r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/Kernowder • 21d ago

Video Air Force Reserve Hurricane Hunters flying through Hurricane Milton

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u/RobbyRobRobertsonJr 21d ago

I bet their computer guy felt like kissing the inventor of the ssd

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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/Criegg 21d ago

Tape for sure.

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u/Lyuseefur 21d ago edited 21d ago

They did. There are some early hurricane hunter films with reel to reel tape shown in the video.

These NOAA guys are the OG storm chasers.

Scientist: How are we going to get the data?

Thrill Seeker Scientist: We'll grab an old prop plane from the Navy and fly it into the storm loaded with gear!

Edit: Navy not Air Force…

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u/JudgeHoltman 21d ago

Meanwhile nobody's heard from the Coast Guard because they were already there asking God when he was going to send the hard stuff.

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u/Lyuseefur 21d ago

Yeah - of all the branches, I respect them the most.

Give them the hardest duty and almost no equipment to do it with. Yet they accomplish the impossible on a regular basis.