| Aircraft Commander |
| Co-pilot |
| Flight Director |
| Flight Director |
| Electronics Technician |
| AVAPS Operator |
| Dropsonde Operator |
| Anthony Reynes (NWS Ruskin) |
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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 25, 2011 4:48:20 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 26/1730Z | |||
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| # | LAT | LON | TIME |
| deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
| 1 | 27 00 | -79 00 | 0:28 |
| 2 | 27 00 | -77 00 | 0:43 |
| 3 | 27 00 | -75 00 | 0:59 |
| 4 | 27 00 | -73 00 | 1:14 |
| 5 | 28 00 | -72 00 | 1:26 |
| 6 | 28 00 | -74 00 | 1:41 |
| 7 | 29 00 | -73 00 | 1:52 |
| 8 | 30 00 | -72 00 | 2:03 |
| 9 | 31 00 | -71 00 | 2:15 |
| 10 | 31 00 | -73 00 | 2:30 |
| 11 | 32 00 | -72 00 | 2:41 |
| 12 | 33 00 | -71 00 | 2:52 |
| 13 | 34 00 | -72 00 | 3:03 |
| 14 | 35 00 | -71 00 | 3:14 |
| 15 | 36 00 | -70 00 | 3:25 |
| 16 | 38 00 | -67 00 | 3:52 |
| 17 | 38 00 | -69 00 | 4:07 |
| 18 | 38 00 | -71 00 | 4:21 |
| 19 | 38 00 | -73 00 | 4:36 |
| 20 | 36 00 | -72 00 | 4:54 |
| 21 | 35 00 | -73 00 | 5:05 |
| 22 | 36 00 | -74 00 | 5:16 |
| 23 | 35 00 | -75 00 | 5:27 |
| 24 | 33 45 | -75 38 | 5:38 |
| 25 | 34 00 | -74 00 | 5:51 |
| 26 | 33 00 | -73 00 | 6:02 |
| 27 | 32 42 | -74 48 | 6:15 |
| 28 | 31 24 | -74 30 | 6:26 |
| 29 | 30 06 | -74 48 | 6:37 |
| 30 | 29 03 | -75 38 | 6:48 |
| 31 | 28 29 | -76 50 | 6:58 |
| 32 | 28 29 | -78 10 | 7:08 |
| 33 | 29 03 | -79 22 | 7:19 |
| 34 | 30 06 | -80 12 | 7:29 |
| 35 | 31 24 | -80 30 | 7:40 |
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL | 17:25 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:20 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1725 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0120 UTC next day. 38 dropsondes were launched with 35 of those being transmitted.
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Page last updated August 30, 2011
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