Mission Summary
20030917N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic surveillance flight
| Sonde Scientist | Neal Dorst |
| Sonde Scientist | Neal Dorst |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Neal Dorst departed from MacDill AFB, FL at 1:30 AM for an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 9 AM EDT. .
Problems :
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 30 00 | 79 30 | 0:29 |
| 2 | 31 00 | 78 00 | 0:43 |
| 3 | 32 03 | 75 21 | 1:04 |
| 4 | 33 00 | 73 00 | 1:24 |
| 5 | 32 03 | 70 38 | 1:43 |
| 6 | 34 00 | 70 45 | 1:59 |
| 7 | 35 30 | 72 30 | 2:17 |
| 8 | 37 00 | 71 15 | 2:32 |
| 9 | 38 30 | 70 00 | 2:47 |
| 10 | 38 15 | 68 30 | 2:58 |
| 11 | 38 00 | 67 00 | 3:10 |
| 12 | 36 30 | 67 00 | 3:22 |
| 13 | 35 00 | 67 00 | 3:34 |
| 14 | 35 30 | 69 00 | 3:49 |
| 15 | 32 30 | 68 30 | 4:14 |
| 16 | 30 30 | 67 30 | 4:32 |
| 17 | 30 00 | 69 46 | 4:50 |
| 18 | 28 00 | 68 30 | 5:09 |
| 19 | 27 57 | 70 38 | 5:26 |
| 20 | 27 03 | 73 35 | 5:50 |
| 21 | 25 31 | 73 32 | 6:02 |
| 22 | 24 00 | 73 30 | 6:15 |
| 23 | 24 30 | 76 00 | 6:34 |
| 24 | 26 39 | 75 58 | 6:52 |
| 25 | 28 48 | 75 57 | 7:10 |
| 26 | 28 30 | 78 00 | 7:26 |
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