This "Godzilla" turbulence was featured more than three years ago on
The Simpsons when they visited Japan. From their flight home after takeoff:
<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">From 30 Minutes over Tokyo (episode AABF20, May 16, 1999):
The plane starts shaking and two warning lights light up: fasten your
% seatbelts and a picture of Godzilla holding a plane.
PILOT: Uh, folks, we're experiencing some moderate Godzilla-related turbulence at
this time, so I'm going to go ahead and ask you to put your seatbelts back on.
When we get to 35 thousand feet, he usually does let go, so from there on out,
all we have to worry about is Mothra, and, uh, we do have reports he's tied up
with Gamera and Rodan at the present time. Thank you very much.
-- Airplane announcement, "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo"
% Outside Lisa's window is a giant eyeball. Lisa closes the window shade and
% goes to sleep. As the airplane gets away, Godzilla, Mothra, Gamera, and
% Rodan shake their arms around angrily. Godzilla picks up a tank and throws
% it at the plane, but misses.</font>
[This message has been edited by FWAAA (edited 11-07-2002).]