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First of all, it flew in the eye itself. and then determine the exact position of the center. and then went out into the eyewall. it was orbiting around the eyewall at different altitudes, first of 5000 feet, then at 4000 feet, i think, then it got down as low as i think 500 feet and 200 feet. it was collecting, you know, wind measurements and, you know, information that can really help us get a better understanding of how strong the storm was. ultimately, i think will lead to some tremendous breakthroughs in the research that we can do at this air sea interface in islands that no aircraft nev...

The humidity. and then a cutting edge drone launched today, it has spring—loaded wings, so we launched it out of the hurricane hunter, the wings open up and it begins to fly. we got it to fly for about two hours in the eye and then it penetrated into the strongest part of the storm, the eye wall. we are able to take a drone into places where we don't take the crude aircraft. the measurements we get, we can learn a lot about the storm and how it might change stop, the crewed aircraft. hurricane ian has already struck cuba on its way to the us, and the island is still struggling to recover fro...

Different. they have their own signature to it and i would certainly agree this is one of the referee flights i've been. on but to me what was unique about this one was the nature of the turbulence we hit. normally, you go through an eye wall, hit up and downdrafts, which is really turbulent. but this one, in addition to, that we had a lot of side to side motion. so, for me at least, that was very unusual. and so, you know, that makes it rank up there with probably one of the roughest flights i've ever had. what it says about the storm itself is, you know, this was a storm that was very -- it'...

So, you know, it's a little harrowing at times. but, you know, the greatest respect for our flight crews at no, they're the best in the world. so, it was a great mission with a lot of flight. >> and one of your colleagues actually posted images of the eye of the storm. these are the photographs. you can see it's all lit. up this was at 8000 feet. and the light you're seeing is actually from a lightning strike. were you surprised at the amount of lightning in the eye? because usually when you're in the eye, it's sort of an area of calm? >> well, so the eye itself as an area of combat. the eye w...

We dropped mini parachuted weather stations in to measure the winds, the pressure, the humidity. and then a cutting edge drone launched today, it has spring—loaded wings, so we launched it out of the hurricane hunter, the wings open up and it begins to fly. we got it to fly for about two hours in the eye and then it penetrated into the strongest part of the storm, the eye wall. we are able to take a drone into places where we don't take the crewed aircraft. the measurements we get, we can learn a lot about the storm and how it might change. hurricane ian has already struck cuba on its way to...