Mission Summary
20040913N1 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: 13/0530Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 27 00 | 78 00 | 0:43 |
| 2 | 25 02 | 78 56 | 1:01 |
| 3 | 23 04 | 79 53 | 1:18 |
| 4 | 22 09 | 77 53 | 1:35 |
| 5 | 21 13 | 75 54 | 1:52 |
| 6 | 20 18 | 73 54 | 2:09 |
| 7 | 19 48 | 77 30 | 2:39 |
| 8 | 20 25 | 79 02 | 2:52 |
| 9 | 21 02 | 80 34 | 3:05 |
| 10 | 18 00 | 80 00 | 3:30 |
| 11 | 17 00 | 82 00 | 3:47 |
| 12 | 16 00 | 84 00 | 4:05 |
| 13 | 17 00 | 86 00 | 4:23 |
| 14 | 18 00 | 84 00 | 4:40 |
| 15 | 19 57 | 83 56 | 4:56 |
| 16 | 19 00 | 86 00 | 5:14 |
| 17 | 20 54 | 86 00 | 5:29 |
| 18 | 22 48 | 86 00 | 5:45 |
| 19 | 23 00 | 88 00 | 6:00 |
| 20 | 23 00 | 90 00 | 6:15 |
| 21 | 25 00 | 90 00 | 6:31 |
| 22 | 27 00 | 90 00 | 6:48 |
| 23 | 27 00 | 88 23 | 6:59 |
| 24 | 27 00 | 86 45 | 7:11 |
| 25 | 25 00 | 87 30 | 7:28 |
| 26 | 24 34 | 85 26 | 7:44 |
| 27 | 26 12 | 83 58 | 8:01 |
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