4.9 • 938 Ratings
🗓️ 16 October 2018
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Avination, welcome back to the Pilot to Pilot podcast episode number 42. Today, I am talking with NOAA aka Hurricane Hunter Rebecca Waddington.
In this episode, Rebecca and I talk about...
What it is like to fly around Hurricanes.
Why Rebecca joined the NOAA.
How you can become a Hurricane Hunter.
What a day in the life of a Hurricane Hunter is like.
.. and much much more.
I hope you enjoy today's episode, don't forget to check out our Patreon and leave a review!
Happy Flying,
Justin
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0:00.0 | Episode 42 of the pilot, the pilot podcast takes off now. |
0:03.2 | My name is Rebecca Waddington and I am an officer in the NOAA Corps and I fly there King Air and K-4 aircraft. |
0:19.0 | What is going on, A.V Nation and welcome back to the pilot the pilot podcast. My name is |
0:24.0 | Justin and I am your host. Today I'm talking with a Hurricane Hunter pilot. I am |
0:29.8 | talking with a NOAA pilot. Rebecca Waddington. Some of the things Rebecca and I talk about are, why did she |
0:35.4 | join NOAA in the first place? We talk about what it's like to become a NOAA pilot, what it's like |
0:39.8 | flying in, around, in front, just all around the hurricane environment. |
0:44.2 | We talk about if hurricane turbulence is worse than a pop-up thunderstorm in Florida |
0:48.0 | turbulence. |
0:49.0 | We talk about how NOAA is more than just flying in hurricanes. |
0:52.3 | We talk about what it's like from 7 a.m. or from |
0:55.6 | morning to evening what it's like in the day and the life of a hurricane hunter. |
0:59.4 | So guys you are not going to want to miss this episode. Before we start, I do want to say thank you to everyone for listening to this podcast. I know you're taking the time out of your day. |
1:07.0 | Please check out our Patreon page, Patreon.com slash pilot, the pilot, support us there, support us in the podcast. We have stickers there, |
1:14.4 | hopefully soon t-shirts will be on there as well, but for now we have stickers so check those |
1:18.0 | out there pretty cool. Also, please leave us a review on iTunes. You can check us out there. I think we have about 200 reviews right now. |
1:24.3 | So the next goal is gonna be 250, |
1:26.1 | then it's gonna be 300. |
1:27.0 | So please share this episode with everyone you know, |
1:29.4 | share this podcast with, |
1:30.9 | I know I said this for. |
1:31.5 | Share it with your CFI, share it with your roommate, share it with people that you don't even know like aviation. |
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