Hurricane Sandy has grounded flights up and down the East Coast and is likely to spend the early part of this week trapping travelers in airport, but for a specific group of aviators, now is the time to take off. So-called "Hurricane Hunters" help experts understand the storms by flying through and above them. Many of these toughened fliers serve in the 403rd Air Force Wing out of Biloxi, Mississipi.
Lieutenant Colonel Shannon Hailes of the 403rd spoke to HuffPost Travel last year before setting off into Hurricane Irene. I wasn't Lt. Col. Hailes' first rodeo. A career Air Force pilot, Hailes had been hurricane hunting since 2003, when he moved to the south from the Middle East.
Lt. Col. Hailes spoke to Huffington Post Travel from the Keesler Air Force Base.
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