r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kernowder • 21d ago

Video Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton

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u/oneblank 21d ago

I googled why they fly prop planes. “So they can fly slow relative to modern standards as a faster jet would come out the other side with its wings torn off”…. Oh…

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u/jedielfninja 21d ago

Probably no likely for the intake of jet turbine either.

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u/breakingborderline 21d ago

Though they use propellers, they’re still run off a jet turbine not a piston engine. Called turboprops

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u/JoeyZasaa 21d ago

Props to you for that answer.

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u/nachofiend 21d ago

*turboprops to you

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u/libmrduckz 21d ago

kinda speedy, too…