Global Hawk getting ready to takeoff in California for mission over Matthew
Posted by Chris in Tampa on 10/4/2016, 10:36 pm
Global Hawk active on the ground at Edwards AFB in California:
http://airbornescience.nasa.gov/tracker/#view=map&callsign=NASA872&zoom=6
Getting ready to takeoff for mission over Matthew.

Tuesday, 4 Oct. 2016

"Global Hawk: Is scheduled for a mission over Matthew. Take off is scheduled for 0200 UTC (10:00PM Eastern) from NASA's Armstrong Research Flight Facility, Edwards, CA. This flight is part of NOAA's Sensing Hazards with Operational Unmanned Technology (SHOUT) field campaign."

Wednesday, 5 Oct. 2016

"Global Hawk: Is scheduled to land at NASA's Armstrong Research Flight Facility, Edwards, CA around 0200 UTC (10:00PM Eastern)."

From: https://noaahrd.wordpress.com/

      "B. THE GLOBAL HAWK WILL BEGIN A 24.5 HOUR RESEARCH MISSION
         OVER MATTHEW AT 05/0200Z. ON STATION TIME 05/0715Z
         TO 05/1930Z.  BLOCK ALTITUDE 55,000 TO 65,000 FT. 57
         DROPS ANTICIPATED. CALL SIGN NA872."

From: http://www.nhc.noaa.gov/recon.php
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