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During the cold war my grandfather flew bombers into the eyes of hurricanes to drop sonar beacons. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of this. The older bombers they
by simplyluke 9y ago
During the cold war my grandfather flew bombers into the eyes of hurricanes to drop sonar beacons. I'm sure he'd get a kick out of this.
The older bombers they flew were all manual controls (as opposed to fly by wire), which meant physical exhaustion from wrestling the plane into the storm was a major factor - so they'd bring extra fuel to be able to circle the eye of the storm for some amount of time to build up the strength to fly back out.
- idlewords 9y agoThe main wing spar on those bombers also had to be reinforced to support the weight of the crew's giant balls. Respect.
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- SoMisanthrope 9y agoWho down modded his comment. Get over yourself, snowflake.
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