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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/Jest-In-Time on 2023-07-06 23:26:30+00:00.

Original Title: TIL about LtCol Rankin, who parachuted through a thunderstorm in 1959 when his plane engine died at 47k feet. Due to repeatedly being sucked back into and ejected from the top of the thunderstorm, it took him 40 minutes to reach the ground.