| Aircraft Commander | |
| Co-pilot | |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Electronics Technician | |
| AVAPS Operator | |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| None |

Proposed flight track
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Earl. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0150 UTC next day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 31, 2010 10:37:48 AM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 01/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 29 00 | -79 00 | 0:29 |
| 2 | 31 00 | -79 00 | 0:45 |
| 3 | 31 00 | -77 00 | 1:00 |
| 4 | 33 00 | -77 00 | 1:16 |
| 5 | 35 00 | -74 30 | 1:41 |
| 6 | 33 00 | -75 00 | 1:58 |
| 7 | 31 30 | -75 00 | 2:10 |
| 8 | 29 30 | -75 30 | 2:27 |
| 9 | 30 13 | -74 15 | 2:38 |
| 10 | 30 13 | -72 50 | 2:49 |
| 11 | 32 00 | -73 00 | 3:04 |
| 12 | 34 00 | -73 00 | 3:20 |
| 13 | 35 00 | -71 00 | 3:37 |
| 14 | 33 00 | -71 00 | 3:53 |
| 15 | 32 00 | -70 00 | 4:04 |
| 16 | 32 00 | -68 00 | 4:20 |
| 17 | 31 00 | -69 00 | 4:31 |
| 18 | 30 00 | -70 00 | 4:42 |
| 19 | 31 00 | -71 00 | 4:53 |
| 20 | 29 39 | -71 38 | 5:05 |
| 21 | 28 36 | -70 48 | 5:16 |
| 22 | 28 30 | -68 30 | 5:33 |
| 23 | 26 36 | -68 30 | 5:49 |
| 24 | 27 18 | -70 30 | 6:05 |
| 25 | 26 00 | -70 48 | 6:16 |
| 26 | 24 57 | -71 38 | 6:27 |
| 27 | 24 23 | -72 50 | 6:38 |
| 28 | 24 23 | -74 10 | 6:48 |
| 29 | 24 57 | -75 22 | 6:58 |
| 30 | 26 00 | -76 12 | 7:09 |
| 31 | 27 18 | -76 30 | 7:20 |
| 32 | 28 36 | -76 12 | 7:31 |
| 33 | 27 00 | -78 00 | 7:50 |
Mission Summary :
Problems :