Are Planes taking off in Thunderstorms normal?

On May 5, 5:18 pm, "William Black"
wrote:
"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
Aircraft normally wait for thunderstorms to pass before taking off. No
aircraft is safe in a thunderstorm.

So you'll now produce some evidence of aircraft being knocked out of the sky
by thunderstorms.

What are you trying to say?

Throughout the history of flight, aircraft have been knocked out of
the sky by thunderstorms. That's why they usually make great efforts
to avoid them. Airport operations are also shut down during storms
until / unless there are clear takeoff paths between them.

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" ;-)

Kev

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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