NOAA Pilots Fly Endangered Rice's Whale Research Missions - Cockpit Video GoPro MAX 360

NOAA Corps Aviators fly out Corpus Christi Texas (KCRP) on a series of Rice's Whale Survey flights in the Gulf of Mexico, East of Texas. From Takeoff to Landing, cockpit video from a NOAA DHC-6 300 Twin Otter, Call Sign NOAA57.
- 00:58 DHC-6 Twin Otter Walk Around
- 02:56 Engine Starts
- 01:33 Take off out of Corpus Christi TX, (KCRP)
- 06:16 Rice's Whales spotted
- 07:02 Rice's whale photo Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Paul Nagelkirk (Permit #21938)
- 08:55 Return & Landing in KCRP
- 09:55 Aircraft reverse parking
Project will base in Corpus Christi Texas. The purpose is to reinforce findings from acoustic monitoring, and a confirmed 2017 sighting, "that Rice's whales occur in waters near Texas. In fact, the whales were observed 4.8 nautical miles from one of these passive acoustic monitoring instruments." Using aircraft NOAA DHC-6 Twin Otter as an aerial survey platform deliberately searching for endangered Rice's whales for the first time.
Full NOAA Article:
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/featur...
Camera used: GoPro MAX 360 Video
Video: LCDR Joshua Rannenberg, NOAA Corps
Music: www.bensound.com & CZcams audio library
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