x-y-no wrote:Matt-hurricanewatcher wrote:I heard those kind of planes or something like them are flying from a America alway across the global to fight the war in Iraq. Why can't we have one of those do recon?
Hmm ... don't think I'd want to be the pilot who had to fly a B2 through the eyewall of a hurricane ...
Ha... no doubt! A B2 can't even go through a little rainshower without problems.
Most of the longer range aircraft that the military uses to fly are no where strong enough to fly through a tropical cyclone. The WC-130 is a powerhouse aircraft that can take the abuse, but in exchange, it can only go so far.