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Some of the bueaty of flying through clouds

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[aerialpic]

Hunkaman: There's a flying video you might want to check out which has a lot more of what you posted. It could also save your life. It's called Convection Connection Flying Our Unstable Atmosphere. Google it.

[hunkaman2231]

@aerialpic Unfortunantly, your assumption of that cloud is waaaay off. I'd suggest you research non-convective cumulus clouds associated with a temperature inversion. Not only that, but I'd suggest you look at the skew-T logs from that day as well so you could actually educate yourself about the stability of the atmosphere on that flight and in that area. So before coming to your own mis-informed conclusions, it's more important to pay attention to things like the lack of turbulence in the video

[hunkaman2231]

@hunkaman2231 So, as you can tell, when you know what you are looking at (this case a non-convective cumulus cloud forming below a temperature inversion - also noted by the stratiform cloud base layer) you can better determine how safe it is to fly through a cloud or not. This is something we teach, and would be more than happy to teach you about so you can also make more informed go/no-go decisions. It's important to actually know what you are seeing :-)

[iissyy123]

206TC

[hunkaman2231]

@iissyy123

It is a TC, but it's actual model designator is T206H

[hunkaman2231]

You're closer still, but not quite right. It's a Turbo C-206H

[MsAquachick]

Oh that's so eerie! Cessnas don't have a TCAS either right haha!

[aerialpic]

Now that I'm on a real keyboard verses phone (I apologize for the typos) may I just add, skew T soundings happen 12 hrs apart. Caps can break explosively. Please don't put all your trust in these reports. They can help you make a go decision, but going doesn't mean you will remain safe. Expect what isn't forecast to be safest and ask yourself why you really need to fly into a cloud like that. My appeal comes from bloody shins hitting the bottom of my instrument panel in a stable atmosphere.

[aerialpic]

BTW....Greatly enjoyed the video. Thanks for sharing!

[aerialpic]

I appreciate your respons Hunkaman but the lack of turbulence means nothing. You can fly right up to a shelf cloud, roll cloud, or wal lcloud and have a smooth ride up to contact. As far as skew-T's, they are history reports. Continue putting yout trust in them rather that what you see out your window (which is realtime) and some day we may read about you in a NTSB report. I'm not here to argue your thinking. I just ask all those pilots who trust in the almight weather map to think again.