| Aircraft Commander | Greg Glover |
| Co-pilot | Kristie Twining |
| Co-pilot | Ron Moyers |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Flight Director | Jess Williams |
| Data Technician | Mark Rogers |
| Dropsonde Operator | Mike Mascaro |
| Dropsonde Operator | Joe Greene |
| None |
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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 0530 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 1200 UTC that day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 21, 2011 6:11:51 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 23/0530Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 23 30 | -80 00 | 0:41 |
| 2 | 23 30 | -78 00 | 0:56 |
| 3 | 22 30 | -76 30 | 1:11 |
| 4 | 24 00 | -75 00 | 1:28 |
| 5 | 21 57 | -75 10 | 1:44 |
| 6 | 22 31 | -73 58 | 1:55 |
| 7 | 22 31 | -72 38 | 2:06 |
| 8 | 24 00 | -73 00 | 2:18 |
| 9 | 24 00 | -71 00 | 2:34 |
| 10 | 23 00 | -70 00 | 2:45 |
| 11 | 21 57 | -71 26 | 2:59 |
| 12 | 20 54 | -70 36 | 3:10 |
| 13 | 19 58 | -70 04 | 3:19 |
| 14 | 21 00 | -69 00 | 3:31 |
| 15 | 20 00 | -68 00 | 3:42 |
| 16 | 18 00 | -68 00 | 3:58 |
| 17 | 17 00 | -69 00 | 4:10 |
| 18 | 16 00 | -70 00 | 4:21 |
| 19 | 17 15 | -71 26 | 4:37 |
| 20 | 16 41 | -72 38 | 4:47 |
| 21 | 16 41 | -73 58 | 4:58 |
| 22 | 16 00 | -76 00 | 5:15 |
| 23 | 17 15 | -75 10 | 5:27 |
| 24 | 19 27 | -76 18 | 5:48 |
| 25 | 19 30 | -78 00 | 6:01 |
| 26 | 20 00 | -80 00 | 6:17 |
| 27 | 20 30 | -82 00 | 6:34 |
| 28 | 21 00 | -84 00 | 6:50 |
| 29 | 22 00 | -85 30 | 7:05 |
| 30 | 23 30 | -84 30 | 7:19 |
| 31 | 23 45 | -83 00 | 7:31 |
| 32 | 25 30 | -84 00 | 7:47 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 05:20 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 12:21 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 0520 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL at 1221 UTC that day.
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