Mission Summary
20091108I1 Aircraft 42RF
TDR flight into Hurricane Ida 2009

Aircraft Crew (42RF)
Aircraft CommanderBarry Choy
Co-pilotMark Nelson
Co-pilotCathy Martin
Flight EngineerPaul Darby
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
NavigatorTim Gallagher
NavigatorChris Sloan
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorRichard Henning
Lead El TechDana Naeher
El TechJoe Bosko
Scientific Crew (42RF)
Lead Project ScientistJoe Cione
Dropsonde ScientistJun Zhang
Radar ScientistJohn Gamache
ObserverThomas Philip (USheffield)

Mission Plan :

N42RF is scheduled for a TDR mission into Tropical Storm Ida, with takeoff on Sunday, Nov. 8 at 20:00 Z from MacDill AFB, FL and return to MacDill AFB, FL on Monday, Nov. 9 at 05:00 Z.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL19:55 UTC MacDill AFB, FL??:?? UTC

Problems :

Due to mechanical troubles this flight was aborted and further TDR missions into Ida were cancelled.

Mission Data :

Flight Director's Error Summary | FAST data | NetCDF file | 1 second data

Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Page last updated Feb. 18, 2010
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