Hurricane Hunter aircraft fly directly into the storm to take measurements and inform forecasts. It’s loud and it’s turbulent, but the data is invaluable. Would you ever want to be a Hurricane Hunter?
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I personally wouldn’t love to fall 30,000 feet to the ground (which is very unlikely) but it would look spectacular when flying right into the eye of the hurricane as it starts out stormy until you break through the hurricanes wall and the sun shines right in the middle and I reckon that would be pretty cool.
I’d love to fly a hurricane hunter aircraft with the USAF. I understand there are dangers and could be severe consequences but millions of lives can be saved by tracking the storms and giving accurate data on it’s coordinates.
Flying is in my blood. I’d love to fly into the eye after the wall.. peace after a good thrashing 😉
Sure I would. Must be thrilling and dangerous. And then: those towering storm clouds… I always wanted to see them from the zero distance…
Yes I would. The P3 Orion and other Lockheed Electra types are rugged turboprops with a long history of safe four-engined operations
My late cousin,Raymond Boylan, was an original hurricane hunter and president of the hurricane hunters association.
How reliable and safe are the aircrafts for them to be flying right into a hurricane and come out like if it was a breeze day in the park..?
Yes
I would love to have been chosen to fly aboard the “Hurricane Hunters”.
Yes. I’m sure you fly back home, battered and bruised.. but the work is vital for both forcasting and research.
And now, with global climate change, hurricanes are becoming more frequent and more destructive.
I don’t see it as all that dangerous. The aircraft have always brought their crews home.
I’d love to work on a drone based “loyal wingman” type aircraft to aid in gathering more data at even less risk to crews.
And some day, the combination of satellites, drones, and high altitude drop sonde delivery vehicles may make manned vehicles less necessary.
I would 100% love to be a Hurricane Hunter. I don’t know why but something just makes me love it. Maybe the mix of aviation and weather just makes it even better
Absolutely! I’m an earth science professor with a teaching emphasis on oceans, weather, and climate, and that would be a dream job!
In a heart beat! I’m an earth science professor whose teaching focus is on oceans, coastal zones, weather, and climate, so this would be a dream assignment! Do they take teachers?
Yes, sounds really cool
I would definitely want to become a hurricane hunter
Absolutely would, I love extreme weather and I love flying, sounds like the perfect job for me.
Definitely! That sounds like a VERY fun job!
I spent two years flying into typhoons (pacific hurricanes) with the U.S.Navy as. naval Aviator. Flying into the typhoon at 1,000’ to gather surface data for the fleet was the experience of a lifetime. The turbulence was so extreme the instrument panel was virtually unreadable. Direction and altitude information provided by the radar and meteorological crew was followed. The professionals on these flights were outstanding. I have flown into an even dozen storms at low latitude with winds exceeding 100kts. Remember, there were no satellites in the 60’s and 70’s.
My dream job. I would do it in a second, after doing the work and training necessary.
My father was a navy photographer and with the first crew to go inside a hurricane and survive. Previously they all ended up in bits. One time he was afraid to go and became very drunk and they hauled him aboard because they needed a photographer. Makes one think a choice of being a photographer is a harmless vocation? Anyway, the images had to be taken upside down and backward and they were his best photos of all. Of course alcohol turns to vinegar when in extreme danger.
Such a cool and exciting job.
Been there … done that … was a charter member, ‘Chief Nav and CO of the Air Force Reserve 815th TAS, Keesler AFB, MS which became the “Storm Trackers” in 1975 and then later inherited the active duty 53rd WRS’s famous “Hurricane Hunter” monicker when the 53rd was deactivated … this was the most satisfying job i ever had, in 29 years of both Active and Reserve flying … enjoyed the job immensely, retired with 162 certified penetrations … nearing 90 y.o. in a few months, I would gladly do it all over again … I recommend the job to anyone who likes to ‘do it a little different’ …
Sorry, no way! Been in severe turbulence flying in commercial aviation and the terror of falling 15-20,000 feet as a passenger was quite profound, exaggerated of course by screaming, sobbing passengers.
I would love to do it being an ex meteorologist, but nowadays I am disabled in so many ways I would not be allowed on boards. Live webcam would be the next best thing.
I don’t want to die young
No thanks
I avoid situations where I might die, think I might die, have an idea of what dying would be like, or would prefer to die.
Thank you for asking.
Eu gosto do seu epp
Flying into absolutely beautiful storms that can have such a unique build that’s hurling towards the coast and being able to help forecast and warn people to evacuate so they can stay safe? That’s my dream job right there.
Plus, your gonna get taken out one day anyway, what’s a better way then in the middle of such a gorgeous hurricane.
In the late 60’s we were going on a family holiday to Barbados, no not rich father was a 707 Captain for BOAC so staff travel, anyway we had to land in Bermuda for operational reasons.
On the way into Bermuda we flew over the top of a hurricane and then spiralled down 27,000ft in the eye to land, fantastic view of the eye wall and amazingly smooth in the eye following the turbulence preceeding.
After landing the 707 was faced into wind and we sheltered in the terminal, we were there for about 5 hours before the weather subsided enough for us to continue to Barbados
Soy un Oficial médico de la marina retirado,tengo licencia y vuelo Cessna 182 cada vez que tengo oportunidad,uno de mis hobbies aparte del buceo y la radioafición,es la meteorología,daría lo que me queda de vida para hacer realidad el sueño de volar como caza huracanes,no imagino cuántas vidas podría salvar con las penetraciones…eso vale la pena el riesgo.
I worked in the aviation industry for 18 yrs and every day was like a kid in a toy store. I loved looking at the planes. I was very fortunate since I was able to go on the planes at various stages of maintenance. But my ultimate goal would be to fly into a hurricane or even fly jumpseat on a flight. I’m retired now and miss the planes. It’s so nice to dream.
100% yes that would be amazing
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Do I get a window seat?