| Aircraft Commander | Ron Moyers |
| Co-pilot | Doug Macintyre |
| Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
| Flight Director | Rich Henning |
| Data Technician | Charles Lynch |
| Elec. Technician | Leonard Miller |
| Dropsonde Operator | Joe Greene |
| Dropsonde Operator | Todd Richards |
| None |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track w/ drops |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct HRD-tasked TC in Shear experiment on Tropical Storm Colin in the Gulf of Mexico.
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Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division August 20, 2015 Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 05/1800Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 2S | 25 59 | 87 45 | 180/000 | 0:43
| 3S | 24 32 | 87 45 | 90/000 | 0:56
| 4S | 22 26 | 87 45 | 40/180 | 1:14
| 5S | 23 11 | 91 00 | 180/270 | 1:40
| 6S | 23 13 | 89 22 | 90/270 | 1:53
| 7S | 23 18 | 86 29 | 70/090 | 2:16
| 8S | 23 20 | 85 13 | 140/090 | 2:27
| 9S | 21 17 | 85 28 | 180/135 | 2:44
| 10S | 22 23 | 86 36 | 90/135 | 2:58
| 11S | 24 35 | 88 54 | 90/315 | 3:24
| 12S | 25 42 | 90 03 | 180/315 | 3:37
| 13S | 25 49 | 85 27 | 180/045 | 4:12
| 14S | 24 48 | 86 36 | 90/045 | 4:25
| 15S | 22 45 | 88 54 | 90/225 | 4:50
| 16S | 21 44 | 90 02 | 180/225 | 5:03
| 17S | 23 55 | 91 00 | 180/270 | 5:23
| 18S | 24 05 | 84 30 | 180/090 | 6:12
| 19S | 22 21 | 87 45 | 110/180 | 6:42
| 20S | 27 19 | 87 45 | 180/000 | 7:23
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16 drops made, all good and sent.
| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 19:34 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 02:50 UTC
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Problems :
Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | 1 second data | Error Summary