Mission Summary
20040907N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ivan flight 2004
| Sonde Scientist | Chris Landsea |
N49 drops
| Sonde Scientist | Chris Landsea |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Chris Landsea flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Ivan. The jet left St. Croix, USVI at 01:30 PM AST and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:30 PM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 07/1730Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 16 33 | 63 38 | 0:23 |
| 2 | 15 28 | 65 08 | 0:38 |
| 3 | 13 42 | 65 42 | 0:53 |
| 4 | 11 56 | 65 08 | 1:08 |
| 5 | 10 51 | 63 38 | 1:23 |
| 6 | 11 00 | 59 00 | 2:00 |
| 7 | 13 00 | 57 30 | 2:20 |
| 8 | 15 00 | 56 00 | 2:40 |
| 9 | 15 14 | 58 08 | 2:57 |
| 10 | 15 28 | 60 16 | 3:14 |
| 11 | 17 00 | 59 00 | 3:30 |
| 12 | 17 00 | 57 00 | 3:46 |
| 13 | 17 00 | 55 00 | 4:02 |
| 14 | 19 00 | 57 00 | 4:24 |
| 15 | 19 00 | 59 00 | 4:40 |
| 16 | 19 00 | 61 00 | 4:55 |
| 17 | 19 44 | 62 48 | 5:10 |
| 18 | 20 28 | 64 35 | 5:25 |
| 19 | 21 13 | 66 23 | 5:40 |
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