Mission Summary
20100827I1 Aircraft 43RF
Ferry flight for Tropical Storm Earl operations

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderMark Nelson
Co-pilotJustin Kibbey
Co-pilotHarris Halverson
Flight EngineerGreg Bast
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorChris Sloan
Flight DirectorIan Sears
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Data TechnicianDana Naeher
Electronics TechnicianDamon Sans Souci
Electronics TechnicianBob Peek
Electronics TechnicianMike Mascaro
MechanicL Kgreglka
Scientific Crew (43RF)
Lead ScientistJohn Gamache
Radar Scientist
Dropsonde ScientistPaul Leighton
Guest ScientistJason Dvorsky (UMass)
Guest ScientistJoe Sapp (UMass)
Guest ScientistTerry Lathem (NASA)


Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will ferry to Barbados for operations into Tropical Storm Earl. The P-3 will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 1200 UTC and will recover in Barbados by 1800 UTC.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL27/12:35 UTC Barbados27/18:06 UTC

NOAA 43RF ferried to Barbados for operations into Tropical Storm Earl. The P-3 left MacDill AFB, FL at 1235 UTC and recovered in Barbados at 1806 UTC.

Problems :


Mission Data :

NetCDF | 1 seond data

Flight track

Temperature and Moisture

Wind and Atlitude


Page last updated Sept. 09, 2010
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