Mission Summary
20100629N1 Aircraft 49RF
Synoptic Surveillance Mission Tropical Storm Alex

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderJeff Hagen
Co-pilotNick Toth
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Flight DirectorJessica Williams
Flight Director TraineeRich Henning
Electronics TechnicianGabe Defeo
AVAPS OperatorJeff Smith
Dropsonde OperatorCharles Lynch
Dropsonde OperatorCarlos Quiles
Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Alex. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill by 0150 UTC.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: ALEX
National Hurricane Center: June 28, 2010 12:25:03 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 29/1730Z
DROP LAT LON TIME
# (d m) (d m) (h:mm)
126 00-86 000:31
224 00-85 000:49
324 00-87 001:05
425 00-88 001:16
524 00-89 001:27
623 00-88 001:39
722 00-89 451:55
822 12-91 302:08
921 09-92 202:19
1020 00-91 002:33
1119 00-93 002:51
1220 35-93 323:05
1320 35-94 523:15
1421 09-96 043:26
1522 12-96 543:37
1623 30-97 123:48
1724 48-96 543:59
1825 51-96 044:09
1926 25-94 524:20
2028 33-95 434:38
2128 00-94 004:52
2226 25-93 325:06
2328 00-92 005:23
2429 00-91 005:34
2528 00-90 005:45
2627 00-91 005:57
2725 51-92 206:11
2824 48-91 306:21
2923 30-91 126:32
3025 00-90 006:48
3126 00-89 006:59
3227 00-88 007:10
3329 00-87 007:28
3428 00-85 307:42

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
MacDill AFB, FL17:28 UTC MacDill AFB, FL01:23 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Alex. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1728 UTC and recovered back at MacDill at 0123 UTC. 33 dropsondes were released.

b) Mission Specifics

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Mission Data :

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