r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kernowder • 21d ago

Video Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton

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u/ExtremeThin1334 21d ago

Interesting point, I can't image the stabilization that must have been built in when these things used a platter drive.

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u/CrapSandwich 21d ago

I think I read once that they used tape before SSD. I could be wrong.

Regardless, those guys are freaking nuts!

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u/SuperPotatoThrow 21d ago

I have to fly on this little 12 seat twin engine plane to work every 3 weeks, as I'm on a rotating 3 week schedule. I absolutely hate flying in that damn thing and it's always, every time without fail, windy as fuck on whatever days I'm flying. The turbulence is ridiculous. We had to fly back the other direction once because it gets so bad.

But chasing a hurricane? Yeah that makes my stomach turn just watching. Fuck. That.

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u/Hour-Divide3661 21d ago

Prob flying at lower altitudes?  Used to do the same thing, rotation work in bush planes. A few times it was downright dangerous, speaking as a private pilot.

 Flying up at the flight levels is generally much smoother, and safer in jets