 Proposed flight track |
 Final flight track |
| Aircraft Commander | Chris Kerns |
| Co-pilot | Adam Abitbol |
| Co-pilot | Cathy Martin |
| Flight Engineer | Paul Darby |
| Flight Engineer | Chris Lalonde |
| Navigator | Peter Freeman |
| Navigator | Tim Gallagher |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| El Technician | Bill Olney |
| Data Technician | Todd Richards |
| El Technician | Mike Mascaro |
| LPS | Paul Reasor | HRD |
| Radar | Jun Zhang | HRD |
| Drops | Brittany Dahl | HRD |
Mission Plan :
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Proposed flight track |
Final flight track |
NOAA43 will fly a HRD-tasked Rapid Intensification Mission into Tropical Storm Karl.
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Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division File: current1.ftk September 21, 2016 Aircraft: N43RF Proposed takeoff: 21/0600Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 1S | 20 32 | 57 08 | 90/225 | 1:27
| 2S | 22 40 | 54 52 | 90/045 | 2:13
| 3S | 22 40 | 57 08 | 90/315 | 2:45
| 4S | 20 32 | 54 52 | 90/135 | 3:31
| 5S | 21 36 | 54 23 | 90/090 | 3:49
| 6S | 21 36 | 57 37 | 90/270 | 4:34
| 7S | 20 06 | 56 00 | 90/180 | 5:07
| 8S | 23 06 | 56 00 | 90/000 | 5:53
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| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI
| 06:00 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI
| 14:00 UTC
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Problems :
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Final flight track |
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Plot of raw High Density Obs |
Plot of raw Flight Level winds |
Plot of raw SFMR winds |
Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | Flight Director's manifest | serial data