The hurricane hunters

by Francis Jock

The Navy's World Famous "Hurricane Hunters" of Weather Reconnaissance Squadron FOUR (VW-4) conducted weather reconnaissance missions in the skies of the Atlantic and the Caribbean Oceans from 1953 to 1975. With six Lockhee...read more

by L. Beall

Can you imagine putting the act of putting your very life in danger each and every time you go to work? HURRICANE HUNTERS do just that; they are a group of pilots that fly directly into hurricanes. The 53rd Weather Reconna...read more

by S. F. Heron

It's 1955. A hurricane hunter aircraft heads into the center of Hurricane Janet in the Caribbean. Armed with basic radar and scopes for measuring waves and wind, the team is collecting important meteorological data for t...read more

by Paul Lines

It can be hard to believe that people would deliberately volunteer to fly through the eye of a hurricane, but there are those who do. Whether one would consider these people foolhardy or heroic, there is no doubt that the ...read more

by Trisha Orlando

I am a storm chaser, which in many ways is the same thing as a hurricane hunter. The only difference is the location. In the mid-west these storms are can turn into tornadoes and in the coastal region they are called hurri...read more

by Janet Capone

In 1943 there was a surprise hurricane that hit Houston, Texas during World War II. This hurricane lead to the first planned meteorological flight into a hurricane. In 1946, the name "Hurricane Hunters" was initially use...read more

by Suzie Jane

Before there was satellite and Doppler radar the hurricane hunters flew missions over the oceans to find and track tropical storms. From 1945 to 1975 the U.S. Navy had squadron of crews and airplanes that they used. Sin...read more