2020: NOAA hurricane hunter pilot Dean Legidakes flew into Hurricane Sally, losing his house to its aftermath.
Pilot Dean Legidakes, a "hurricane hunter" for the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), was aboard a scientific aircraft flying directly into Hurricane Sally in 2020. When he returned to land, he learned that his house was destroyed. Legidakes and his fellow pilots fly two NOAA WP-3D Orion aircraft each year across the North Atlantic to refine meteorologists' live forecasts of hurricanes' paths and intensity, using high-tech meteorological instruments that provide more accurate data than satellites.
June 13, 2024
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