Originally published at: Hurricane Hunters Brave the Eye of Category 5 Melissa
Video captures the crew’s flight through one of strongest Atlantic storms ever recorded.
Many years ago flying HKG-SFO in a B744 aware that Typhoon Zelda was on the loose, as we crossed Taipei at FL 350 my F/O remarked that night was coming early, my reply no, this is Zelda. 150nm across, tops just below us , only moderate turbulence, white caps on our coffee,nothing worse, our FMS showed W/V going from 150kts on the nose to much the same on the tail within 100nms along track. Nobody died, or even spilt their drinks in First Class, nobody asked about the 300 souls in Economy . Never met a Zelda in the flesh, once was enough. Yours aye, Mac
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