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<br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br />I <br /> <br />NOAA will schedule routine maintenance on the aircraft, such as <br /> <br />100 hour inspections, so as to minimize potential "down-time" to <br /> <br /> <br />research operations. <br /> <br />NOAA has a qualified flight crew consisting of a pilot, co-pilot, <br />aircraft scientist/data system operator and aircraft systems <br />technician. All but the technician will fly research missions. <br />At least one of the two pilots has experience in low-level <br />aircraft sampling near mountains with supercooled liquid water <br />cloud present. Scheduling of pilot and co-pilot work periods <br />shall be in accordance with Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) <br />regulations and standard NOAA procedures. <br /> <br />NOAA will coordinate with the FAA to obtain a wavier permitting <br />flight to within 1000 vertical feet of highest terrain within 5 <br />statute miles of the flight path during instrument flight rules <br />(IFR) conditions. Such low-level IFR sampling will be routinely <br />accomplished during daylight hours, icing and turbulence <br />permitting. Sampling during hours of darkness shall be no lower <br />than the standard 2000 feet above highest terrain. Research <br />flights shall take place under both IFR and visual flight rules <br />(VFR) conditions as requested by the Bureau's mission <br />coordinator, subject to safe aircraft operation as determined by <br />the pilot's judgment. <br /> <br />-. <br /> <br />34 <br />