| Aircraft Commander | Pat Didier |
| Co-pilot | Nate Kahn |
| Co-pilot | Dean Legidakes |
| Flight Engineer | Chris Lelonde |
| Flight Engineer | Mike Sanchez |
| Navigator | Pete Freeman |
| Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
| Flight Director | Ashley Lundry |
| System Engineer | Bobby Peek |
| Data Technician | Mike Mascaro |
| AVAPS | Joe Greene |
| None |
Figure 2. Actual flight track for 20190921H1 mission for Karen |
Mission Plan :
NOAA42 will conduct an NHC-tasked recconnaissance mission into Tropical Storm Karen.
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI
| 14:09 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI
| 19:56 UTC
| Expendables
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Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division Aug. 30, 2019 12:15 PM EDT Aircraft: N42RF Proposed takeoff: 20/1100Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | RAD/AZMON | Time | |||
| deg min | deg min | deg nm | hr:min | ||||
| 1S | 17 16 | 58 01 | 105/135 | 1:13 | |||
| 2S | 19 44 | 60 36 | 105/315 | 2:06 | |||
| 3S | 18 30 | 61 09 | 105/270 | 2:27 | |||
| 4S | 18 30 | 57 27 | 105/090 | 3:20 | |||
| 5S | 19 44 | 58 00 | 105/045 | 3:41 | |||
| 6S | 17 16 | 60 35 | 105/225 | 4:34 | |||
| 7S | 16 45 | 59 18 | 105/180 | 4:55 | |||
| 8S | 20 15 | 59 18 | 105/360 | 5:48 | |||
Mission Evaluation / Problems :
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![]() Temperature and Moisture |
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