| Aircraft Commander | Chris Kerns |
| Co-pilot | Nate Kahn |
| Co-pilot | Cathy Martin |
| Flight Engineer | Brigham |
| Flight Engineer | Chris Lalonde |
| Navigator | Tim Gallagher |
| Navigator | Pete Freeman |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Flight Director | Jess Williams |
| Data Technician | Bobby Peek |
| Data Technician | Dana Naeher |
| Dropsonde Operator | James Wernecke |
| Mechanic | Lonnie Kregelka |
| LPS | Joe Cione | HRD |
| Lead Scientist | Paul Chang | NESDIS |
| Radar | Evan Kalina | HRD |
| Drops | Kelly Ryan | HRD |
| Observer | Aaron Faber | unk |
| Observer | Jerry Dellinger | unk |
| Media | Mark Clark | ABC News |
| Radar | Paul Reasor | HRD |
Mission Plan :
![]() Proposed flight track |
![]() Detail proposed flight track |
![]() Final flight track |
NOAA43 will fly a EMC-tasked Tail Doppler Radar mission into Hurricane Matthew east of Florida.
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Prepared by Hurricane Research Division Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division File: current1.ftk October 08, 2016 10:00:00 AM Aircraft: N43RF Proposed takeoff: 08/1800Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | RAD/AZM | Time | |||
| deg min | deg min | n mi/deg | hr:min | ||||
| 1S | 31 56 | 80 15 | 90/225 | 1:58 | |||
| 2S | 34 04 | 77 44 | 90/045 | 2:47 | |||
| 3S | 33 21 | 79 25 | 30/315 | 3:13 | |||
| 4S | 31 56 | 77 45 | 90/135 | 3:45 | |||
| 5S | 33 00 | 77 13 | 90/090 | 4:05 | |||
| 6S | 33 00 | 79 36 | 30/270 | 4:37 | |||
| 7 | 32 06 | 79 00 | 4:55 | ||||
| 8 | 32 06 | 78 48 | 4:58 | ||||
| 9 | 32 24 | 78 48 | 5:04 | ||||
| 10 | 32 24 | 79 12 | 5:10 | ||||
| 11 | 32 06 | 79 12 | 5:16 | ||||
| 12 | 32 06 | 79 00 | 5:20 | ||||
| 13 | 32 24 | 79 00 | 5:26 | ||||
| 14 | 32 24 | 78 48 | 5:29 | ||||
| 15 | 32 42 | 78 48 | 5:35 | ||||
| 16 | 32 42 | 79 12 | 5:41 | ||||
| 17 | 32 24 | 79 12 | 5:47 | ||||
| 18 | 32 24 | 79 00 | 5:51 | ||||
| 19 | 32 42 | 79 00 | 5:57 | ||||
| 20 | 32 42 | 78 48 | 6:00 | ||||
| 21 | 33 00 | 78 48 | 6:06 | ||||
| 22 | 33 00 | 79 12 | 6:12 | ||||
| 23 | 32 42 | 79 12 | 6:18 | ||||
| 24 | 32 42 | 79 00 | 6:22 | ||||
| 25 | 33 00 | 79 00 | 6:28 | ||||
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 19:03 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 00:42 UTC
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Problems :
Final flight track |
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Plot of raw High Density Obs |
Plot of raw Flight Level winds |
Plot of raw SFMR winds |
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LPS's log | Radar Scientist's log | Ground Radar Scientist's log | Dropsonde Scientist's log
Flight Director's manifest | Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | 1 second data | SFMR data | serial data