NASA: Airmen & the Weather

Discover the ways in which NASA's space programs are helping us control the risks from natural disasters and better understand our flying environment. Includes: 1) Hurricane Below: Disaster phenomena and NASA's contribution of providing data to reduce casualties through observations from space. 2) Tornado Below: A young female student pilot on her first solo encounters a tornado. All about tornadoes with lab and satellite studies which improve our understanding. 3) The Weather Watchers: Dramatic explanations of how satellite information relates to severe storms. Unusual footage of tornado formation and its force. 4) Aeronautical Life Sciences at Ames: Exploring mans physical and psychological actions that are influencing factors in flight. 5) Flying Machines: Documenting our love affair with flight, plus a world challenge to U. S. aviation leadership.