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NOAA P3 AIRCRAFT TOUR
On Friday, May 11, 2001 students from R.R. Moton Elementary School in Miami-Dade County toured a display of research and safety aircraft at the United States Coast Guard base at the Opa Locka Airport. The following are photos from that tour.


Students tour

Students escorted through various displays by Bob Ebaugh, hydrometeorological technician at WFO Miami

Orion and Copter

NOAA P-3 Orion "Hurricane Hunter" aircraft and Coast Guard helicopter

Helicopter

U.S. Coast Guard Helicopter

Students and helicopter

Students in front of Coast Guard helicopter with P-3 in background

P-3 Orion Miss Piggy

NOAA P-3 Orion affectionately named "Miss Piggy"

P-3 Orion Miss Piggy

Another view of P-3 Orion

Miss Piggy

P-3 Orion mascot in position in the P-3 cockpit

P-3 display

P-3's accompanying display

P-3 crew briefs students

P-3 crew briefing students on aircraft and missions

P-3 display

More displays from the Office of Aircraft Operations (OAO)

Inside P-3

Inside the P-3 cabin

Inside P-3

inside the P-3 cabin

P-3 cockpit

P-3 Orion's flight deck

Bob Ebaugh in jumpseat

Bob Ebaugh in the jump seat in the P-3 cockpit

Pablo Santos in P-3 cockpit

Pablo Santos, Science & Operations Officer at WFO Miami, in P-3 cockpit

Pablo Santos in P-3 cockpit

Pablo Santos (smiling) in the P-3 cockpit

P-3 cabin

Inside the P-3's cabin

Zach Brown on P-3

Zach Brown, Summer intern at WFO Miami, on P-3 flight deck

Directors

L-R B. Max Mayfield, Hurricane Center Director; Chuck Lanza, Miami-Dade County Emergency Management Director; and Rusty Pfost, Meteorologist-in-Charge at the Miami WFO

Hurricane symbols

Each hurricane symbol represents an aircraft penetration

Directors
L-R Jim McFadden, OAO (back to camera);
B. Max Mayfield, Hurricane Center Director;
Raul Martinez, Mayor of Hialeah;
and Rusty Pfost, Meteorologist-in-Charge
at the Miami WFO (in hat)
 

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