Mission Summary
20040910N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ivan flight 2004
| Sonde Scientist | Stan Goldenberg |
N49 drops
N49 and USAF drops
| Sonde Scientist | Stan Goldenberg |
N49 and USAF drops
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Stan Goldenberg flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Ivan in conjunction with a USAF C130. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 01:30 AM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:30 AM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 10/0530Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 24 15 | 76 00 | 1:06 |
| 2 | 23 45 | 73 30 | 1:25 |
| 3 | 23 15 | 71 00 | 1:44 |
| 4 | 21 45 | 71 00 | 1:57 |
| 5 | 20 15 | 71 00 | 2:09 |
| 6 | 19 29 | 69 30 | 2:22 |
| 7 | 18 42 | 68 00 | 2:35 |
| 8 | 17 21 | 68 30 | 2:47 |
| 9 | 16 00 | 69 00 | 2:58 |
| 10 | 16 00 | 71 00 | 3:14 |
| 11 | 17 36 | 71 00 | 3:27 |
| 12 | 17 30 | 73 00 | 3:43 |
| 13 | 15 44 | 73 34 | 3:58 |
| 14 | 14 39 | 75 04 | 4:13 |
| 15 | 14 39 | 76 56 | 4:27 |
| 16 | 15 44 | 78 26 | 4:42 |
| 17 | 17 30 | 79 00 | 4:57 |
| 18 | 19 14 | 79 07 | 5:11 |
| 19 | 20 59 | 79 15 | 5:26 |
| 20 | 19 30 | 77 15 | 5:45 |
| 21 | 19 23 | 75 25 | 5:59 |
| 22 | 19 16 | 73 34 | 6:13 |
| 23 | 21 30 | 73 30 | 6:32 |
| 24 | 22 03 | 75 45 | 6:49 |
| 25 | 22 36 | 78 00 | 7:07 |
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