Mission Summary
20040912N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ivan flight 2004
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
N49 drops
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of John Kaplan 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 09:30 AM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 12/0530Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 24 00 | 82 00 | 0:42 |
| 2 | 24 00 | 80 00 | 0:57 |
| 3 | 22 48 | 79 00 | 1:09 |
| 4 | 21 57 | 77 24 | 1:23 |
| 5 | 24 00 | 76 00 | 1:43 |
| 6 | 26 00 | 76 00 | 1:59 |
| 7 | 27 00 | 74 30 | 2:13 |
| 8 | 27 00 | 72 30 | 2:27 |
| 9 | 25 00 | 72 30 | 2:43 |
| 10 | 24 00 | 74 00 | 2:57 |
| 11 | 22 00 | 75 00 | 3:15 |
| 12 | 21 00 | 73 00 | 3:32 |
| 13 | 19 00 | 75 00 | 3:55 |
| 14 | 19 45 | 77 00 | 4:11 |
| 15 | 18 28 | 77 30 | 4:23 |
| 16 | 17 12 | 79 06 | 4:39 |
| 17 | 17 12 | 81 00 | 4:54 |
| 18 | 18 00 | 82 30 | 5:07 |
| 19 | 20 00 | 82 30 | 5:23 |
| 20 | 20 00 | 85 00 | 5:42 |
| 21 | 22 00 | 86 00 | 6:00 |
| 22 | 24 00 | 86 00 | 6:17 |
| 23 | 24 00 | 84 00 | 6:32 |
| 24 | 26 00 | 84 00 | 6:48 |
| 25 | 26 00 | 86 00 | 7:03 |
| 26 | 26 00 | 88 00 | 7:17 |
| 27 | 28 00 | 88 00 | 7:34 |
| 28 | 28 00 | 86 00 | 7:48 |
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