Hurricane Edouard
Experiment (XCDX)
(19960929H1 Aircraft 42RF -- one 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
Program Manager Jeff Hagen
Program Manager Jim McFadden
Mechanic Burt Kinney

Scientific crew
Chief Scientist Pete Black
Radar Scientist Mike Black
Doppler Scientist Neal Dort
Cloud Physics Ed Bracken
Wokstation J Donnelly (UMass)


Mission Briefing

Participate in a one-plane XCDX mission from St. Croix, USVI into Hurricane Edouard.

Mission Synopsis

Take off Landing
St. Croix, USVI17:47 UTC Ft. Lauderdale, FL02:27 UTC
Penetrations 2

Take off Landing
Ft. Lauderdale, FL02:38 UTC MacDill AFB, FL03:30 UTC

Mission was successful and all equipment and crew performed well.

Mission Data

Flight Director's manifest
1 second data

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


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