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September 4th 05, 02:47 AM
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I did fly through a hurricane (typhoon) at an altitude
of about 500'. Yes, it was rough! Yes, we were IMC a lot of the time. Back in the early '50s, before wx radar, we blundered into a hurricane in an R5C (C-46). Flew right through the eye. We were probably at around 10,000' altitude. It was not especially rough, but we had extreme rain that was causing problems with the Curtiss electric props and causing the fire warning light to light up. It took an unbelievable anount of drift correction to stay on the A-N range leg, and after the eye, an equally unbelievable amount in the opposite direction. We still didn't recognize that we were in a hurricane, till we were told after we landed. vince norris 
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