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| Flight Director |
| Electronics Technician |
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| Andy Hagen (NWS) |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0200 UTC next day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 21, 2011 4:11:37 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 22/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 27 00 | -78 00 | 0:36 |
| 2 | 26 00 | -76 00 | 0:53 |
| 3 | 25 00 | -74 00 | 1:11 |
| 4 | 23 00 | -73 00 | 1:29 |
| 5 | 21 49 | -71 34 | 1:44 |
| 6 | 21 49 | -70 14 | 1:54 |
| 7 | 21 15 | -69 02 | 2:05 |
| 8 | 23 00 | -69 00 | 2:19 |
| 9 | 23 00 | -67 00 | 2:35 |
| 10 | 22 00 | -66 00 | 2:46 |
| 11 | 21 00 | -65 00 | 2:57 |
| 12 | 20 00 | -66 00 | 3:09 |
| 13 | 21 00 | -67 00 | 3:20 |
| 14 | 20 12 | -68 12 | 3:32 |
| 15 | 18 54 | -67 54 | 3:43 |
| 16 | 17 36 | -68 12 | 3:54 |
| 17 | 16 00 | -67 00 | 4:10 |
| 18 | 15 00 | -69 00 | 4:28 |
| 19 | 16 33 | -69 02 | 4:41 |
| 20 | 15 59 | -70 14 | 4:51 |
| 21 | 15 59 | -71 34 | 5:02 |
| 22 | 16 33 | -72 46 | 5:13 |
| 23 | 17 36 | -73 36 | 5:24 |
| 24 | 16 00 | -75 00 | 5:41 |
| 25 | 18 00 | -75 00 | 5:57 |
| 26 | 19 08 | -74 12 | 6:08 |
| 27 | 20 12 | -73 36 | 6:18 |
| 28 | 21 15 | -72 46 | 6:29 |
| 29 | 22 00 | -74 00 | 6:41 |
| 30 | 23 00 | -76 00 | 6:58 |
| 31 | 24 00 | -78 00 | 7:16 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 17:31 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:20 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene in cojunction with a USAFr C-130. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL at 1731 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL at 0120 UTC next day. 32 dropsondes were launched with 31 being transmitted.
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Page last updated November 09, 2011
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