News & Announcements
Coordinating from sea to sky: How NOAA planes and ships team up to track marine mammals
Protecting marine mammals requires all hands on deck, both at sea and in the sky. During a recent marine mammal survey in the Gulf of America, both NOAA Ship Gordon Gunter and a NOAA Twin Otter teamed up to collect data.
A new path to becoming a NOAA pilot
A new flight path has been established to ensure there are highly qualified aviators in each flight station.
50th anniversary of the first P-3 hurricane flight
Fifty years ago, NOAA’s newly acquired WP-3D Orion aircraft, N42RF, flew its very first mission into a tropical cyclone.
Meet the Crew: Sofia de Solo, Flight Director
NOAA's in-flight meteorologists are essential to ensuring safety and effective data collection in complex atmospheric conditions. Meet Sofia de Solo, an in-flight meteorologist and flight director at NOAA's Aircraft Operations Center.
Precision from propellers: How NOAA aircraft collect data above, around and in a hurricane
Hunting for hurricane data above, around and in the storm requires the right equipment–and NOAA has it.
Aircraft and uncrewed systems team up to forecast, study tropical cyclones, setting new records
Specialized scientific tools, whether aboard or deployed from an aircraft, or on the water, collected important data and set new records.
