ORLANDO, Fla. – Have you ever been on a flight where the turbulence made the trip a bit bumpy? Well, that is just a small sliver to the conditions hurricane hunters face on the job as they fly into the eye of tropical systems.
But like many science-based careers, women in these roles can be a bit limited compared to their male counterparts. But for a team of female NOAA Corps pilots, their gender never held them back them from fulfilling their dreams and even earning them a title as the “First all-female crew to pilot a NOAA aircraft during a hurricane mission”.
Commander Rebecca Waddington and Lieutenant Commander Lindsey Norman were two of those pilots into that first all-female flight during the 2019 hurricane season, where their mission