Mission Summary
20050911N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ophelia flight 2005
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
| Sonde Scientist | Sharan Majumdar (RSMAS) |
| Sonde Scientist | John Kaplan |
| Sonde Scientist | Sharan 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.
Problems :
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Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 11/1800Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 25 00 | -78 00 | 0:42 |
| 2 | 27 00 | -78 00 | 0:58 |
| 3 | 28 00 | -75 00 | 1:23 |
| 4 | 28 00 | -73 00 | 1:38 |
| 5 | 30 00 | -73 00 | 1:55 |
| 6 | 29 00 | -71 00 | 2:12 |
| 7 | 28 00 | -68 00 | 2:36 |
| 8 | 31 00 | -67 00 | 3:02 |
| 9 | 33 00 | -67 00 | 3:18 |
| 10 | 31 00 | -69 00 | 3:41 |
| 11 | 31 00 | -71 00 | 3:56 |
| 12 | 33 00 | -71 00 | 4:12 |
| 13 | 34 00 | -69 00 | 4:29 |
| 14 | 36 00 | -69 00 | 4:46 |
| 15 | 38 00 | -70 00 | 5:04 |
| 16 | 38 00 | -73 00 | 5:25 |
| 17 | 36 00 | -72 00 | 5:43 |
| 18 | 34 00 | -73 00 | 6:01 |
| 19 | 36 00 | -75 00 | 6:23 |
| 20 | 33 55 | -75 13 | 6:40 |
| 21 | 32 09 | -74 39 | 6:56 |
| 22 | 30 23 | -75 13 | 7:11 |
| 23 | 29 18 | -76 43 | 7:25 |
| 24 | 29 18 | -78 35 | 7:39 |
| 25 | 30 23 | -80 05 | 7:54 |