Global Hawk Flight #872-0061

Sensor Payload :

 LIP, HAMSR, HIWRAP, Dropsonde (not operational)

Comments :

Dee Porter, Vance Greenway, Phil Hall (PIC), Steve Sipprell, Tom Miller, Kent Fuller (Co-Pilot), Robert Rivera, Matt Graham, Chris Naftel (MD) – The purpose of this flight was to engage AL92 and collect data with the three operational instruments. The aircraft was in the vicinity of AL92 for approximately 8 hours and made several coordinated passes with the DC-8. The airplane returned in good condition, except the ATC radio locked onto one frequency at the 8-hour mark into the mission.