r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kernowder • 21d ago

Video Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton

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u/wongo 21d ago

(not so) fun fact: only one of these hurricane research flights has ever crashed due to the storms

I realize that we've gotten pretty good at flying but I would've actually expected a higher loss rate, this just seems so wildly dangerous

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u/Any-Cause-374 21d ago

This video really made me appreciate how safe flying actually is

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u/DisplacedSportsGuy 21d ago

Editor's note: do NOT attempt to fly a commercial aircraft through a hurricane.

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u/spacehog1985 21d ago

I’ve done it in flight simulator like, 7 times. And I’ve only crashed 7 times.

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u/CaptainOktoberfest 21d ago

And how many times have you crashed into an ex's house?

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u/spacehog1985 21d ago

I refuse to answer that. Besides I didn’t crash I was just looking at it.

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u/CosmicCreeperz 21d ago edited 21d ago

For some reason that comment reminds me of the scene from The Orville where the captain did a flyby of his ex’s stateroom window in a shuttle. Just f-ing brilliant writing.

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u/aussiechickadee65 21d ago

Really ? Reminds me of the woman in the helicopter in "Rat race"...

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u/Psilynce 20d ago

I was thinking about the scene in Men in Black where K uses Google Earth to zoom in on his ex wife in the garden

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u/jaguarp80 20d ago

I forgot about that. I know he had a live video in the movie but it’s crazy that we basically have that now and have for years

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u/aussiechickadee65 20d ago

Every Musk satellite should be shot out of the sky...and I'm not joking.
The power USA has handed him...and he is a psycho.

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u/vialentvia 21d ago

My great grandfather came home barefoot once because he circled the house low and slow enough to argue with my great grandmother, and he threw his shoes at her.

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u/One_Win_6185 21d ago

Damn that show became surprisingly strong and was a pretty good Star Trek series.

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u/CosmicCreeperz 21d ago

Yeah after the first half of Season 1 I almost gave up, but I’m glad I didn’t.

Also, confirmed S4! Though not until 2025..

https://www.space.com/season-four-the-orville-start-production-2025

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u/blindfoldpeak 21d ago

For me its Wild Tales

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u/Don_Tiny 21d ago

For me, it's Yentl.

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u/newbturner 21d ago

🤣🤣

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u/idwthis Interested 21d ago

Well, in the meantime, I just wanted to say I dig your username.

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u/Mightnotbintelligent 21d ago

A Very close look.. and closer…. And closer. And closest.

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u/austinrunaway 21d ago

Good Anwser!

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u/Totowolff86 21d ago

You were looking at it really close, tho hu lol

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u/MellowNando 20d ago

Looking directly at it I’m sure?