| Sonde Scientist | Sim Aberson |

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Sim Aberson will fly a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Dennis. The jet will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 02:00 PM EDT and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL at 10:30 PM EDT. A total of 29 drops are planned.
Mission Summary :
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Sim Aberson flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Dennis. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 02:30 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 10:50 PM EDT. PDF of drop log
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 06/1830Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 25 00 | 78 00 | 0:50 |
| 2 | 23 40 | 75 40 | 1:11 |
| 3 | 22 20 | 73 20 | 1:32 |
| 4 | 21 00 | 71 00 | 1:52 |
| 5 | 23 00 | 69 00 | 2:15 |
| 6 | 22 00 | 66 00 | 2:39 |
| 7 | 21 00 | 68 00 | 2:56 |
| 8 | 19 39 | 69 34 | 3:12 |
| 9 | 18 00 | 68 00 | 3:31 |
| 10 | 17 12 | 70 42 | 3:53 |
| 11 | 15 26 | 71 16 | 4:08 |
| 12 | 14 21 | 72 46 | 4:23 |
| 13 | 14 21 | 74 38 | 4:38 |
| 14 | 13 00 | 76 00 | 4:53 |
| 15 | 14 00 | 78 00 | 5:11 |
| 16 | 15 26 | 76 08 | 5:30 |
| 17 | 17 12 | 76 42 | 5:45 |
| 18 | 18 58 | 76 08 | 6:00 |
| 19 | 19 54 | 74 33 | 6:14 |
| 20 | 20 16 | 72 45 | 6:28 |
| 21 | 22 00 | 76 30 | 7:00 |
| 22 | 24 00 | 79 00 | 7:25 |
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