Southwest Airlines 737-700 Stormy Takeoff Chicago (Midway) MDW

[@KyVisuals]

Pilot rotated with the quickness 😮

[@jay3396]

That looked FUN

[@KyVisuals]

"80kts......Rotate.....V1....gear up.....v2" 😂

[@KasperAnd132]

Magical!

[@SaturnAstronaut]

Pilot of Southwest coming up 👨‍✈️

[@joelt4416]

so cool! He cleaned up quick!!!

[@lastcommodore2071]

Whenever I fly in/out of Chicago, it's Southwest at MDW.

[@2162_TRI-POD_WAY]

Great video, loved it!

[@mcraft2240]

I’m not sure that was a very stormy take off, but a nice one for sure.

[@ohareplanespotting]

Fabulous!

[@lawsonthepunmaster9010]

"No delay, clear to rotate runway blah blah blah"

[@larryandersen681]

Oh, she was pretty light!

[@kyliepppp]

Pool❤

[@Bargoth60]

August 16th, 2024---that was a Friday. I had attended an outdoor wedding earlier that afternoon, and we had to postpone the actual ceremony about half an hour due to a brief sun-shower; to be followed a few hours later by a thunderstorm, (presumably the one in this video), during the reception dinner. Quite a day! August 16th will always be forever etched into my mind---that was the date I had to put my beagle Bailey to sleep, the first dog ever in my life, on 8/16/12.

[@jayasmrmore3687]

Some of the best takeoffs are in storms

[@gaguy1967]

no

[@jayasmrmore3687]

@ as long as it’s safe. I meant just rain not like a violent windy storm of course.

[@manifestgtr]

@@gaguy1967 Yes

[@gaguy1967]

@ taking off and wishing you hadnt is among the worst things a pilot can do

[@manifestgtr]

@@gaguy1967 Absolutely but there’s a difference between taking off into a storm and taking off with storms in the area. Essentially every “stormy takeoff” video you see is the latter. Airliners would basically never takeoff INTO a storm. They skirt around them which is perfectly safe if margins are respected

[@yoshanetubetv5791]

Are logo lights turned off above 10,000 feet ??

[@orlandocfi]

18,000’

[@julienelson6025]

I don't understand why they're taking off in a thunderstorm

[@orlandocfi]

They didn’t take off in a storm, but a storm was nearby. Big difference.

[@jadajouz2368]

❤🎉

[@jefferyhauge2309]

stomes here sky my window up some rain was ok tell stop thank you jeff have day all ok safe home ok

[@margief1798]

Nope!!

[@jadajouz2368]

❤🎉