I've enjoyed seeing everyone's view on if they'd enjoy this flight or not. For the record, I did feel safe and quite enjoyed the way we danced around the (quite obvious) worst zones. I can only imagine how much fun the pilots were having up front, really working the machine as an extension of their body and keeping themselves engaged with the environment and live weather. Would you enjoy this super-sized bush flying, or would you be looking forward to simply making it to point B?

That turbulence from the storm scared me through the phone 💀

The best message I’ve ever heard from a pilot to his passengers before a stormy take-off was “We can handle it up here, if you can handle it back there”. 😮

My heart would've been pounding out of my chest. If it weren't for turbulence I could really enjoy flying.

You made it through so that tells me that flying is very safe.

Gotta love the turbulence when you watch it on video. Just not when your sitting in it haha!

The pilot knows what he is doing! 😊

Nicely executed departure, only a few bumps, and a nice light show! Great job capturing it👍

I had a thunderstorm takeoff flying out of Miami once. It was kind of scary because it was a night flight. The plane had electrical issues prior to takeoff which delayed us 45 minutes. The small ERJ felt like it was struggling to climb through the stormy air, gently rocking on the way up. All I could see was dark night sky and sideways rain until we got to altitude. The rest of the flight was uneventful.

These are really good pilots. They were navigating around the worst of that storm using radar.

This flight video was awesome. It’s very rarely I watch a take off video this long and I watched it all. I had flown through a mild thunderstorm before and it was nerve wracking. This however was giving me anxiety and I wasn’t even there lol. I loved it though. It’s been awhile since I flew so the nice ambience lighting of Southwest’s blue light was nice. It really was pretty cool. Thanks for adding it.

This was a decent thunderstorm, and some good turbulence as well. Of course, I"m from CA and 1-2 flashes per minute counts as a good storm for us. Nice video!

Took off out of Paducah in 2013, the morning of the tornado outbreak on 11/17. It was storming all morning, so we knew the ride was going to be bumpy. Pilot got on the intercom and she said that is was going to be really bumpy on the way out, and that we would be turning right after takeoff cause we can't go through the storm. She wasn't wrong lol. Made for an interesting flight! And then our connection in Chicago, taking off out of there was kind of similar with lightning flashing all around. But the storm clouds were gorgeous.

That looks like it was on hell of a storm. Great job capturing the lightning.

5:56 my god! Been a flight simmer for too long and I've never realized how wild this powerful invention looks like while breaking through all of these heavy clouds and showers..this is crazy!

That’s about the time you see some sort of creature out on the wing like in Twilight Zone The Movie 😳😂

Wow thats some incredible footage! - I honestly thought that the thumbnail was a little clickbait but how wrong was I ?! - Great capture, amazing footage :O

Past 50 years I flew through hurricanes, typhoons and thunderstorms so many times. It is scary during the flight and big relief when you land. Now, I check the weather report and forecast before a flight.

I m never ceased to be amazed by how these machines just attack the sky and soar ..I love fying

GREAT video and great capture of picking your way around thunderstorms. We don't fly thru them. :)

That was pretty bumpy! I’ve been through similar flights out of Albuquerque, and for me the most disconcerting thing is flying through the clouds during a thunderstorm. it feels like the twilight zone.

One of the best videos done on a plane

Ive been on a plane way smaller than this during a storm, and despite the scary looks outside it wasn’t bumpy really….I trust the pilots .

As a retired helicopter pilot, I can relate to almost any weather flying post. One of the career highlights of mine was doing hurricane evacs from offshore drilling rigs in the Gulf of Mexico back in the 80's. Yep, gets a little breezy but it's always nice to be done at the end of the day. 🙏🇺🇸🇺🇸🦜

I just love aviation. At my age it’s too late to learn to fly. I love these spaceships that operate within the atmosphere.

LOVED the video. GREAT audio. Great views.

Feels like being in a movie, what an awesome experience!

I remember a few years ago when I went on my first long haul flight and a couple of hours into the flight after leaving HongKong we flew past a thunderstorm at night and were at a safe distance away but to see the lightning from a different perspective was awesome.

That lightning bolt that lit up the entire tarmac on take off was crazy!

Nice filming. The 737-800 looks great, a beautiful airplane.

That opening clip of the plane at the gate is fantastic quality

Reminds me of landing in San Antonio the day I arrived at Basic Training. Came in on Southwest, huge thunderstorm on the final. Myself and the other recruits were sitting in the lounge chair aisle where we could face each other and have a conversation on the flight. Everyone was just staring out the window at the ominous sign of what was to come, though.

Excellent video. Thx❤

The thunderstorm was not flown through, it was circumnavigated… you should never fly through one intentionally or you’ll get structural damage at best.

Great video. Beautiful and dramatic storm. I am surprised that the engine seen out the window is lit up like that. I've never seen that before.

Awesome video! Would you be okay with me featuring parts of this in my series Weekly Dose of Aviation? Of course you will be credited both in the video and in the description. Thanks!

Wow pilot took off and went straight for the heart of the storm. Reminds me of that old movie with the monster on the wing.

At the time the plane would normal throttle down she throttled up. Nice fun flight haha

Beautiful view

First time I ever went on a plane we took off at night in a storm just like this one. Fear's aside, I loved seeing the lightning even though the turbulence made me nauseous😅.

I was on a flight that flew through a heavy thunderstorm much worse than this. There where multiple flashes every second, lots of rain and pretty heavy turbulence. When the aircraft had got through the clouds the turbulence stopped and you could see big flaschclouds on distance from above. And that was pretty cool. Wish I had filmed that.

Ouaawww impressionnant , je ne sais pas quoi dire , avoir peure ou c'est beau à voir !!! En tout cas bravo pour votre courage que vous avez eu et que vous pouviez filmer malgré la tempête , mais je trouve que c'est bizarre ne pas avoir des turbulences durant ce vol !!!!!!!!

I would LOVE to be on this flight. I actually find this very relaxing.

this is such a cool video 😎 ty and subbed!

Flew out of atlanta to paris during a crazy t-storm maybe 10 or 11 years ago. Was pretty scary, i was taking shots of whiskey the entire time during take off

Amazing Video thanks

Nice video. Love the colour saturation.

Very nice footage. Good job.

0:46 .. love that spool up thundering sound. I am thunder. Here me roar.

So magnificent!!

Neat video!

My heart is pounding just watching the video. I am nervous flying.

Looks like a fun flight

Beautiful

AWESOME!

Smart for holding a camera during this situation

That thumbnail is pretty epic 🔥

Guessing the convective energy in the clouds during takeoff and just going up to cruising altitude - was up to probably 2,000 j/kg. Good enough for charge separation and resultant lightning.

It's wild seeing how much the engines move while flying.

Well done!

What a stunning capture! Can I use this clip in my upcoming video? Full credits to you in the video description of course 😊

Wow that’s so cool

Great vid 👍👍👍

Great Video

I wasn't aware that Southwest offered optional Hurrican Hunter flights😂

Awesome video

Amazing video

Magnificent

Awesome

God bless you ❤👍

The color of the thunder is my fav color! Purple!

Super Cool

That’s great

i took a flight from MCI to STL and we got out on the runway at MCI and the whole plan shut down, even cabin lights. No one knew what was going on and we sat on the tarmac hearing some rain hit the plane and it was very disconcerting. Pilot came on and said we'd be sitting there for 30 minutes as severe t-storm is moving into STL. However 5 minutes later they started up the plane and we took off. As soon as we got near STL the storm was still there and it was very wide and there was too much CTG lightning and wind to land so we went into a flight pattern around the airport for 30 minutes. There were 12 planes just circling the airport waiting actually. I was young at the time and the plane went through bad turbulance as it would shake almost violently, drop some and then dip, the lights in the plane kept flickering going on and off, the lightning was flashing continuously and made the plane light up and then shake once the thunder boomed I mean it was terrifying. Not one person said anything it was silent like a tomb in that plane but I got so sick and scared I yelled "we're all going to die" after the plan fell some and yeah. LOL! it really made me hate flying after that, I still don't like to fly. This video reminded me of that flight but what I went through was crazy. Anyways great video! Cheers.

Nice 😍😍 lovely amazing video❤❤❤😊😊

dam I could have watched more of that. Would have liked to see what the storm looked like from above the clouds.

Perfectly fine

Your camera is outstanding

I would have loved to be in that window seat...what a veiw!

0:48 i cant wait to feel this in a few days

so weird seeing lightning from within the clouds

Those BIG engines can pull theough 90% of storms. Pilots are trained well. Just another day....night flight!

When it comes to bad weather, you have to be careful, especially if you’re riding on an airplane

nice footage

I'm dying through the phone man!

0:00 - "We are to ride into battle, and this shall be our horse!"

I had the same experience. We passed a place where it was raining. I was sleeping and woken up after the plane was shaking badly. When I looked at the window, we passed through the dark clouds and it was like disco like WTF? I saw the ligthning white and purple. Thunder was loud like the plane was being hammered. We went through 2 rounds of such turbulence and the 2nd was worse.

Huge cumulonimbus! 🌧️⛈️

Turbulence does not make aircraft crash, those wings and engines are not going any where.... Enjoy and relax, turbulence is nice to sleep.

Them pilots be crazy. Zap zap

I've never actually flown through a thunderstorm before, but it does look quite pretty with the flashes of lightning every so often. I'm a confident flyer so this wouldn't actually bother me. In my, realistically 700+ times I've flown, I'm still yet to experience this. I'd probably be the idiot in the back of the plane cheering whenever we hit an air pocket.

Thought at first, Mhhm, awesome MSFS2020 graphics mod, ..... until I realized, ok camera recording. But the sounds of the engines sound almost exactly the same as in MSFS2020 ;-)

I’m so jealous. Fooking jealous.

Last June 2023, me, my mom, and my aunt’s friend embarked on a journey to Manila, Philippines (our flight was scheduled to be at 12:30 PM). However, our flight was delayed for like 2 hours and some of the passengers started complaining! I had this gut feeling that something wasn’t right. Then, the plane arrived at around 2 PM. But as we approached Manila, I saw thunderstorm clouds rolling in! As a person who is afraid of lightning and thunder, I felt my heart racing as I looked at those clouds! I also remember the plane “acting strange” (don’t know what it is called) so that the pilot could avoid the storm clouds. As we landed on Manila at 4 PM, we were advised not to leave the plane until the storm subsided. We waited for like 3 hours! It still haunts me until now

people who fear flying, recognize that the turbulence they feel is the lightest the pilots are allowing :), they know that it's the lightest pocket.

the plane just yawned and acts like its used to it

Cool😊

Amazing video, can I asked what camera you used? And was it in 1080p or 4K?

What a view! Great video though I’d personally prefer not to encounter a storm like that myself 😅

Earth is in sphere shape😮