text: is manned flight in a hurricane possible?  i saw this website: www.hurricraft.com that shows it as possible?   it's possible. if the air is moving steadily and uniformly you have an easier time with it. this is typically the situation over ocean and away from the eye (ref.). if it's "choppy", with small-scale gusts and wind shear, it gets risky. you can encounter this as you penetrate the eye, where winds reach a maximum and then become very slow. a doppler radar might help you recognize such a situation before you fly into it.