Rough ride: NOAA hurricane hunters fly into eye of Milton in heart-racing flight caught on camera

Rough ride: NOAA hurricane hunters fly into eye of Milton in heart-racing flight caught on camera

Researchers with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) were in for a “bumpy” ride after they sent aircraft into the eye of Hurricane Milton to collect data on the massive storm barreling towards Florida. The flight missions were done by the Aircraft Operations Center’s WP-3D Orion #NOAA43 plane, which is affectionately called “Miss Piggy.”…