Lead Scientist | Sim Aberson |
Radar Scientist | Sylvie Lorsolo |
Dropsonde Scientist | Bachir Annane |
NESDIS Scientist | Chu |
NESDIS Scientist | Zorana Jelenak |
NESDIS Scientist | Joe Manus |
Pilots | Barry Choy Al Girimonte Amelia Ebhardt |
Flight Director | Barry Damiano |
Navigator | Gallagher |
Flt. Eng. | Greg Bast Steve Wade |
Data Tech | Jim Roles Greene |
Elec. Tech | Bill Olney Bosko |
Mission Plan :
N42RF will fly an NHC-tasked reconnaissance mission into Tropical Storm Hanna north of Hispañola leaving MacDill AFB, FL at 04:00 UTC and recover at MacDill AFB at 12:00 UTC.
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
MacDill AFB, FL
| 03:27 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 12:43 UTC
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Shortly after takeoff, it was discovered that the computer network, and the Tail and Lower-fuselage radars were all down. Only the computer network onboard the aircraft was brought back up during the flight. As a result, the mission was conducted with no radar available. Four passes through the center were completed, with a dropwindsonde released in each. The pressure remained within 1 hPa of 990 hPa throughout the mission as the storm moved slowly northwestward away from land. Maximum flight-level wind speed was 65 kt with maximum surface wind speed of about 60 kt from SFMR reported, though the latter value is questioned.
Problems :
Radar problems limited the utility of this mission.
Mission Data
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Flight track |
Temperature and Moisture |
Wind and Atlitude |
Flight track detail |