| 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 September 01, 2010 8:40:56 AM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 31/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 28 00 | -79 30 | 0:23 |
| 2 | 28 30 | -77 42 | 0:38 |
| 3 | 29 48 | -78 00 | 0:49 |
| 4 | 30 00 | -80 00 | 1:04 |
| 5 | 31 30 | -79 30 | 1:17 |
| 6 | 31 06 | -77 42 | 1:31 |
| 7 | 32 09 | -76 52 | 1:41 |
| 8 | 32 43 | -75 40 | 1:52 |
| 9 | 32 43 | -74 20 | 2:02 |
| 10 | 32 09 | -73 08 | 2:12 |
| 11 | 33 00 | -72 00 | 2:23 |
| 12 | 34 00 | -73 00 | 2:34 |
| 13 | 34 30 | -74 30 | 2:46 |
| 14 | 36 00 | -74 00 | 2:59 |
| 15 | 38 00 | -73 00 | 3:16 |
| 16 | 36 00 | -72 00 | 3:34 |
| 17 | 34 00 | -71 00 | 3:52 |
| 18 | 35 00 | -70 00 | 4:03 |
| 19 | 37 00 | -70 00 | 4:20 |
| 20 | 37 00 | -68 00 | 4:34 |
| 21 | 36 00 | -69 00 | 4:45 |
| 22 | 34 00 | -69 00 | 5:02 |
| 23 | 33 00 | -70 00 | 5:13 |
| 24 | 32 00 | -68 00 | 5:30 |
| 25 | 32 00 | -71 00 | 5:53 |
| 26 | 31 06 | -72 18 | 6:05 |
| 27 | 29 48 | -72 00 | 6:16 |
| 28 | 30 00 | -70 00 | 6:31 |
| 29 | 28 00 | -70 00 | 6:47 |
| 30 | 28 30 | -72 18 | 7:05 |
| 31 | 27 27 | -73 08 | 7:16 |
| 32 | 26 53 | -74 20 | 7:27 |
| 33 | 26 53 | -75 40 | 7:37 |
| 34 | 27 27 | -76 52 | 7:47 |
Mission Summary :
Problems :