Pilots Duck Birds, Dodge Towers to Gauge New England Flood Risk
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It’s a bright sunny Friday, and Lieutenant Commander Patrick Didier and Lieutenant j.g. Kevin Doremus have dropped their twin-engine plane down to 500 feet to follow the hilly contours of central New England.
On either side, broadcast towers loom over the plane, while below the roofs of houses seem close enough to touch. Turbulence so close to the ground can push the plane around as if it were an elephant on ice skates.