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Shouldn't pilots be disciplined for flying through weather like this?!...
I know, lets make them out of titanium, oh wait a second don't think the old radar waves will get in and out of that to well!
In fact, that's what these elastomer paints are supposed to address, although rain erosion, not necessarily hail blasting. Obviously, they have to be transparent to radars well. Up until the 80's that could only be done with black (and possibly white and grey). Now they can be color-matched to just about anything. The question I had was whether commercial jets use these same elastomers. They might just be MIL-SPEC. I guess if you don't mind losing a radome here and there and possibly a radar dish as well, you wouldn't bother with it. Although with fuselage mounted engines, I might worry about the radome shrapnel getting sucked into the engines. And then there are the probes to consider...
What if the crew was dealing with Chinese and North Korean airspace and ATC refused to let them deviate. Would that change your thinking on this incident?
With that said, you always have the option of declaring an emergency and taking the matter into your own hands, but it gives you something to think about.
True, someone would have to look up the flight route on Flightaware.com to find out.
Whatever, I apologize for being so combative with everyone on here. I really am sorry if I offended anyone, and I do appreciate this forum.
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