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Several NASA Airborne Science aircraft that were deployed for science missions during the summer of 2013 to study subjects from hurricane formation to forest fires have returned to their home bases at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center and the Dryden Aircraft Operations Center in Southern California.

WFF UPDATE (all times EDT):

AV-6 Goals:
Monday Sep 23:  No Planned Operations
Tuesday Sep 24:  No Planned Operations

* Planned AV-6 transit is Thur Sep 26, 0700 takeoff, no science enroute

AV-1 Goals:
Monday Sep 23:  No Planned Operations
Tuesday Sep 24: No Planned Operations

This was a flight to sample the environment of Invest 95L, which at the time of takeoff had a 70% chance of tropical cyclone formation, although it ultimately failed to form.  It was a good non-development case study.

WFF UPDATE (all times EDT):

AV-6 Goals:
Sunday Sep 22:  Hard Down Day, No Instrument Access
Monday Sep 23:  No Planned Operations
Tuesday Sep 24:  No Planned Operations

WFF UPDATE (all times EDT):

AV-6 Goals:
Saturday Sep 21:  Hard Down Day, No Instrument Access

Sunday Sep 22:  No Planned Operations

Monday Sep 23:
1100-1300 Instrument & IT Preflight for Potential Tue Flight (Science/Ferry to DFRC)

AV-1 Goals:
Saturday Sep 21:  Hard Down Day, No Instrument Access

Sunday Sep 22: Potential Science Flight #12 (target P37L)
0830 PIs staff GHOC-E
0900 Engine Start
1000 Takeoff

This was an AV-1 flight to Hurricane Ingrid in the Gulf of Mexico.  The on-station time was cut short due to extremely cold atmospheric temperatures in the region.  The instruments were able to get additional data over other precipitation targets on the return to Wallops.