Hurricane Edouard
Ferry
(19960925H1 Aircraft 42RF -- single aircraft)

Aircraft crew (N42RF)
A/C Commander Jerry McKim
Co-pilot Brian Taggart
Navigator Tom Strong
Flight Engineer Rock Torrey
Flight Engineer Steve Wade
Flight Director Sean White
System Engineer Sean McMillan
Radar Technician Jorge Delgado
Engineer Jim Barr
Mechanic Burt Kinney
Program Manager Jim McFadden

Scientific crew
Chief Scientist Pete Black
Radar Scientist Chris Landsea
Doppler Scientist Sim Aberson
Cloud Physics Ed Bracken
Wokstation J Donnelly (UMass)


Mission Briefing

Ferry to St. Croix, USVI, for a series of flights into Hurricane Edouard. On 25 August the AOC aircraft picked up HRD personnel for the ferry flight to St. Croix, USVI arriving early that evening.

Mission Synopsis

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL14:13 UTC Ft. Lauderdale, FL15:03 UTC

Take off Landing
Ft. Lauderdale, FL16:09 UTC St. Croix, USVI19:37 UTC

Takeoff from MacDill AFB, FL was at 14:13 Z and arrived at St. Croix at 19:38 Z.

Mission Evaluation and Problems

Ferry was successful and all equipment and crew performed well.

Mission Data

Flight Director's manifest
One second data

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

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