Melissa's eye

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Had been flying daily into Hurricane Melissa over the last days with an old-prop “hurricane hunter”.
This is the situation on THU, 10/30/25 17:30 Zulu:

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Metar is not too bad, making it an exciting ride thru some interesting cloud formations:

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M2020 cannot simulate the “stadium wall” of the eye:

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you need the payware “Storm” for that:

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This is the real thing :
“Hurricane Hunters” flying into Melissa’s eye forced to turn back

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Thanks for sharing, it’s interesting to see it in the sim! That payware looks helpful for the eye as well.

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Those are great pictures! :+1: I miss the DarkStar as I would take it up over hurricanes for a great view of the eye. Doesn’t seem to be another plane that can fly as fast and as high so wishing they will bring back the Darkstar some day… :cry: