 The plane was owned by the University Research Foundation, which was set up by the University of Maryland. The flights are used to conduct research. It's been another punishingly hot day. We were just talking about those storms. 7 News First Alert meteorologist Steve Rudin says we've tied a temperature record. High temperatures so far, 104 at Reagan National. That ties the current record. And I should also note that this is also the third day in a row at 100 degrees or hotter. The last time that happened was in July of 1930.