NOAA Employs Griffon Outlaw G2E UAS To Document Flooding In Mississippi
As the Yalobusha River rose around Greenwood, Mississippi, during a major rainstorm in late February, scientists from the Northern Gulf Institute at Mississippi State University deployed a small unmanned plane that took high-resolution images of rising waters and beamed them back in real time to NOAA weather forecasters.
“Safety is the number one priority of the Department, and this review by leading outside experts will help determine if improvements can be made to the FAA aircraft certification process.” Source: Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao.
An uncoordinated turn in which the aircraft is banked too much for the rate of turn, so the horizontal lift component is greater than the centrifugal force, pulling the aircraft toward the inside of the turn.
The National Balloon Museum came to be in Indianola, IA because of its association with the early days of the National Hot Air Balloon Championships beginning in 1970.
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