| 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 MacDill AFB, FL at 01:30 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:30 PM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 11/1730Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 24 00 | 79 30 | 0:48 |
| 2 | 22 12 | 78 00 | 1:07 |
| 3 | 22 00 | 76 00 | 1:22 |
| 4 | 24 00 | 76 00 | 1:38 |
| 5 | 24 00 | 74 00 | 1:53 |
| 6 | 22 00 | 74 00 | 2:10 |
| 7 | 22 00 | 72 00 | 2:25 |
| 8 | 20 30 | 71 00 | 2:39 |
| 9 | 21 00 | 69 00 | 2:55 |
| 10 | 22 30 | 68 00 | 3:09 |
| 11 | 24 00 | 67 00 | 3:24 |
| 12 | 22 00 | 66 00 | 3:42 |
| 13 | 20 00 | 66 00 | 3:58 |
| 14 | 18 30 | 68 00 | 4:18 |
| 15 | 17 00 | 70 00 | 4:38 |
| 16 | 17 24 | 72 00 | 4:53 |
| 17 | 17 48 | 74 00 | 5:09 |
| 18 | 19 00 | 75 48 | 5:26 |
| 19 | 17 28 | 76 56 | 5:42 |
| 20 | 16 32 | 78 32 | 5:56 |
| 21 | 16 52 | 80 21 | 6:11 |
| 22 | 18 17 | 81 32 | 6:26 |
| 23 | 20 00 | 81 00 | 6:40 |
| 24 | 20 00 | 83 00 | 6:55 |
| 25 | 20 00 | 85 00 | 7:11 |
| 26 | 22 00 | 84 30 | 7:28 |
| 27 | 24 00 | 84 00 | 7:44 |
| 28 | 26 00 | 84 00 | 8:01 |
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