Never seen this before, a variation of the O-2. Wonder what it's being used for?
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What is this???
What is this???
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Re: What is this???
Hey Mike,
According to what I found, it's called a CIRPAS Pelican, converted from USAF O-2A 68-111550.
CIRPAS (Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies) Pelicans were highly instrumented, rear propeller aircraft designed to measure atmospheric turbulence, mean variables, and remotely sensed measurements of sea surface characteristics, mapping out variability in the momentum, heat, moisture, and radiative fluxes, as well as boundary layer structure in support of CBLAST investigations.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. use them (there are only 2).
According to what I found, it's called a CIRPAS Pelican, converted from USAF O-2A 68-111550.
CIRPAS (Center for Interdisciplinary Remotely-Piloted Aircraft Studies) Pelicans were highly instrumented, rear propeller aircraft designed to measure atmospheric turbulence, mean variables, and remotely sensed measurements of sea surface characteristics, mapping out variability in the momentum, heat, moisture, and radiative fluxes, as well as boundary layer structure in support of CBLAST investigations.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst. use them (there are only 2).
Stew
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