Inside a Cat 5 Hurricane, down to 200 ft. above Atlantic Ocean

Inside a Cat 5 Hurricane, down to 200 ft. above Atlantic Ocean! Yes, you read that correctly. Insane ride on NOAA 43 (Miss Piggy) with AOC Hurricane Hunters based at MacDill AFB, Tampa, Florida. Nicknamed the "winning lottery ticket of all Hurricane Hunter flights".

[@JuanGarcia-zq5tp]

Thanks to these brave individuals lives are saved. As a South Floridian, I want to wish the hunters the best and be safe out there with Irma.

[@thecoolannishatk.]

Juan Garcia lots of hurricanes hit south Florida, every year and seeing Irma pissed me off

[@OneLastHitB4IGo]

Thankfully, there are those willing to do this kind of stuff and there are people like me who are willing to let them.

[@rigobertoorellana1362]

BALLS OF STEEL...all my respect to these brave men!!

[@arizonatsunami]

Well this answered my question of what the ocean surface is like inside a cat 5 hurricane.

[@Mikinct]

arizonatsunami bad day of sailing my friends...

[@SubsurfaceMedia]

Riding along on one of these missions is on my bucket list.

[@alexmartin3143]

I hope its last on the list..

[@RaulRodriguez-wr8lq]

Thanks you are brave, all that information has save lives, we in Texas go through hurricane every year,thanks to all.

[@x.k.b.w.6716]

I'd love to book a flight with those guys.

[@fernandog.ramirez.6917]

and I remember when I was on flight school our instructors always saying "never fly into a storm, even if IFR Rated, do not fly into a storm if possible" and these lucky and balsy bastards are like "hurricane and 150Knot winds? let's fly right into it!!!"

[@thewizard2465]

thunderstorm never,hurrican yes its way safer than a thunderstorm because hurricane winds are directional thunderstorm winds are all over.....up,left,down,up,right sheer violence

[@atourdeforce]

Some flight school he was in and he didnt even know that. Lol

[@briangoertzen5467]

I find it very ironic that his last name happens to be Landsea. I mean really!!😁

[@judydeitrick126]

the US Navy Hurricane Hunter's Atlantic Fleet has a annual reunion. As the Brave men and women are aging, they have decided that 2020 will be the final reunion. There was a film made called "A Lady Named Anna" by Disney productions in Puerto Rico in either 1961 or '62. None of the Hurricane Hunter menbers can locate this film. I would love to have assistance in locating it to present it to them. My father served with the Hurricane Hunters for 2 service terms.

[@andorblue2069]

IMBD says Walt Disney's Wonderful World of Color, Season 9 Episode 12 was "Hurricane Hannah", and aired on 16 Dec 1962. There was a Hurricane Hannah in 1959, and reconnaissance aircraft began flying it on Sept 28.

[@coloradobikers]

Pilots and crew with lot of balls men.

[@Salinity99]

I would guess thier running thier engines very high throttle to avoid turbulence and downdrafts just pushing them into the ocean, the engines probally got over heated and stressed then and oil coolant line burst

[@modelleg]

Maybe the rough ocean surface aids the heat transfer from seawater to the air above.

[@d.cypher2920]

Sir, i respect that you have a phd... and, the waves in that hurricane you flew over might have had 30-40 ft waves.... i've personally witnessed 65-70...maybe 75 foot waves during a hurricane in atlantic aboard a sailboat, the hurricane passed far enough away for most violent weather to clear us, but the waves when they reached us, even 150 miles from the eye, were unbelievable. The winds where very high.. gusting 60knts. But the waves where very dangerous. Scary shit bro.

[@Resjek]

d. cypher that's so scary

[@Mikinct]

d. cypher did you use a drouge? What size sailboat?

[@jackpot2223]

So awesome!

[@Kev621]

Me: Let's talk about what we fear...
Pilot: Oh, I have one!!!
Me: ....................................
Pilot: I'll just drink this coffee quietly...
Mad respect to you guys!!!

[@greco37]

So there’s no risk to the engines ingesting all that salt spray??

[@thomasroo783]

The 'shit you pants' signs have now been turned on

[@06201972]

Wow

[@mohammadbazzi9759]

they should make passenger airplane same as the hurricane airplane very strong this way it will be never a airplane crash due to anything. that's my plan to the airplanes manufacturer idea. build a passenger airplane strong and same material as this airplane. thanks for me to give you the idea misters airplanes manufacturer. no more airplane crash ever. safe and strong airplane will make us passenger feel safe and happy to be a board those airplanes.

[@Mikinct]

Mohammad Bazzi same with cruise ship. Less passengers & more safety! But more passengers equal more money, sad

[@darraghgregory891]

How a fire 🔥 start ?

[@Mikinct]

Darragh Gregory it was BBQ season, poor timing to blame no doubt

[@nickykeightley1724]

Ah ....... Hell, no!!!!

[@shanerr7252]

Well you're not going to pick a bad aircrew to do these flights are you lol

[@Philip02K]

No Autopilot

[@ldb.0416]

My birthday is in April 16
This was uploaded on August 16!

[@Dqio719]

LDB Tube good for you

[@alexmartin3143]

So there is no relevance of any kind… cool..

[@ldb.0416]

@@alexmartin3143 shut the fuck up this was 4 years ago

[@JGowins65]

Deinterlace the video....Painful to watch...