Current HRD research projects include studying interseasonal to interdecadal variations in hurricane activity, improving track forecasting, exploring intensity change mechanisms, and analyzing surface wind fields and oceanic response.

NOAAs Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Lockheed WP- 3D Orions (P- 3s) and Gulfstream IV SP (G- IV) Jet Specially equipped NOAA aircraft play an integral role in hurricane forecasting. Data collected during hurricanes by these high-flying meteorological stations and from a variety of other sources are fed into numerical computer models to help forecasters predict how intense a hurricane will be, and ...

The Naval ASW aircraft series - These naval aircraft, rarely represented by the aviation art world, are offered as prints from Feight Studios ...

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Lockheed P-3 Orion history, specifications, schematics, pictures, and data.

Return to Naval Historical Center home page. Return to Aircraft Data Series DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY -- NAVAL HISTORICAL CENTER 805 Kidder Breese SE -- WASHINGTON NAVY YARD WASHINGTON DC 20374-5060 P-3 ORION Wing span: 100 feet Length: 117 feet Height: 34 feet Weight: maximum takeoff: 142, 000 pounds Speed: maximum: 473 mph cruise: 377 mph Ceiling: 28, 300 feet Range: maximum mission radius: 2, 380 ...

The Lockheed P-3 Orion operating in Iceland. Updated July 5, 2002. Introducing a page dedicated to the Keftacex excercises where I have had the chance to photograph some or all of the participants. KefTacEx 96 participants. Starting August 17. 1998, I hereby include a page with the VP SQN Boss Birds that I have photographed in Keflavik. These are often stationary shots. Last addition February ...

Lockheed P-3K Orion Background The Orion ASW aircraft is a development of the 1950's vintage L-188 Electra Airliner airframe. Five Electras were operated from New Zealand by TEAL between 1959 and 1972. Developed as a successor to the P-2V Neptune, the prototype Orion first flew on November 25, 1959. (An aerodynamic prototype built by modifying an Electra flew on August 19, 1958). The first P-3A ...

Aircraft Photos The two NOAA WP-3D Orions in flight One of the P-3's on the ground during a systems integration period Another shot of a NOAA P-3 during pre-flight activities Inside an empty P-3 before being outfitted for an atmospheric chemistry mission ...

Squadron Commander P-3 Orions operating in Iceland. Updated February 10, 2000. Size 640 Size 1024 Return to Index VP-5 is called the Mad Foxes and its insignia is a fox peering from behind a door. From the left you can see the whole backside of the fox, but from the right side you see only what is visible around the door. Photographed 9 February 2000, is P-3C 157318 sitting in the snow. Visible ...

Largest collection of Navy P-3 Orion related patches, family and computer art galleries, espresso cafe review and Flower and Guy comic strip ...

US Customs Service P-3 AEW at the Lockheed Martin Aircraft and Logistics Center in Greenville, South Carolina Please press the photos for a closer look. This is P-3B N144CS (ex USN 153446) returning from an early test flight. After several years in storage at 'the Boneyard' the is the first Customs 'Rotodome' Orion. Turning into it's parking spot the Orion is seen in front of it's Lockheed ...

P-3D Orion photos at NASA Dryden Flight Research Center, Edwards, California ...

P-3C Partial Aircrew Coordination Trainer The P-3C Partial Aircrew Coordination Trainer (PACT) has been delivered by Link Simulation & Training to the U.S. Navy to support practice of training scenarios that teach crew coordination skills in obtaining information from the aircraft's sensor systems and communicating the technical data to other aircraft or command centers. The P-3C PACT provides ...

Lockheed WP-3D 'Orion' Description &nbsp Manufacturer: Lockheed &nbsp Base model: P-3 &nbsp Designation: WP-3 &nbsp Version: D &nbsp Nickname: Orion &nbsp Designation System: U.S. Tri-Service &nbsp Designation Period: 1962-Present &nbsp Basic role: Patrol &nbsp Modified Mission: Weather reconnaissance &nbsp See Also: Specifications Not Yet Available Known serial numbers 159773 , 159875 &nbsp ...