Are Planes taking off in Thunderstorms normal?

"C J Campbell" wrote in message
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On 2007-05-05 13:48:33 -0700, said:

http://www.thenewstribune.com/886/story/55281.html

I would not depart in a thunderstorm no matter what I was flying.

How many flights have you refused to board because of the weather?

--
William Black


I've seen things you people wouldn't believe.
Barbeques on fire by the chalets past the castle headland
I watched the gift shops glitter in the darkness off the Newborough gate
All these moments will be lost in time, like icecream on the beach
Time for tea.

William Black wrote:

I would not depart in a thunderstorm no matter what I was flying.

How many flights have you refused to board because of the weather?


I once dumped an Apache in Fayetteville, NC because of collecting a pile of ice
on the approach in. I called my boss, told him his Apache could be found in
Fayetteville, and that I would be boarding a USAir flight shortly back to
Charlotte. It's one thing to pick up ice on the approach; I was headed downhill
anyway. It's a very different situation trying to climb through a freezing
overcast and I wasn't going to do it.

But I did climb on the USAir jet without hesitation. I figured it had
deicing/anti-icing. It must have had something, because we made the flight home
without any trouble.

As an aside, I have launched many times immediately after a cell moved off the
field, as long as it didn't move in the direction I intended to go. But I have
never launched with one overhead. I don't know anybody who would.



--
Mortimer Schnerd, RN
mschnerdatcarolina.rr.com