Hurricane Hunter Doco

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Postby omitchell » Sun May 04, 2014 12:26 am

Nice little doco on a NOAA P3 Hurricane Hunter that flew into a category 5 hurricane, Hurricane Hugo and didn't come out the best on the other side.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7jwePOaiqc
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Postby zk2704 » Sun May 04, 2014 1:10 am

Very dramatic, watching it now.
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Postby Ian Warren » Sun May 04, 2014 10:05 am

Nice bit of action, the late 1960s they had two Lockheed R7Vs one being the camera plane tracking the effects of Hurricane on aircraft .
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Postby Adrian Brausch » Sun May 04, 2014 6:54 pm

that was excellent thanks for the heads up of that ! thumbup1.gif
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