Mission Summary
20151023I1 Aircraft 43RF
Ocean Winds flight

Aircraft Crew (43RF)
Aircraft CommanderScott Price
Co-pilotPat Didier
Co-pilotAdam Abitbol
NavigatorTim Gallagher
Flight EngineerJoe Klippel
Flight EngineerChris Lalonde
Flight DirectorMike Holmes
Elec. TechnicianBobby Peek
Elec. TechnicianBill Olney
Dropsonde OperatorDana Naeher
Dropsonde OperatorJames Warnecke
MechanicLonnie Kregelka
Scientific Crew (43RF)
ObserverJoe SappNESDIS


Final NOAA 43 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 43RF will fly from Harlingen, TX for an NESDIS-tasked Ocean Winds missions into Hurricane Patricia then recover at MacDill AFB, FL.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Harlingen, TX14:47 UTC MacDill AFB, FL01:21 UTC
Penetrations 2

NOAA 43RF flew from Harlingen, TX for an NESDIS-tasked Ocean Winds missions into Hurricane Patricia then recovered at MacDill AFB, FL. 12 dropsondes deployed, 2 bad, 2 transmitted.

Problems :

Mission Data :


Flight track
Temperature and Moisture
Wind and Atlitude

Flight track detail
Ocean winds
Flight track detail
Center penetrations

Flight Director's manifest | Flight Director's log | NetCDF data | One second data | serial data

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