| 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 09:00 PM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 15/1730Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 26 00 | 84 00 | 0:29 |
| 2 | 28 05 | 85 03 | 0:47 |
| 3 | 30 10 | 86 07 | 1:06 |
| 4 | 28 27 | 86 05 | 1:20 |
| 5 | 26 44 | 86 04 | 1:34 |
| 6 | 25 39 | 87 34 | 1:48 |
| 7 | 25 39 | 89 26 | 2:02 |
| 8 | 26 44 | 90 56 | 2:16 |
| 9 | 28 30 | 91 30 | 2:31 |
| 10 | 27 00 | 93 00 | 2:47 |
| 11 | 28 00 | 95 00 | 3:04 |
| 12 | 25 00 | 94 00 | 3:29 |
| 13 | 25 00 | 92 00 | 3:44 |
| 14 | 23 00 | 91 00 | 4:02 |
| 15 | 23 15 | 88 45 | 4:19 |
| 16 | 23 30 | 86 30 | 4:36 |
| 17 | 23 45 | 84 15 | 4:53 |
| 18 | 24 00 | 82 00 | 5:10 |
| 19 | 23 06 | 79 57 | 5:27 |
| 20 | 24 00 | 78 00 | 5:43 |
| 21 | 26 00 | 78 00 | 5:59 |
| 22 | 27 00 | 76 00 | 6:16 |
| 23 | 28 00 | 78 00 | 6:33 |
| 24 | 30 00 | 77 00 | 6:51 |
| 25 | 32 00 | 78 00 | 7:08 |
| 26 | 30 00 | 79 00 | 7:26 |
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