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NOAA WP3 Hurricane Hunter Aircraft Lands at Cape May Airport
The WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter Aircraft landed at the Naval Air Station (NAS) Wildwood Aviation Museum located at the Cape May County Airport on Tuesday, May 1 as part of its 2007 East Coast Hurricane Awareness Tour. Normally manned by a crew of 18 to 20, the crew members conducted public tours of the aircraft to explain its various functions. This tour stop at the Cape May County Airport was sponsored by the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum, the Delaware River and Bay Authority, the Cape May County Board of Chosen Freeholders, the Cape May County Emergency Management Communications Center, and the NWS.
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The WP-3 Orion Hurricane Hunter Aircraft landing at the Cape May County Airport
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Director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations, Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow Jr. speaking with Cape May County Freeholder Ralph E. Bakley, Sr.
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NOAA personnel gather in front of Hurricane Hunter aircraft at Cape May County Airport on Tuesday, May 1st. This stop in Cape May was one of only five visits on the east coast this year.
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(l to r) NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum Director Dr. Joesph Salvatore, Freeholder Vice-Director Ralph E. Sheets, Jr., EMCC Director Frank McCall, NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum Business Manager Cindy Stephens and Cape May County Clerk Rita M. Fulginiti
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First visitors give the thumbs up sign as they board the aircraft for their tour.
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2005 Hurricane Season Flight Activities Chart
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NOAA Aircraft Operations Center Chart
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Freeholder Vice-Director Ralph E. Sheets, Jr. talks with NOAA crewmember Sean McMillan.
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Student from Burlington County Technical School mans the aircraft Navigator Station.
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Mission Scientist Station onboard the aircraft
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Cockpit of the WP-3D Orion Hurricane Hunter Aircraft
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Pilot CDR Tom Strong stands in the cockpit of the WP3 Hurricane Hunter.
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WP3 pilot CDR Tom Strong and EMCC Director Frank McCall
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Lenora Boninfante, Cape May County Communications Director, in the cockpit of the WP3 Hurricane Hunter
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Frank McCall, Cape May County Emergency Management Communications Center Director in the cockpit of the WP3 Hurricane Hunter.
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Cloud Physics Station - one of the educational stations onboard the aircraft
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Peter Siegel, LCDR NOAA demonstrates some of the test equipment carried on board the aircraft to Frank McCall, Cape May County Emergency Management Communications Center Director.
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Chief of Programs for NOAA Aircraft Operation Center, Jim McFadden, Ph.D.
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Students and teachers waiting to board the aircraft and Director of NOAA Commissioned Officer Corps and NOAA Marine and Aviation Operations, Rear Admiral Samuel P. De Bow Jr. (center)
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Approximately 1200 students from area schools toured the aircraft.
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Students from the St. Ann Regional School in Wildwood enjoy their visit to the NAS Wildwood Aviation Museum and their tour of the Hurricane Hunter.
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(l to r) Cape May County EMCC Director Frank McCall, Tim Cwik of Stone Harbor and Bill Cole of Lower Twp. of the Cape May County RACES Team and Ed Taylor of Cape May County EMCC provided information to visitors to the event.
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NOAA experts talk to the students during their visit.
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Four year old Nathan Zeigler and Daneen Zeigler of Lower Township explore a helicopter at the museum before touring the Hurricane Hunter aircraft.
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Dr. Joseph Salvatore, NAS Aviation Museum Director, taking photos of children visiting the museum and the Hurricane Hunter
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