Mission Summary
20141015N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance Mission Hurricane Ana

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commander
Co-pilot
Co-pilot
Flight Director
Flight Director
Electronic Technician
Electronic Technician
Electronic Technician
Data Engineer

Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Ana. The G-IV will leave Long Beach, CA 1730 UTC on October 15th and will recover at Honolulu, HI by 0130 UTC the next day.

TROPICAL DISTURBANCE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: TD01
National Hurricane Center
October 14, 2014 1:33:31 PM Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 15/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hr min
1 27 04-130 49 1:51
2 25 43-133 22 2:14
3 24 22-135 54 2:36
4 23 01-138 26 2:59
5 21 40-140 58 3:22
6 20 19-143 30 3:45
7 19 12-144 46 3:58
8 18 02-145 55 4:11
9 17 15-144 45 4:23
10 16 05-143 58 4:34
11 14 42-143 42 4:46
12 13 19-143 58 4:57
13 12 09-144 45 5:09
14 11 22-145 55 5:20
15 11 06-147 18 5:31
16 11 22-148 41 5:43
17 12 09-149 51 5:54
18 13 19-150 38 6:06
19 14 42-150 54 6:17
20 16 05-150 38 6:29
21 17 15-149 51 6:40
22 18 02-148 41 6:51
23 18 30-150 00 7:02
24 18 58-151 19 7:14
25 19 26-152 38 7:25

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Long Beach, CA 17:03 UTC Honolulu, HI 01:13 UTC

Problems :


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Page last updated October 6, 2014
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