Mission Summary
20050708N1 Aircraft 49RF
Dennis flight 2005

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistChris Landsea

N49 drops

Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Chris Landsea will fly a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Dennis in conjunction with an Air Force Reserves' C130. 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 27 drops are planned.

Mission Summary :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Chris Landsea flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Dennis in conjunction with an Air Force Reserves' C130. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 02:00 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 10:25 PM EDT. PDF plots of drop data

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN
DENNIS
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 08/1800Z
DROP
# 		LAT
(d m) 		LON
(d m) 		TIME
(h:mm)
1 27 0077 000:51
2 28 0075 001:07
3 27 0073 001:24
4 25 0073 001:40
5 24 0075 001:57
6 26 0075 002:13
7 25 0078 002:37
8 23 3979 192:52
9 22 3477 493:06
10 22 0076 003:21
11 22 0074 003:36
12 23 0072 003:53
13 20 1371 594:16
14 20 0074 004:31
15 18 0075 004:49
16 19 4075 595:05
17 19 0277 495:20
18 17 5779 195:34
19 17 5781 115:49
20 19 0282 416:03
21 20 4883 156:18
22 21 5485 066:36
23 23 1682 456:57
24 25 0084 007:14
25 24 0086 007:31
26 26 0086 007:47
27 26 5584 168:02

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN
DENNIS
Aircraft: N51RF USAF C130
Altitude: FL180-250
Proposed takeoff: 08/1800Z
DROP
# 		LAT
(d m) 		LON
(d m) 		TIME
(h:mm)
1 29 0095 001:18
2 27 0095 001:43
3 27 1093 002:05
4 27 2091 002:27
5 25 0091 002:56
6 25 0093 003:19
7 25 0095 003:41
8 23 0097 004:15
9 23 0095 004:38
10 23 0093 005:01
11 23 0091 005:24
12 23 0089 005:47
13 24 4089 006:07
14 26 2089 006:28
15 28 0089 006:49
16 28 0087 007:11
17 30 0087 007:36

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