Capt. Shane Loder, an exchange pilot from the Canadian Air Force, and U.S. Coast Guard Lt.j.g. Scott Hyatt discuss flight plans in an HC-130J Hercules aircraft. They are flying from Elizabeth City, N.C., to the South Carolina border while their crew transmits Urgent Marine Information Broadcasts over the radio Sept. 4, 2008.  The broadcasts are to make as many boaters as possible aware that Tropical Storm Hanna is nearby and is predicted to come their direction.  Land based antennae are used also, but may not reach as far out as aircraft flying offshore. On the route south, the aircraft was flown approximately 75 miles offshore and was flown along the shoreline on the return.
U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Kendrick
2008-09-04
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