e, per un attimo, lo convinse di essere morto.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201c&quot;Lame blu spesse diversi metri.&quot;\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Tenente colonnello William Rankin<\/strong> \u2014 descrivendo i fulmini che lo circondavano<\/div><\/div>\r\n<p>Il tuono non fu tanto un suono quanto un colpo. Poi venne la pioggia, cos\u00ec fitta che cadeva da ogni direzione contemporaneamente.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f8f9fa;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:20px 22px;margin:18px 0 24px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0;font-size:16px;line-height:1.7\"><em>\u201cA tratti la pioggia era cos\u00ec intensa che doveva trattenere il respiro per paura di annegare.\u201d<\/em><div style=\"margin-top:10px;font-size:14px;color:#555\"><strong>Secondo il racconto di Rankin<\/strong> \u2014 \u201cL\u2019uomo che cavalc\u00f2 il tuono\u201d<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"margin:0 0 24px;width:100%\"><img data-opt-id=1420677045  fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/ml5psubhxdln.i.optimole.com\/cb:0e0_.b970\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/ig:avif\/https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2026\/07\/thunderstorm-lightning.jpg\" alt=\"Fulmini all&#039;interno di un temporale\" style=\"width:100%;height:auto;max-width:100%;display:block;border-radius:6px\"><figcaption style=\"font-size:13px;color:#777;text-align:center;margin-top:6px;font-style:italic\">All&#039;interno di un temporale maturo, le correnti ascensionali e discendenti possono superare i 160 km\/h. Rankin \u00e8 stato sballottato su e gi\u00f9 attraverso di esse per 40 minuti. CC BY-SA 3.0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\r\n<p>Ogni corrente ascensionale era seguita da una corrente discendente che faceva collassare il suo paracadute come una coperta bagnata, facendolo precipitare nel vuoto. In qualche modo, ancora e ancora, la calotta si rigonfiava. La tempesta lo sballottava su e gi\u00f9 per circa quaranta minuti, una discesa che avrebbe dovuto durare meno di dieci.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ebgDbB8PdJU\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<h2 style=\"padding-top:22px\">Gi\u00f9 ad Ahoskie<\/h2>\r\n<p>Alla fine la tempesta lo sput\u00f2 fuori. Cadde tra gli alberi vicino alla cittadina di Ahoskie, nella Carolina del Nord, malconcio, con i congelamenti e sanguinante, e barcoll\u00f2 fino a una strada. Un automobilista di passaggio si ferm\u00f2, gli diede un&#039;occhiata e lo accompagn\u00f2 in un negozio di paese per chiamare un&#039;ambulanza.<\/p>\r\n<p>Rankin si riprese dal congelamento, dalle ecchimosi e dalla decompressione e torn\u00f2 a volare. Scrisse un libro su quel giorno, <em>L&#039;uomo che cavalc\u00f2 il tuono<\/em>, e visse fino al 2009. Nessun altro, prima o dopo, \u00e8 noto per essere sopravvissuto a una caduta attraverso il cuore di un cumulonembo.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"position:relative;padding-bottom:56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;margin:24px 0\"><iframe class=\"skip-lazy\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" loading=\"eager\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/24Qrjvct3yU\" style=\"position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0;border-radius:8px\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\r\n<p><em>Fonti: William Rankin, \u201cL&#039;uomo che cavalc\u00f2 il tuono\u201d; Task &amp; Purpose; Damn Interesting; kottke.org; Wikipedia.<\/em><\/p>\r\n\r\n<div style=\"background:#f0f4ff;border-left:4px solid #5C91FF;padding:16px 20px;margin:32px 0 8px;border-radius:0 8px 8px 0\"><p style=\"margin:0 0 8px;font-weight:600;color:#333\">Post correlati<\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/harold-harris-first-emergency-parachute-jump-1922\/\">Il primo uomo salvato da un paracadute<\/a><\/p><p style=\"margin:4px 0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/migflug.com\/afterburner\/it\/come-funzionano-i-sedili-eiettabili-martin-baker-sequenza-fisica\/\">Come funzionano realmente i sedili eiettabili<\/a><\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the afternoon of 26 July 1959, Marine Lt. 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