Mission Summary
20191018I1 Aircraft 43RF
TDR

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderPat Didier
Co-pilotJohn Rossi
Co-pilotDean Legidakes
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
Flight EngineerKen Heystek
NavigatorSam Urato
Flight DirectorAshley Lundry
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
System EngineerDana Naehrer
Data TechnicianAkshar Patel
AVAPSJim Warnecke
ObserverDavid Keith

Science crew (43RF)
LPS/DropsondeJon ZawislakHRD
RadarElizabeth EhrbarHRD
MediaAlex Hudson

Science crew (Ground)
RadarJohn GamacheHRD


Figure 1. Flight plan for 20191018I1 mission for Nestor

Mission Plan :

NOAA43 will conduct an EMC-tasked TDR mission in the disturbance in the Gulf of Mexico (PTC#16) employing a "butterfly" pattern.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Linder-Lakeland, FL 23:50 UTC Linder-Lakeland, FL 04:32 UTC
Expendables 14 GPS sondes
1 bad

RESEARCH MISSION PLAN: PTC#16
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division
Oct. 18, 2019 5:55 PM EDT
Aircraft: N43RF
Proposed takeoff: 19/0000Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
# LAT LON DIST/AZM Time
deg min deg min nmi/deg hr:min
1S29 4387 30 105/0300:58
2S26 4189 28 105/2101:51
3S26 4187 32 105/1502:18
4S29 4389 30 105/3303:11
5S28 1290 29 105/2703:38
6S28 1286 31 105/0904:31

Mission Evaluation / Problems :

Mission Data :

LPS log | Radar log | Drop log
Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data |

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