| Sonde Scientist | Stan Goldenberg |

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Stan Goldenberg flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Ivan. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 01:30 AM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:45 AM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 11/0530Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 24 00 | 80 00 | 0:46 |
| 2 | 22 30 | 78 00 | 1:06 |
| 3 | 21 45 | 76 00 | 1:22 |
| 4 | 21 00 | 74 00 | 1:39 |
| 5 | 22 00 | 72 00 | 1:56 |
| 6 | 23 00 | 70 00 | 2:13 |
| 7 | 24 00 | 68 00 | 2:30 |
| 8 | 22 00 | 68 00 | 2:46 |
| 9 | 20 00 | 68 00 | 3:03 |
| 10 | 18 00 | 68 00 | 3:19 |
| 11 | 16 00 | 68 00 | 3:35 |
| 12 | 16 00 | 70 00 | 3:51 |
| 13 | 16 00 | 72 00 | 4:07 |
| 14 | 16 00 | 74 00 | 4:22 |
| 15 | 17 54 | 74 00 | 4:38 |
| 16 | 19 00 | 75 00 | 4:50 |
| 17 | 17 02 | 75 35 | 5:06 |
| 18 | 15 57 | 77 04 | 5:21 |
| 19 | 15 57 | 78 56 | 5:35 |
| 20 | 17 02 | 80 25 | 5:50 |
| 21 | 19 00 | 80 30 | 6:06 |
| 22 | 20 30 | 80 30 | 6:18 |
| 23 | 20 30 | 82 20 | 6:32 |
| 24 | 20 30 | 84 10 | 6:46 |
| 25 | 20 30 | 86 00 | 7:00 |
| 26 | 22 30 | 87 00 | 7:18 |
| 27 | 24 30 | 86 00 | 7:36 |
| 28 | 26 00 | 84 30 | 7:53 |
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