Just curious, how many hurricane hunters we have out there and what a/c do you plan to use? How about wx program?

I've tried to go through them with the Cessna Caravan or the Beechcraft Baron, unfortunately real weather does a poor job simulating hurricane force winds far from the reporting station.Brent Hebert

I certainly have zero interest in going to look for the hurricane as I expect it to find ME in a couple of days! (East Coast, USA) :-( -Lindy :-rotor

Take care there Lindy. I met Hurricane Lili last October upclose a personal. We live 30 miles north of the Gulf of Mexico and it was a direct hit from the south. My thoughts and prayers are with y'all up there.Brent Hebert

I agree, watch out. My sister lives in Fayetteville, NC, I'm hoping she heads off to the mountains.

I am just really glad that it missed me, but very sorry for those who are about to be visited.Here is a picture of it when it was Category 5, the highest rating.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/37303.jpgA very pretty picture of a very unpleasant phenomenom.Best regards.Luis

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I though I heard a Hurricane Chaser aircraft recorded winds over 200 mph in the latest hurricane. How do aircraft survive these forces? Are they able to measure the wind from a distance?Tony

I used to work with a retired Air Force sheetmetal mechanic who made some of these flights in the 1960's as a crew chief on Super Constellations.According to him penetrating the wall of the hurricane was the roughest part of the trip, once in the eye it was relatively calm. He had some hair-raising stories to tell, some of them might have been true! It was fun to watch him tell these stories to a group of guys who hadn't heard them before, there were dropped jaws and open mouths all around followed by the inevitable "did you really do that?" and "did that really happen?" round of questions. He did say that they scrapped a Constellation for structural damage beyond repair after one of these flights. Anyone brave or foolish enough to fly into a hurricane deserves to be regarded with considerable awe and respect.