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Figure 1: Initial flight plan for the mission into
Tropical Storm Karl. Green dots are the turn points. Purple and red dots represent locations of rawinsonde observations. |
| Aircraft Commander |
| Co-pilot |
| Co-pilot |
| Navigator |
| Flight Engineer |
| Flight Engineer |
| Flight Director |
| Data Technician |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| LPS | HRD |
| Radar | HRD |
| Drops | HRD |
Mission Plan :
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Figure 1: Initial flight plan for the mission into
Tropical Storm Karl. Green dots are the turn points. Purple and red dots represent locations of rawinsonde observations. |
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 20, 2016 Aircraft: N43RF Proposed takeoff: 21/1800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
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| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 1S | 21 18 | 59 30 | 90/180 | 1:09
| 2S | 24 18 | 59 30 | 90/000 | 1:55
| 3S | 22 48 | 61 07 | 90/270 | 2:27
| 4S | 22 48 | 57 53 | 90/090 | 3:13
| 5S | 23 52 | 58 21 | 90/045 | 3:31
| 6S | 21 44 | 60 38 | 90/225 | 4:17
| 7S | 21 44 | 58 22 | 90/135 | 4:49
| 8S | 23 52 | 60 39 | 90/315 | 5:35
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This flight was cancelled due to Karl's lack of development
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