Death Cruiser Flight Crew
Join Date: Jun 2001
Location: Vaucluse, France.
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Well, we can add another 1953 tyro, and I can put precise dates on it, due to having inherited all the family passports! 30th June/1st July BOAC Canadair Argonaut Heathrow-Tripoli-Kano-Accra (Gold Coast as it was then). One hour or so after takeoff we were exploring the insides of a Cu-Nimb over France. The whole gamut: violent up/down, purple lightning flashes, and ice rattling off the props onto the fuselage sides (we were seated facing one another in the front rows, starboard side).
The experience had a profound effect on my mother, who remained petrified of flying to the end of her days. Her next exits/entries to the Gold Coast were at Takoradi, courtesy of Elder Dempster shipping lines!