How Do You Fly a Plane Through a Hurricane?

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[@precisionleadthrowing4628]

Damn, you let me down. You sound like complete brainwashed moron with the doomsday cult of climate change incantations of. "rising and warming seas". Do you even bother to check the actual claims these sick green communists make? Taking only one source (IPCC) is plain stupid and it doesn't matter how many channels they use to propagate their cult belief. Do some research in old data that were not "normalized" aka not tampered with and you will find the hurricanes are the same as before, the climate is COLDER than it used to be 1000 years ago, that greenland is ice covered now, that the seas are same as before and that there is only 00.04% of CO2 in the air which is barely enough to sustain life. That stuff is incredibly scarce and it's heavier than air so there is no "green house" effect because it doesn't act as insulation. Further more earth doesn't have perfectly balanced energy source with stable energy output and the orbit is not perfectly circular or perfectly stable. Yes, there will be fluctuations in weather as it always been and most of it caused by plate tectonics that shift ocean currents, solar output variations and changes in orbit. You should know these basics. Damn, you dissapointed me.

[@Squat5000]

@@CuriousDroid nope.

[@DrSid42]

Please stop supporting these scammers.

[@Squat5000]

@@DrSid42 imagine that novel concept I wonder if that's part of the reason comments and engagement are way down anymore.

[@RSGTomcat]

I was a part of the WP-3D re-wing effort. Those planes are so incredible. Plus, there's actually not really much structural reinforcement over and above what a P-3C has over the P-3A/B. Iirc, the new wings we put on were just regular old P-3C wings. Those planes are just so robust and overbuilt (relative to their operational weight) that there's just nothing that can truly replace them (lb for lb). C-130s are a solid option for sure, but they are so much more structurally optimized (to carry more weight with essentially the same engines), that their excess margins of safety just arent as high as the P-3. That issue can somewhat be resolved by simply restricting the operational weight if the C-130 so that it "can" survive in the same flight envelopes that the P-3 inherently can, but thats way less fun. Nobody wants to get a hot new toy and be told they can't use it at its max capacity. I'm keenly interested in what they will do to replace Kermit and Miss Piggy when the time comes. Also, Miss Piggy doesnt have the barber pole either. Thats how you can tell them apart. Fun fact, they actually have a 3rd WP-3D (N44RF?) which is a non-operational parts bird which used to be called Gonzo I think before it was retired and the name was given to a Gulfstream? IIRC, that plane DOES have the barber pole. I forget the story behind why that plane is not airworthy. I want to say it's because of "widespread fatigue damage" which was not financially viable to repair. That was 8 years ago though so my memory is a little fuzzy.

[@ReneSchickbauer]

I always wondered about the design of the P-3. On one hand, the engineers did am absolutely fantastic job designing a near-indestructible plane. On the other hand, they somehow managed to make it look like the most generic plane ever. It's like someone read a book on "how to build a 4 engine aeroplane" and skipped right over the chapter on how to give it a character or any distinct features.

[@drtidrow]

@@ReneSchickbauer One of the reasons the P-3 is so tough is that it was basically a Lockheed Electra airliner, which in its original form had a structural weakness in its outer engine nacelles. The engine mounts could get damaged and allow the engine to vibrate in a way that would couple to the wing, hitting a resonant frequency that would cause the wing to disintegrate. At least two Electras disintegrated in midair before they figured out what the problem was. The fix involved beefing up the the engine mounting structure to make it more rigid, and strengthening the wing structure. All Electras, including the Navy's P-3s, got retrofitted with the structural changes, making them significantly stronger than they were originally.

[@82726jsjsufhejsjshshdjso]

Awesome insights thank you 🙏

[@RSGTomcat]

@@drtidrow yes, it was called the "whirling mode" and the fix was retrofitted onto earlier P-3A's but the nacelle design was updated by the time the P-3C's were in production to preclude the whirling mode altogether.

[@JB-kk4pv]

Could say your memory is a little Fozzie. 🙂

[@MidnightGazebo]

10:36 You know it's serious business when you need an extra pilot on the thrust levers because the pilot flying needs both hands for the yoke!

[@18robsmith]

Going back the "old days" when most multi-engine aircraft had a third person in the cockpit - the flight engineer, whose job was to look after the engines, manage the fuel (and, at more restful moments, provide the pilots with much needed refreshments).

[@cdl0]

@@18robsmith ....plus an unlimited source of banter and jokes!

[@ReneSchickbauer]

35 million Dollar for the overhaul is a bargain. A single correct prediction of a hurricane path could easily save that much money in damages.

[@lucasokeefe7935]

A "weather officer" in 1943 sounds like just some stowaway named Pierre that looks out the window and gives occasional sarcastic commentary

[@jimdennis2451]

What gets me is, in the height of WWII, this guy seemingly took an unauthorized flight, with an Air Corps trainer, and didn't get Court Martialed.

[@wisdomleader85]

This is like charging into the deepest layer of inferno and escaping afterwards. Hats off to these brave pilots.

[@Keatosis_Quohotos]

They should make an expansion about these guys for Microsoft flight simulator

[@BigMobe]

Would they have a job if we could accurately simulate what is happening in a hurricane on a home PC?

[@fanBladeOne]

underrated

[@Ray_of_Light62]

Thank you Mr. Shiilito for covering this. And my appreciations to all of the brave people monitoring hurricanes from within. Greetings Anthony

[@michaell8722]

When I was a young officer training at Kessler AFB in Mississippi during the late 1980’s I was able to talk my way on a flight with the famous 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron. We went through a category 1 hurricane, Jerry (I remember the name, it’s my brother’s name). I have never experienced such turbulence before or after that flight. I was the butt of crew jokes because it was mild compared to Hugo which was a Cat 5 a month earlier..

[@mizake01]

WOOHOO i did my USAF Tech Training in Keesler!!!!!

[@iconoclastpleonast8726]

Thank you for this comment. I have been looking for this information for some time to inform my new novel, i.e. it's possible to get on one of these flights by "talking your way on."

[@NeilTurnbull007]

The fasten seatblets light is on .We will experience a little turbulence shortly .

[@willhouse]

My Dad used to be a US Naval Aircrewman who was in anti-submarine warfare missions out of Florida back in the 60's, & his crew did a hurricane flight once because they were rated on the same kind of plane that was used for the task. 🤯

[@johnmorykwas2343]

The USAF C-130s Hurricane Hunters are based at Keesler, AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi.

[@davidhatton583]

Thanks for the propeller vs jet explanation. Seems it would ALSO be an advantage to take readings at 250- 300 mph vs 500 mph and that a severe wind shear would also be more survivable at the lower speed

[@lesbendo6363]

Great video, liked the historical content and the art! 🇨🇦

[@spacecowboy2483]

Fascinating. How come no big studio ever made a movie about this!?

[@Icridium]

Hey, Paul. I hoping you’re doing well. If you read this comment, I believed it would be a really cool dedicated video covering the Northrop and Grumman B-2 Stealth Bomber. You have briefly discussed small bits about it it in previous videos regarding other aircraft. If you have the interest in making a video on it that is. Keep up the great work!

[@hootis8]

There's a town in Utah settled by the Mormons called "Hurricane" specifically pronounced the same as in this video as apposed to the typical American pronunciation. I take it that is the typical British pronunciation. I realize this is most likely because the many of the pioneers were British isle emigrants.

[@MrSlipstreem]

I'm British and have never heard another Brit pronounce it "Hurrican" until now.

[@jr2904]

There's a town in Arizona named Prescott, but all of the locals pronounce it like 'presskit'. Some places are just different haha.

[@mathyou9]

​@MrSlipstreem That's funny because I've only ever heard British people pronounce it as "hurrican," as in this video. With that said, it must be a regional thing, and I just have only heard British people from whatever region it is who pronounce it that way. LOL!

[@mathyou9]

I came here to say exactly the same thing about the city in Utah (which I also attributed to British ancestry of the Mormon pioneers)!

[@bbartky]

Johnny Harris, formerly of Vox, has a great channel on geopolitics here on KZbin. He’s also a former Mormon and made a really informative two-part video series about the history of the LDS (Mormon) church. The most interesting thing I learned from the series is how successful Mormon missionaries were in Great Britain during the 19th Century, which why so many Mormons can trace their ancestry to 19th Century Great Britain.

[@AnitaJobby]

Yooooooo. Saw that footage from inside the plane. Almost 💩 my trousers...

[@richardpark3054]

I think an important fact about the nature of hurricanes is relevant. While a hurricane is a single, organized, ginormous storm, on a smaller scale, it's made up of spirals of individual thunderstorms. Which can be navigated through/around/between. Flying almost any airplane directly into a thunderstorm will likely result in structural failure (and loss) of that airplane. But threading your way through lines of thunderstorms by flying around individual storms can be done. I have done it. Due to lack of alternatives (aka, insufficient fuel) on a flight from Guantanamo to Norfolk. We threaded our way between 2 lines of thunderstorms off the east coast and, obviously, lived. But I was scared shitless and I'd never intentionally fly directly into any single thunderstorm. Unless I had a pre-existing fatal disease (with consequent limited life expectancy) and excellent life insurance. On the ramp at Norfolk NAS, I kissed the ground. The only time I've ever kissed concrete.

[@shaider1982]

It.was in the news where a crew scattered the ashes of a retired hurricane hunter into a hurricane.

[@RCAvhstape]

15:00 I used to live near a Navy base where they flew P-3 Orions, and it's nice to see an Orion so clean and shiny as this.

[@ohasis8331]

With winds and scouring rain at hurricane speeds, I'm not surprised.

[@jimdennis2451]

I always thought they were pretty planes.

[@RCAvhstape]

@@jimdennis2451 It's a Lockheed Electra at heart, after all.

[@silasmiller4417]

Me too! Brunswick Navel Air Base. I saw a P-3 in the air almost every single day of my childhood. They were submarine hunters I was told

[@fasvi1285]

I just want to say thank you to the brave crew and scientists willing to risk their lives to bring us vital data about storms.

[@321-Gone]

1 of your best videos.

[@thatairplaneguy]

To fly through a TORNADO inside of a Cat5 hurricane and only loose a deice boot is truly the most incredible thing I’ve ever heard of

[@AmgAmg-yy8sy]

Great job Keep it up From Argentina....

[@dunodisko2217]

5:22 *a what now*

[@debug8377]

hawk 2 (a)

[@Jagcycle]

Looks like fun to me. I would honestly love to tag along on a mission.

[@zlm001]

Just came here to say that the P-3 is one of my favorite aircraft or airframes. It must be a lot of work to pilot these kinds of airplanes.

[@willharmatuk4723]

Great video. Right up my alley.

[@C.Fecteau-AU-MJ13]

Why would you fly into the eye of a hurricane?... To get to the otherside of course. Or Oz.

[@JayTeeGR]

"But now I'm safe in the eye of a tornado I can't replace the lies that let a thousand days go No more living trapped inside, in her way I'll surely die In the eye of the tornado, blow me away" 🎸😜

[@amosbackstrom5366]

🎶 "You sowed the wind, and so you reap the whirlwind... the dawn before the darkest hour.." Iron Maiden and Megadeth

[@Wadiepool]

8:18 so this is why Oversimplified said "He's a very naughty weather enthusiast"

[@DanH-u3f]

Inside the eye is quite calm. The edges have the high winds.

[@TioDeive]

A wonderful video! Thank you.

[@banditkfk1463]

Thank you for very interesting video 👍

[@BigMobe]

Do you want to ride the tea cups? No, last time you said it was a category 1, it turned out to be a 5, and we flew through multiple tornadoes.

[@MrGaborseres]

Brave pilots and personal on them planes 👍👍👍 my respect 👏👏💪

[@TheElnots]

Great video thank you very much!

[@RStout59]

Living in Louisiana, I've seen and witnessed my fair share of hurricanes in my 65 years. I would say the path predictions have become increasingly accurate, especially in the last 10 years. Intensity accuracy is much better but still a bit of a crap shoot. The hardest to predict accurately seem to be storm surge. At current those are a joke at best. Hopefully, those will improve overtime.

[@bikerbeast82]

Can we just for a minute appreciate the real star of this video!! The shirt paul is wearing!!! It looks like a hippies dream! 😂🎉

[@trekkie1701e]

I remember back when the shirt company was his only sponsor lol.

[@Well_Edumacated]

it's interesting hearing hurricane hunters when they are in the eye.

[@kai990]

weird question, but do they still have lavatories on those special planes?

[@petegossett5494]

Yes, they do. I live just off-base & they’ve had one of the planes open & on display during the last 2 air shows on base. It’s certainly not much for privacy though. 😂

[@kai990]

@@petegossett5494 so theyre in the middle of the cabin? xD

[@zlm001]

Thanks.

[@jeremyheminger6882]

These guys know they are going into Hurricane and yet the video shows that, apparently, they have a bunch of lose stuff in bins that, not surprisingly goes flying all over the place. Shouldn't these bins be more secured? NOAA has only been doing this for 50 years. 😂

[@paddor]

EXACTLY. AND THE LACK OF HELMETS. WTF

[@mizake01]

FUNDING plus mismanagemnt. Little funding due to people who dont "believe" the 4billion year history, data of climate change.

[@Idrinklight44]

As a Naval Aviator....... It's probably something to do with common sense

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

I worked on the Hurricane Hunters.....my blood and skin chunks all inside of them😂

[@firestorm755]

Great vid👍

[@carloscollomps1552]

The Popular _Mechanics magazine of May 1950 covers this topic. But they used a B-29 to go trough the eye of hurricane Beverly.

[@faolitaruna]

3:57 While UK's legislation changed name it works the same as GDPR from the perspective of USA.

[@darkwinter7395]

Why? Well, when roller-coasters just aren't enough anymore... 😛

[@florian2442]

I can't believe the top comment is a climate change denier. Goes to show how powerful the misinformation campaigns have gotten, truly a tragedy... Anyway, really great video as always! And well researched.

[@Plons0Nard]

You are doing the same. But there is a significant difference: climate alarmists have HUGE funds to spread their POV. Not ONE of the so called predictions, made in the Rome Report has been proven right. 🖐️🇳🇱

[@florian2442]

@@Plons0Nard "Some fifty years on, the call for a change in direction was more urgent than ever. The report’s modelling was remarkably accurate and prescient as the world declares the climate emergency to be real and global ecosystems to be at breaking poin" -Club of Rome report 🖐️🇨🇦🇩🇪

[@florian2442]

And you really think that mmcc deniers, primarily funded by dubious research pushed by fossil fuel companies, some of the largest and wealthiest corporations in the entire world, with direct interest to protect their investments are the ones "lacking" the funds to spin and spread their own stories?

[@IdoloOcelot]

You left out N49RF. Their G-IV flies on as many or more of the hurricane missions as the WP-3Ds. They have a G550 due to start service in 2025 and another in 2028.

[@paddor]

What I wonder: Why would they fly into a hurricane without helmets and why would they NOT bolt everything inside the plane down?

[@Cheka__]

There's no amount of money that I would fly into a hurricane for.

[@boazbrisker81]

Great video thank you 🙏🏻

[@808bigisland]

there is NOAA with the Orions, Coast Guard with C-130 in the Pacific doing weatherduty. As a cap - Hurricane season is rough on ships and men and shorelines.

[@geneallen5758]

Hurricane Milton, Oct 9, 2024. Claimed to be Category 2-3 when it hit Florida. Will someone please show me one single weather reporting station, like an airport, NOAA buoy, etc., that reported hurricane force winds? For Category 1 hurricane, the lowest, that would be 64 knots sustained wind (1 minute or 10 minute)

[@GaryL3803]

The winds at ground/water level are greatly reduced by turbulence. The winds aloft are so much higher. There were many tornadoes in the outer bands all over south Florida during Milton even though they were many miles from the landfall.

[@richardpark3054]

I'd think that you'd be capable of doing your own research rather than farming it out to the general interned population.

[@chunfung8934]

Luckily is not a Boeing 😅 Joke aside, salute to the man and woman who helped in the program

[@codymoe4986]

That was supposed to be funny?

[@Tina-d8f]

Very interesting.

[@dsc4178]

Herky bierds will do a great job. As usual.

[@icare7151]

Yes, been there and done that.

[@hamshackleton]

Very loosely related - read Desmond Bagley's book "Wyatt's Hurricane". Although fiction, it gives a reasonable indication of what it is like on the receiving end!

[@dziban303]

flynonymous was here

[@nozrep]

i had always thought the pilots don’t need to risk the plane frame too much because they fly at high altitude up and over the whole thing? then drop down into the eye and take measurements and but briefly experience all of the turbulence? i really do not know that is just what i assumed given the nature of the storms. sounds like he said they fly through the storm the whole way?

[@andrewprettyquick2070]

Now you must read Wyatt's Hurricane.

[@hamshackleton]

by Desmond Bagley!

[@aldovalkovich755]

always interesting

[@elsasswow]

Short answer : with fckin balls of steels

[@ifell3]

What a job!

[@williamhogue7722]

Has a nuclear submarine ever surfaced in the eye of a hurricane?

[@kenbecker6655]

12:33 why would you have ANYTHING in the cabin not bolted down...

[@TheTransporter007]

I wonder why they haven't tested a modern turboprop heavylifter like the Airbus A400M atlas.

[@attonrand96]

My theory is that storms are getting worse because we keep flying into them. 😊

[@pantherplatform]

God please save our Country!

[@Kipkat13]

Absolutely

[@MichaelD-fn5lv]

Incredible none of them are wearing helmets. I'm sure they know better than me, but man it'd suck to deal with a head injury flying through a hurricane!

[@MTbone7]

Yes it's men that fly those planes

[@mizake01]

Rrrrerrrrrrrrrrrrright. Sssssssssssssure. Clearly, you KNOW.

[@maegenyoungs2591]

Air cowboys riding the kangaroo.. how that plane gets off the ground with the size of there balls. Plus all that fuel. But we owe a great debt to the people serving in this branch. They know it’s just as deadly as it is important.. They probably have some awesome stories

[@Theoryofcatsndogs]

I don't think I will called C-130 a newer aircraft.

[@jimdennis2451]

"Newer" is a relative term.

[@michelians1148]

Why aren't they wearing helmets with that turbulence? 👀

[@thamil1365]

Drones can do this

[@woodywood1951]

time for drone.

[@darrenrodgers6425]

For guys that fly into hurricanes for a living, they don’t really tie many things down do they 😂 “dramatic effect”

[@JohnnyWednesday]

Why not?

[@deepat]

Dropping ice into the low pressure zone to intensify the storm

[@Shotsmoky]

Oh no. Is the sky falling Henny?

[@TheOtherSteel]

Weather data.

[@m4rvinmartian]

*Any relatives of Typhoon Goons here?*

[@hermask815]

In circles?

[@NoSTs123]

this video did not do well...

[@paulhaynes8045]

Very interesting - thank you.

[@mizake01]

men AND WOMEN .... wtf Bro? Its a team effort in our USAF.

[@MorganSullivan]

Changing climate does not exist...

[@WeapoKingNZ]

Glad you changed the thumbnail. Dislike removed.

[@Squat5000]

Just can't get away from NPCs spitting out the same climate change bs

[@indianastan]

Only when they say "" man made"" then it becomes political.

[@Squat5000]

@@indianastan I can't say I've seen anyone ever mention it without it being implied or explicitly stated as man made. Welcome to one of the coolest and lowest average CO2 levels in ice record history. Of course both are going up.

[@kanokadany113]

You're the NPC here bud, way to gulp down oil industry propaganda.

[@kanokadany113]

You're the NPC here bud, way to gulp down oil industry propaganda.

[@aperitifs]

it's God made as God made everything including us.

[@conor7154]

Is it really that dangerous? I’ve never heard of one of these things going down and they apparently do it all the time.

[@beegum1]

Anyway, I used to think that there would be more and stronger hurricanes due to climate change, that doesn't seem to be the case. I haven't gone so far as to doubt the existence of global warming and climate change, however, I hate to hear things wrongly depicted. I remember when I was guessing this, it turned out there was like a years long lull in the number of storms.

[@johncarlaw8633]

Over previous decades Australia, a very arid country experienced on average 1 La Nina in 5 year, the rest El Nino. Here El Nino means dry and very hot. Broadly Pacific Ocean El Nino/La Nina influences East-West heat flow and rainfall, Indian Ocean Dipole affects monsoons and North-South rainfall shift. 4 of last 5 years have been La Nina, mid '23 to early '24 was El Nino. Very arid areas are blooming after successive years of far greater rainfall than average. Relatively, still arid. Excess rainfall and weather events, tornadoes etc affect cropping areas negatively. Eastern Pacific/Atlantic storms have not been getting amplified El Nino effects. Currently it is neutral, neither one nor the other. 15 October 2024 The ENSO Outlook is currently at La Niña Watch, meaning there remain some signs that a La Niña may form later in 2024. A La Niña Watch does not guarantee that a La Niña will develop and the chance of a La Niña event developing in the coming months has decreased compared to recent outlooks. This assessment is based on climate model forecasts and recent atmospheric and oceanic conditions in the Pacific. Atmospheric and oceanic indices are currently within ENSO-neutral thresholds. The Bureau's model suggests SSTs are likely to remain within the ENSO-neutral threshold (−0.8 °C to +0.8 °C) throughout the forecast period. Four of 6 international climate models also suggest SSTs will remain within the ENSO-neutral range. Only one suggests SSTs in the tropical Pacific are likely to exceed the La Niña threshold (below −0.8 °C) from November to January, with another forecasting SSTs to briefly exceed the threshold, but only during December and January. If a La Niña were to develop, it is likely to be relatively weak (in terms of the strength of the SST anomaly) and short-lived, with all models forecasting neutral values by February.

[@TenebraePatruus]

We doing AI generated thumbnails now?

[@ZeitGeist_TV]

Nothing wrong with that at all when if you use actual images you might get copyrighted or need to pay the holder of license to an actual photo. His research and narration is still done by him

[@choo_choo_]

We doin regurgitated Twitter opinions now?

[@sruz25cz]

Don't forget the X9 CME that hit earth just before Milton formed. The correlation between flares and Hurricanes appears to be substantial. Interesting prop. blade shape on the NOAA planes, I assume that also serves some purpose?

[@NoSTs123]

Correlation does not mean Causation...

[@sruz25cz]

@@NoSTs123 Seems like you're just repeating learned phrase without understanding it. What else could the relationship be if it's not causal? Be specific.

[@NoSTs123]

@@sruz25cz So you think that a Solar Flare hitting the magnetic field of the Earth influences weather? The Correlation is not relevant. Mass ejecta of the sun do not create hurricanes. Talk to any meterologist and ask them how what happens in the ionosphere during sun activity could influence formation of Hurricanes and they will explain to you that there is no connection. Dont believe everything the people that didnt go to university to study the Meterology or Physics tell you in their podcasts about the waether.

[@sruz25cz]

@@NoSTs123 So it's as I said. You have no understanding of what "correlation isn't causation" is and what it is not. There are generally 3 explanations for strong correlation: a) Direct causal relationship b) Indirect causal relationship (=common variable but no direct causal link) c) Unrelated phenomena guided by the same pattern (think two different, unrelated sinusoidal oscillations with identical frequency and phase) In this case, given the way the phenomena correlate, they are too irregular on their own for c) to be plausible. Both, a) and b) fall outside of what conventional meteorology has to offer, so it would improve prediction power of the models. Additionally, there isn't much else in space that could conceivably provide an explanation that falls under b), so a) is the most likely. You have nothing but appeal to authority and to phrases that you do not understand. The idea that there could be a connection between solar activity and earthquakes also used to be mocked by experts - until ups, turns out it actually might be real and Italy with Japan considered it credible enough to spend money on a satellite to study it.

[@SaturnCanuck]

What an amazing video. They must have nerves of steel. But, um, men? Are only men allowed to fly in the hurricane? Well I saw at least two women so time to re-think your phrases Paul. And of course, we all love the four-engined B-25

[@soldat88hun]

Why not use rocket boosters?

[@bbartky]

Even in this era of SpaceX aircraft are considerably cheaper to build and maintain than rockets.

[@soldat88hun]

@@bbartky No, I mean why not use the same rockets that they use to short take off for boosting in air? It seems that these planes usually encounter situations where a quick boost is desirable and solid rocket boosters are ideal for that.

[@RwingDsquad]

Climate change 🤣