I just recycled a Canoe & Kayak magazine describing a new, 100%, carbon-fiber kayak (for whitewater rapids) that had to be redesigned with Kevlar reinforcement so as not to break up.
(Among some paddlers, Canoe & Kayak is known as Kayak & Kayak magazine). :)
Good post. Carbon fiber reinforced with kevlar would be a lot stronger. Kayak’s take a huge pounding but I cannot imagine the forces on a huge airliner in a huge storm at 35,000 feet where it is probably -40 deg F.
F1 cars have incredible forces and stress but in an accitident they shatter. I am not sure if they reinforce the cockpit with kevlar.
Canoe have your kayak and eat it too? (ducking incoming flak)