Now it's out their gathering dataDon't suppose you have access to enough strings to pull to get someone a ride into one of those monsters?
(Only kidding, but I have wanted to do that since the first time I saw a documentary on those guys. Breaking into the eye and doing a couple of laps looks awesome!)
Last time I rode on one into a thunder storm, we took a lightning strike that put a hole the size of your fist in the raydome. It was a maintenance flight and the avionics tech had his toolbox open on the floor. Just before we were hit, we hit a downdraft that put us at 0g for a good 5-10 seconds. His tools floated up into the cabin and just hung there - right up until we hit a 2.3g updraft and they slammed down like an artillery barrage.
If I ever get to fly ito a hurricane, you can have my flight.