Mission Summary
20050910N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ophelia flight 2005

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistJohn Kaplan
Sonde ScientistSharan Majumdar (RSMAS)

Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of John Kaplan and Sharan Majumdar (UMiami/RSMAS) will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Ophelia. The jet will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 02:00 PM EDT and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL by 10:00 PM EDT.

Mission Summary :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of John Kaplan and Sharan Majumdar (UMiami/RSMAS) flew a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Ophelia. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 02:00 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL by 10:15 PM EDT.

PDF of drops

Problems :

Synoptic Surveillance MISSION PLAN
OPHELIA
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 10/1800Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 31 00-80 030:32
2 33 41-77 550:59
3 32 46-74 371:25
4 35 00-74 001:44
5 35 00-71 002:06
6 36 00-69 002:23
7 37 00-67 002:40
8 35 00-66 002:58
9 34 00-68 003:15
10 32 00-68 003:31
11 30 00-68 003:47
12 30 00-66 004:03
13 28 00-66 004:19
14 28 00-68 004:34
15 26 00-68 004:51
16 24 00-69 005:09
17 26 00-70 005:27
18 28 00-70 005:43
19 30 00-70 005:60
20 32 00-70 006:16
21 33 00-72 006:33
22 31 00-72 006:50
23 31 00-74 037:05
24 29 14-74 377:20
25 28 09-76 077:35
26 28 09-77 597:49


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