Flying Eagle
Cruise summary report
| Cruise Info. | |
| Ship name | Flying Eagle |
| Cruise period | 1981-07-11 — 1981-07-16 |
| Status | Completed |
| Port of departure | Dartmouth, United Kingdom |
| Port of return | Dartmouth, United Kingdom |
| Purpose | Research |
| Objectives | To release the spar buoy just prior to the aircraft from a predetermined launch point. To set up radar reflectors as reference points for the radar system. If possible to perform side scan and echo sounding survey at predetermined sites. |
| Chief scientist | Graeme N Crisp (Institute of Oceanographic Sciences Taunton) |
| Project | Earthnet,Frascati,Italy by ESA |
| Cruise report |  (0.06 MB) |
| Ocean/sea areas | |
| General | North Sea |
| Specific | 50 15'00"N,003 36'00"E |
| Measurements | |
| Physical oceanography | |
| Surface drifters/drifting buoys | Quantity: 1 Description: number |
| Meteorology | |
| Other meteorological measurements | Description: wind speed and direction |
