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Evening flight thru Hurricane Irene
NOAA flies through the Hurricane to collect data if i'm assuming correctly, very long bumpy flight. 14 hours of dark in a hurricane, unfortunately I missed the flight. (flightaware.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
I watched every minute of the flight on the 23rd. crazy to me
Used to do this in the US Navy in WC-121 (Super Constellation) Aircraft! At night 750' above the water! Enter the eye, then climb to 750mb level (10,000') exit the storm, fly the perimeter, taking instrument readings. And then drop down and do it all over again! Usually 12-15 hr mission!
Why the low altitude? It smoother under the clouds, and the meteorologist on board needed to have a visual on the sea surface to estimate the winds, with the landing lights on, but not extended!
Vwery precise flying, but when I left that Squadron in 1969, we had 17 years of accident free flying! I continued on to retire as a happy airline pilot
Just thought you might be interested, in "The Way it Was"
Why the low altitude? It smoother under the clouds, and the meteorologist on board needed to have a visual on the sea surface to estimate the winds, with the landing lights on, but not extended!
Vwery precise flying, but when I left that Squadron in 1969, we had 17 years of accident free flying! I continued on to retire as a happy airline pilot
Just thought you might be interested, in "The Way it Was"
cool
...and people complain about turbulance. HA
[http://flightaware.com/live/flight/NOAA49 NOAA G4]
thats neat!