| 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 1400 UTC that day.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 23, 2011 7:27:18 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 25/0530Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 28 15 | -80 00 | 0:20 |
| 2 | 27 39 | -78 22 | 0:33 |
| 3 | 28 13 | -77 10 | 0:44 |
| 4 | 28 13 | -75 50 | 0:54 |
| 5 | 27 39 | -74 38 | 1:04 |
| 6 | 28 00 | -73 00 | 1:17 |
| 7 | 29 00 | -74 00 | 1:28 |
| 8 | 30 00 | -75 00 | 1:39 |
| 9 | 30 00 | -77 00 | 1:55 |
| 10 | 30 00 | -79 00 | 2:10 |
| 11 | 31 30 | -78 00 | 2:24 |
| 12 | 31 00 | -76 00 | 2:40 |
| 13 | 32 00 | -75 00 | 2:51 |
| 14 | 33 00 | -77 00 | 3:08 |
| 15 | 35 00 | -74 00 | 3:36 |
| 16 | 33 00 | -74 00 | 3:52 |
| 17 | 31 00 | -74 00 | 4:09 |
| 18 | 30 00 | -73 00 | 4:20 |
| 19 | 29 00 | -72 00 | 4:31 |
| 20 | 27 00 | -71 00 | 4:49 |
| 21 | 25 00 | -71 00 | 5:05 |
| 22 | 24 00 | -72 00 | 5:17 |
| 23 | 26 00 | -72 00 | 5:33 |
| 24 | 26 36 | -73 48 | 5:48 |
| 25 | 25 18 | -73 30 | 5:59 |
| 26 | 24 00 | -73 48 | 6:10 |
| 27 | 22 57 | -74 38 | 6:20 |
| 28 | 22 00 | -73 00 | 6:35 |
| 29 | 21 00 | -74 00 | 6:47 |
| 30 | 22 23 | -75 50 | 7:05 |
| 31 | 22 23 | -77 10 | 7:16 |
| 32 | 22 57 | -78 22 | 7:26 |
| 33 | 24 00 | -79 12 | 7:37 |
| 34 | 25 18 | -79 30 | 7:48 |
| 35 | 26 36 | -79 12 | 7:59 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 05:09 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 13:22 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 0509 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL by 01322 UTC that day. 36 dropsondes were launched with 34 being transmitted.
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Page last updated August 30, 2011
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