Hurricane Hunting
This storm also marked the first intentional meteorological flight into a hurricane. On a bet with British pilots at Bryan Field, flight instructor Colonel Joe Duckworth flew his AT-6 Texan trainer directly into the storm, becoming the first hurricane hunter. On his return, he would make a second flight, this time carrying the base weather officer as a passenger.
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Famous quotes containing the words hurricane and/or hunting:
“Thought and beauty, like a hurricane or waves, should not know conventional, delimited forms.”
—Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860–1904)
“They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs’ dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.”
—Desiderius Erasmus (c. 1466–1536)