Originally Posted by
JammedStab
So back to the original question...has anybody tried this?
UAL equipped one DC-10 with XM weather perhaps 15 years ago. This was in addition to the standard airborne wx radar. The idea was to use the XM for strategic planning and the airborne radar for tactical avoidance. Crews some success planning a route into Denver during high TRW activity that avoided more maneuvering on other routes. The company concluded it wasn't worth the expense.
A friend of mine flew a well-equipped Falcon 900EX with both. He found using both properly assured a better flight up and down the east coast in TRW season. I suppose there are some similarly equipped high-end biz jets.