| Aircraft Commander | Abitbol |
| Co-pilot | Mitchell |
| Navigator | Pete Freeman |
| Flight Engineer | Devin Heystek |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| System Engineer | Todd Richards |
| Radar Technician | Mike Mascaro |
| AXBT | Josh Wadler | UMiami |
| AXBT | Benjamin Jaimes de la Cruz | UMiami |
 Proposed NOAA 42 track |
 Final flight track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 42RF (N42) will fly an RSMAS-tasked Ocean Survey of the Gulf of Mexico wake of Hurricane Michael. This flight will complete the pattern of drops not finished due to yesterday's aborted flight.
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Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division October 10, 2018 1:28:18 PM Aircraft: N42RF Proposed takeoff: 12/1300Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| hr:min
| 1 | 24 00 | 84 00 | 0:50
| 2 | 24 00 | 84 20 | 0:56
| 3 | 24 00 | 84 40 | 1:01
| 4 | 24 00 | 85 00 | 1:07
| 5 | 24 00 | 85 20 | 1:13
| 6 | 24 00 | 85 40 | 1:19
| 7 | 24 00 | 86 00 | 1:25
| 8 | 24 00 | 86 20 | 1:31
| 9 | 24 00 | 86 40 | 1:36
| 10 | 24 00 | 87 00 | 1:42
| 11 | 25 00 | 87 00 | 1:59
| 12 | 25 00 | 86 40 | 2:05
| 13 | 25 00 | 86 20 | 2:11
| 14 | 25 00 | 86 00 | 2:16
| 15 | 25 00 | 85 40 | 2:22
| 16 | 25 00 | 85 20 | 2:28
| 17 | 25 00 | 85 00 | 2:34
| 18 | 25 00 | 84 40 | 2:40
| 19 | 25 00 | 84 20 | 2:46
| 20 | 25 00 | 84 00 | 2:51
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Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| Linder-Lakeland, FL
| 13:28 UTC
| Linder-Lakeland, FL
| 16:10 UTC
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Problems :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |
Flight Director's manifest |
NetCDF data
One second data
Page last updated August 15, 2023
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