Aircraft Commander | Scott Price |
Co-pilot | Ruckman |
Co-pilot | Mitchell |
Flight Engineer | Paul Darby |
Flight Engineer | Todd Tuffnel |
Navigator | Urato |
Navigator | Sloan |
Flight Director | Belson |
Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
System Engineer | James Warnecke |
Data Technician | Mike Mascaro |
Dropsonde Operator | McAlister |
Guest | Jason Calabretta | NBC News |
Guest | David Barnes |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 42RF (N42) will perform an NHC-tasked Reconnaissance mission into Hurricane Irma.
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Figure 1. Proposed flight track for 20170909H1 |
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division August 07, 2017 Aircraft: N42RF Proposed takeoff: 09/1700Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 1S | 22 48 | 79 28 | 70/270 | 1:04
| 2S | 22 48 | 76 35 | 90/090 | 1:45
| 3S | 24 18 | 78 12 | 90/000 | 2:17
| 4S | 22 38 | 78 12 | 10/180 | 2:43
| 5S | 21 44 | 77 04 | 90/135 | 3:05
| 6S | 23 52 | 79 21 | 90/315 | 3:50
| 7S | 22 41 | 78 20 | 10/225 | 4:14
| 8S | 23 52 | 77 03 | 90/045 | 4:40
| |
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL
| 17:11 UTC
| Linder-Lakeland, FL
| 00:26 UTC
| Penetrations
| 4
| |
6 dropsondes released, all good and sent.
Mission Evaluation:
Problems :
NetCDF SFMR data | |
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Flight Director's manifest | Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | serial data | One second data