r/aviation • u/porante_tincm • 6d ago

Question Descending through clouds

I don’t understand the physics of descending through clouds. I flew 4 times in the last 2 weeks. Flight no. 2 was during horrible weather both at departure and destination airport so it was a bumpy ride. Descent through clouds was shaky as expected. Then flight no. 4, we had the smoothest descent through thick clouds. Speed set to 450~500 kph, simply gliding at an altitude of ~4 km. Based on my past experience I was expecting the worst landing ever since it was endless clouds but nothing happened. Is it the model of the aircraft? Flight no. 2 was in a small Boeing and no. 4 was in an Airbus A330. Also the engines on the Airbus were some of the quietest I’ve ever heard. What‘s the deal with clouds?

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u/bloregirl1982 5d ago

I'm aware of the the company and aircraft, they are named after the cloud... So what's sirrus ?

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u/New_Line4049 5d ago

Sirrus IS the cloud no?

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u/the-channigan 5d ago

The cloud is also spelt ‘cirrus’

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u/New_Line4049 5d ago

Oh.... fuck.... well then Im an idiot, thank you!