Mission Summary
20110823N2 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance Mission Hurricane Irene

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft Commander
Co-pilot
Flight Director
Flight Director
Electronics Technician
AVAPS Operator
Dropsonde Operator
Guests (49RF)
Parks Camp (NWS Tallahassee)


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.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Irene
Prepared by the
National Hurricane Center
August 22, 2011 2:23:50 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 23/1730Z
DROP LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hh:mm
129 00-79 000:29
229 00-77 000:44
329 00-75 000:59
427 00-74 001:17
527 00-76 001:33
627 00-78 001:48
725 00-77 002:06
825 00-75 002:22
923 33-75 042:34
1024 07-73 522:44
1124 07-72 322:55
1223 33-71 203:05
1325 00-71 003:17
1424 00-70 003:29
1523 00-69 003:40
1622 30-70 303:53
1721 12-70 124:03
1820 07-70 294:13
1920 00-69 004:24
2019 00-68 004:36
2117 00-69 004:54
2216 00-70 005:05
2317 00-71 005:17
2417 41-72 385:31
2516 00-73 005:45
2617 00-75 006:03
2718 00-74 046:14
2818 51-75 046:25
2919 27-75 536:33
3021 36-75 586:51
3122 30-75 546:58
3222 32-77 427:12
3324 00-79 007:28
3425 30-83 308:05

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL17:35 UTC MacDill AFB, FL01:43 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL at 1735 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0143 UTC next day.

Problems :


Mission Data :

NetCDF file | Error Summary | Flight Director's log


Page last updated August 23, 2011
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