Overview

In September 1955, Navy Lieutenant Commander Grover B. Windham and a crew of eight flew out of Guant?amo Bay into the eye of Hurricane Janet swirling in the Caribbean: a routine weather reconnaissance mission from which they never returned. In the wake of World War II, the Air Force and the Navy had discovered a new civilian arena where daring pilots could test their courage and skill. These Hurricane Hunters flew into raging storms to gauge their strength and predict their paths. Without computer, global positioning, or satellite support, they relied on rudimentary radar systems to locate the hurricane's eye and estimated the drift of their aircraft by looking at windblown waves below. Drawing from Navy documents and interviews with members of the squadron and relatives of the crew, Stormchasers reconstructs the ill-fated mission of Windham's crew from preflight checks to the chilling moment of their final transmission. 8 b/w photographs.

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Author:   David Toomey
Publisher:   WW Norton & Co
Imprint:   WW Norton & Co
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 20.80cm
Weight:   0.403kg
ISBN:  

9780393324488

ISBN 10:   0393324486
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   30 December 2003
Audience:   General/trade ,  Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Toomey brings a novelist's eye and an investigative journalist's panache to the history and science.

Riveting....Toomey is imaginative and compelling in his re-creation.

Riveting... Toomey is imaginative and compelling in his re-creation. Toomey brings a novelist's eye and an investigative journalist's panache to the history and science.

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David Toomey is a professor of English and director of the Professional Writing and Technical Communication Program at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. He lives in Amherst.

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