411A, (and Towerdog)
quote from 411A
And from comments, some think that a jet aeroplane will "fall apart" when going thru a low level cloud. Hey guys, it may come as a big surprise that DC-6's and Stratocruisers plowed thru the murk and actually came out on the other side in one piece
unquote
For your info, some accident reports are summarised below.
14 Feb 1953 National Airlines Douglas DC-6 Reg no N90893. Crashed due to structural failure after flying into a storm whilst en-route from Tampa to New Orleans.
22 Aug 1954 Braniff Airways Douglas DC-3 Reg no N61451. Crashed shortly after take off from Waterloo USA whilst trying to traverse a thunderstorm by flying towards a ‘bright spot’
03 May 1968, Braniff Airways Lockheed L-188A Electra Reg N9707C. Crashed due to structural failure after flying into a thunderstorm en-route from Houston to Dallas. (This crash prompted major reviews of storm avoidance training and procedures.)
06 Oct 1981 KLM Fokker F-28 Fellowship 4000 Reg no. PH-CHI crashed due to structural failure after flying through an area of thunderstorm activity whilst en-route from Rotterdam to Eindhoven. (The crew had requested to deviate around weather.)
02 Aug 1985, Delta Airlines L – 1011 TriStar Reg no. N726DA. Crashed after flying into a microburst on approach to Dallas.
If you want to see more like this, keep flying into CBs. If you still think that it’s OK to do that, perhaps that Sunday VFR flying you keep going on about is more appropriate for you!
I’m still not advocating avoiding all weather – just the stuff that’s nasty!