| Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagen |
| Co-pilot | Jason Mansour |
| Co-pilot | Ron Moyers |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| Radar Technician | Charles Lynch |
| Lead Tech | Gabe Defeo |
| Dropsonde Operator | Jorge Delgado |
| Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
| None |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an HRD-tasked HWRF Model Evaluation mission around Tropical Disturbance Gabrielle. The G-IV will leave St. Croix, USVI by 1300 UTC on Sept. 7th and will recover at St. Croix, USVIat 2000 UTC on the same day.
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Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division August 29, 2013 2:42:01 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 07/1400Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 21 30 | 66 00 | 0:42 |
| 2 | 22 00 | 66 00 | 1:03 |
| 3 | 24 30 | 66 00 | 1:23 |
| 4 | 24 30 | 68 00 | 1:38 |
| 5 | 24 30 | 70 00 | 1:52 |
| 6 | 24 30 | 72 00 | 2:07 |
| 7 | 23 15 | 72 00 | 2:17 |
| 8 | 22 00 | 72 00 | 2:27 |
| 9 | 20 45 | 72 00 | 2:38 |
| 10 | 19 30 | 72 00 | 2:48 |
| 11 | 19 30 | 69 30 | 3:07 |
| 12 | 19 30 | 67 00 | 3:26 |
| 13 | 21 30 | 67 00 | 3:42 |
| 14 | 23 30 | 67 00 | 3:58 |
| 15 | 23 30 | 68 20 | 4:08 |
| 16 | 23 30 | 69 40 | 4:18 |
| 17 | 23 30 | 71 00 | 4:28 |
| 18 | 22 30 | 71 00 | 4:36 |
| 19 | 21 30 | 71 00 | 4:44 |
| 20 | 20 30 | 71 00 | 4:52 |
| 21 | 20 30 | 69 30 | 5:04 |
| 22 | 20 30 | 68 00 | 5:15 |
| 23 | 22 30 | 68 00 | 5:31 |
| 24 | 22 30 | 70 00 | 5:46 |
| 25 | 21 30 | 70 00 | 5:54 |
| 26 | 21 30 | 68 30 | 6:05 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| St. Croix, USVI | 13:37 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI | 20:08 UTC
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26 drops, 26 good and 1 bad.
Problems :