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For Science’
by MeLinda Schnyder
The University of Wyoming owns two Beechcraft King Air aircraft – a 1977 King Air 200T and a 1983 King Air B200 – operated by the Department of Atmospheric Science and based at Laramie Regional Airport.
Personnel at the university use the B200 for transportation while the uniquely-instrumented 200T is the only atmospheric research aircraft in the National Science Foundation-supported fleet operated by a university. Scientists funded by the National Science Foundation can apply to use the King Air for airborne atmospheric science research.
About 50 percent of the research conducted with the 200T, tail number N2UW and equipped with numerous specialized meteorological sensors and data recording equipment, is related to understanding how clouds
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