| Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagen |
| Co-pilot | Kristie Twining |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| Flight Director | Jess Williams |
| Electronics Technician | Gabe Defeo |
| AVAPS Operator | Dale Carpenter |
| Dropsonde Operator | Carlos Quiles |
| Dropsonde Operator | James Wernecke |
| Intern | Saari |
| None |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Disturbance AL97. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill by 0150 UTC next day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center July 21, 2010 10:19:49 AM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 22/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 28 00 | -84 00 | 0:11 |
| 2 | 29 00 | -86 00 | 0:29 |
| 3 | 30 00 | -87 00 | 0:40 |
| 4 | 29 00 | -88 00 | 0:51 |
| 5 | 28 00 | -87 00 | 1:02 |
| 6 | 27 00 | -88 00 | 1:14 |
| 7 | 26 00 | -86 00 | 1:31 |
| 8 | 26 00 | -84 00 | 1:47 |
| 9 | 24 00 | -80 00 | 2:22 |
| 10 | 26 21 | -78 52 | 2:43 |
| 11 | 26 55 | -77 40 | 2:53 |
| 12 | 26 55 | -76 20 | 3:04 |
| 13 | 26 21 | -75 08 | 3:14 |
| 14 | 25 18 | -74 18 | 3:25 |
| 15 | 24 00 | -74 00 | 3:36 |
| 16 | 22 42 | -74 18 | 3:47 |
| 17 | 21 39 | -76 00 | 4:03 |
| 18 | 21 39 | -74 00 | 4:18 |
| 19 | 22 00 | -72 00 | 4:34 |
| 20 | 24 00 | -72 00 | 4:51 |
| 21 | 26 00 | -72 30 | 5:08 |
| 22 | 26 00 | -71 00 | 5:19 |
| 23 | 28 00 | -72 00 | 5:37 |
| 24 | 29 00 | -74 00 | 5:55 |
| 25 | 28 00 | -75 00 | 6:06 |
| 26 | 29 00 | -77 00 | 6:23 |
| 27 | 30 00 | -76 00 | 6:34 |
| 28 | 31 00 | -75 00 | 6:46 |
| 29 | 31 00 | -77 00 | 7:01 |
| 30 | 30 00 | -78 00 | 7:12 |
| 31 | 31 00 | -79 00 | 7:23 |
| 32 | 30 00 | -80 00 | 7:34 |
| 33 | 29 00 | -79 00 | 7:45 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 17:14 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 00:00 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Tropical Storm Bonnie. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1714 UTC but had to abort due to a jammed dropsonde chute. The flight recovered back at MacDill at 0000 UTC next day.
Problems :
The first 17 drops were made and transmitted. However, a dropsonde got stuck
in the chute at point 18. The pilots descended to 10,000 feet to de-pressurize
and try to remove the sonde from the chute and finish the mission, but there
were troubles with air traffic control co-ordination. Aircraft was put in a
holding pattern but there was insufficient fuel to return climb back up to
an operational level to complete the pattern. The G-IV returned to Mac Dill
AFB at that point.
Jess Williams
July 23, 2010
Page last updated July 21, 2010
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