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NOAA Gulfstream G-IV SP Winter T-PARC workshop

NOAA Gulfstream G-IV SP Winter T-PARC workshop. Project Manager: Jack Parrish Aircraft Commanders: CDR Jeff Hagan, CDR Will Odell Scientific Systems Analyst: Mark Rogers. Gulfstream G-IV SP Capabilities. N49RF - MISSIONS Hurricane Surveillance Winter Storms Hurricane Research

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NOAA Gulfstream G-IV SP Winter T-PARC workshop

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  1. NOAA Gulfstream G-IV SPWinter T-PARC workshop Project Manager: Jack Parrish Aircraft Commanders: CDR Jeff Hagan, CDR Will Odell Scientific Systems Analyst: Mark Rogers

  2. Gulfstream G-IV SP Capabilities • N49RF - MISSIONS • Hurricane Surveillance • Winter Storms • Hurricane Research • Air Chemistry • Cabin Configuration • 10 total seats • 3 Cockpit • 7 Cabin • 1 Flight Director • 3 Technicians • Up to 3 Scientists • Initial Altitude – 41,000’ • Max Altitude – 45,000’ • Mission Speed - .77 Mach • Transit Speed - .83 Mach • Mission Endurance – 8.0 Hrs • Twin Turbofan Jet • Mission Track Miles – 3,600 NM

  3. Winter T-PARC Calendar • October 8-10: Winter T-PARC workshop • November 3-7: Site visit to Yokota AFB • January 7: G-IV departs for Yokota AFB, RON Anchorage • January 9: G-IV arrives Yokota • February 28/27: Depart Yokota AFB, arrive Honolulu • ~ March 31: G-IV departs for MacDill AFB

  4. G-IV Winter T-PARC Operations • Plan to fly about the 12Z runs. 06Z launches, land by • 15Z. • Two day ahead alerts and areas of interest. Two day • warning of deployments. • One day ahead planned tracks. • Mid-flight changes are possible. Plan on 20-30 minutes • of delay due to communication relays and language • barrier. • 6-day in a row standby, flight limit.

  5. Aircraft/Aircrew Safety • Two 13 Person Life Rafts • Anti-Exposure suits for all crew members • Automated External Defibrillator (AED) on board – crew members trained • Aviation Survival Vests (SWITLIKS) for all crew members • Fixed Emergency Oxygen for all crew members plus walk around bottles • Flight crew trained in Aviation Physiology including pressure chamber • Flight crew attends flight simulator training twice a year • AOC crew members trained in water survival and cold weather survival • Outstanding Safety record – No flight fatalities ever!

  6. Safety Requirements for Visiting PAX Visiting scientists, distinguished visitors, and media are allowed 1 flight aboard NOAA aircraft without fulfilling the training requirements that are dictated in the chart linked below. If any of these people would like to fly more than once (in a year) then the training must be completed. This Aviation Safety Program is administered by NOAA’s Office of Marine and Aviation Operations (OMAO), the parent NOAA organization of the Aircraft Operations Center (AOC). http://www.omao.noaa.gov/aviationsafety/safety.html

  7. NOAA Safety Training

  8. Yokota AB, Japan

  9. T-PARC Flight Operations

  10. T-PARC Area of Operations

  11. T-PARC G-IVSP Capabilities

  12. Gulfstream G-IV SP Capabilities • Data System • Main aircraft data system provides a flight level data stream at 1 Hz to multiple stations through a GUI format • Scientific Systems • Flight Level Data • Dropwindsondes • PTH • Wind Speed/Direction • Stepped Frequency Microwave • Radiometer (SFMR) – Surface Wind • Speed (experimental) • Communication Systems • Inmarsat/Iridium • Voice/Data capabilities • Internet acces • UHF/VHF/HF radios • X-chat

  13. T-PARC G-IVSP Capabilities

  14. T-PARC G-IVSP Capabilities

  15. T-PARC G-IVSP Capabilities

  16. T-PARC G-IVSP Capabilities

  17. Tail Doppler Radar

  18. DLR Falcon observations • Make two-day ahead “area of interest” fairly broad. No great expectation of accuracy. • One-day ahead plan as good as possible. At least first few points need to be good. • In-the-air changes are possible. HF/AirInc comms, relays will cause 20-30 minute • delays. • Seek traffic advisories from ATC. That and TCAS warnings of traffic below will be • used to evaluate drop locations. • Expect departure, approach delays. They were kept low (5K feet) 60-80 miles from • base. It could shorten our total tracks. • Make use of usual ICAO/military-style flight planning forms. They will provide us • examples of what they used. • Falcon crew used multiple-recipient fax cover to distribute plans to various sectors. • Again, they will provide contact information. • DLR did not request block altitude clearances. We’ll check during the site visit. • Customs, immigration, agriculture and quarantine took 45 minutes to an hour upon • entry. Might have been extra since they were arriving from Russia.

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