| Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagen |
| Co-pilot | Nick Toth |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Flight Director | Jessica Williams |
| Electronics Technician | Gabe DeFeo |
| AVAPS Operator | Jeff Smith |
| Dropsonde Operator | Charles Lynch |
| Dropsonde Operator | Carlos Quiles |
| None |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Alex. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill by 0150 UTC.
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National Hurricane Center Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 28/1730Z | |||||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME | ||
| deg | min | deg | min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 26 | 00 | -84 | 00 | 0:19 |
| 2 | 24 | 30 | -85 | 00 | 0:34 |
| 3 | 26 | 00 | -86 | 00 | 0:48 |
| 4 | 24 | 30 | -87 | 00 | 1:03 |
| 5 | 26 | 00 | -88 | 00 | 1:17 |
| 6 | 25 | 15 | -89 | 15 | 1:29 |
| 7 | 24 | 00 | -90 | 00 | 1:40 |
| 8 | 23 | 00 | -87 | 00 | 2:05 |
| 9 | 22 | 00 | -88 | 30 | 2:20 |
| 10 | 22 | 24 | -90 | 42 | 2:37 |
| 11 | 19 | 49 | -90 | 46 | 2:58 |
| 12 | 18 | 59 | -91 | 39 | 3:08 |
| 13 | 18 | 40 | -92 | 51 | 3:18 |
| 14 | 18 | 24 | -94 | 07 | 3:28 |
| 15 | 21 | 06 | -96 | 24 | 3:57 |
| 16 | 22 | 00 | -97 | 37 | 4:09 |
| 17 | 22 | 24 | -96 | 06 | 4:22 |
| 18 | 23 | 27 | -95 | 16 | 4:32 |
| 19 | 25 | 00 | -96 | 00 | 4:46 |
| 20 | 26 | 00 | -95 | 00 | 4:57 |
| 21 | 24 | 01 | -94 | 04 | 5:15 |
| 22 | 24 | 01 | -92 | 44 | 5:26 |
| 23 | 23 | 27 | -91 | 32 | 5:36 |
| 24 | 25 | 00 | -92 | 00 | 5:49 |
| 25 | 27 | 00 | -93 | 30 | 6:10 |
| 26 | 28 | 30 | -94 | 30 | 6:24 |
| 27 | 28 | 30 | -92 | 00 | 6:43 |
| 28 | 27 | 00 | -90 | 30 | 7:00 |
| 29 | 28 | 30 | -89 | 15 | 7:16 |
| 30 | 27 | 30 | -88 | 00 | 7:28 |
| 31 | 29 | 00 | -86 | 30 | 7:45 |
| 32 | 27 | 30 | -85 | 00 | 8:02 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 17:50 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:58 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Alex. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1750 UTC and recovered back at MacDill at 0158 UTC. 30 drops were made with a slight diversion around Drop 12 to avoid passing too close to the center of Alex.
Problems :