Mission Summary
20151022I1 Aircraft 43RF
Reconnaissance flight

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderScott Price
Co-pilotPat Didier
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
NavigatorPete Siegel
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Elec. TechnicianBobby Peek
Dropsonde OperatorDana Naeher
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
Scientific Crew (43RF)
ObserverJoe SappNESDIS


Final NOAA 43 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will depart from Harlingen, TX to carry out a NHC-tasked Reconnaissance mission around Hurricane Patricia then return to Harlingen, TX.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Harlingen, TX14:54 UTC Harlingen, TX22:28 UTC
Penetration 2

10 dropsondes deployed, all good and 4 transmitted. 2 AXBTs deployed, both good.

Problems :


Mission Data :


Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude

Flight track detail

Flight Director's manifest | Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | One second data | serial data


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