Mission Summary
20050914N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ophelia flight 2005

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistJason Dunion

Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Jason Dunion will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Ophelia. The jet will leave Savannah, GA at 02:00 PM EDT and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL by 10:30 PM EDT.

Mission Summary :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Jason Dunion flew a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Ophelia. The jet left Savannah, GA at 02:00 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL by 9:20 PM EDT. The flight was ended early as the last two drops were eliminated.

Problems :

Synoptic Surveillance MISSION PLAN
OPHELIA
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 14/1800Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 31 36-78 170:22
2 31 36-76 250:36
3 32 41-74 550:51
4 34 27-74 211:06
5 36 13-74 551:21
6 37 00-73 001:36
7 39 00-73 001:53
8 40 00-71 002:09
9 39 00-69 002:26
10 38 00-71 002:43
11 36 00-71 002:59
12 34 00-72 003:17
13 33 00-70 003:34
14 34 00-68 003:51
15 32 00-68 004:07
16 30 00-68 004:24
17 31 00-70 004:41
18 32 00-72 004:58
19 31 00-74 005:15
20 30 00-72 005:32
21 28 00-72 005:49
22 27 00-74 006:06
23 29 00-74 006:23
24 29 00-76 006:38
25 28 15-78 006:54
26 26 00-84 007:44
27 27 00-86 008:02


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