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MEMBERS DISCUSSION AREA => General Discussion => Topic started by: DOUG on October 07, 2016, 12:58:19 PM

Title: Unmanned Hurricane Hunter flying in Matthew
Post by: DOUG on October 07, 2016, 12:58:19 PM

Check out the path through the eye at 60,000', over and over...
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA872 (https://flightaware.com/live/flight/NASA872)

It's a beast
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/photo_feature/global_hawk_deploys_to_study_matthew.html (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/photo_feature/global_hawk_deploys_to_study_matthew.html)


(http://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/afrc2016-0292-08.jpg)

Title: Re: Unmanned Hurricane Hunter flying in Matthew
Post by: clark123456 on October 07, 2016, 01:15:44 PM

That's pretty cool. 

Title: Re: Unmanned Hurricane Hunter flying in Matthew
Post by: cru9 on October 07, 2016, 03:58:16 PM

My old next door neighbor was a pilot in the hurricane hunter division. Several years ago he would text me video from his phone as they were flying into the storms. It was so cool when they would get inside the eye it was calm as could be


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Title: Re: Unmanned Hurricane Hunter flying in Matthew
Post by: Jeepster1407 on October 07, 2016, 05:11:06 PM

Quote from: cru9 on October 07, 2016, 03:58:16 PM

My old next door neighbor was a pilot in the hurricane hunter division. Several years ago he would text me video from his phone as they were flying into the storms. It was so cool when they would get inside the eye it was calm as could be


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Wow that's awesome. I twister was "fairly" accurate lol


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