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Old May 6th 07, 12:13 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.travel.air
Mxsmanic
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Default Are Planes taking off in Thunderstorms normal?

Kev writes:

What are you trying to say?


It amazes me that anyone would require "evidence" that thunderstorms and
aircraft don't mix.

I don't know of any aircraft that have flown into a tornado and been damaged
by it, but that doesn't mean that flying into a tornado is safe.

There was a very interesting article in the news a few years back
about Atlanta being shut down by thunderstorms, and how they'd ask for
a "volunteer" to try out a hole they thought they saw on radar. By
tradition, the first planes in line usually had to be the
"volunteer" ;-)


How long ago was this?

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