| Aircraft Commander | Jason Mansour |
| Co-pilot | Brad Fritzler |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Data Technician | Hartberger |
| Data Technician | Steve Paul |
| Dropsonde Operator | Bobby Peek |
| Dropsonde Operator | Gabe DeFeo |
| None |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final NOAA 49 track |
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: 06/0600Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| RAD/AZM
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| n mi/deg
| hr:min
| 2S | 27 44 | 87 26 | 150/000 | 0:37
| 3S | 26 32 | 87 24 | 75/000 | 0:48
| 4S | 24 07 | 87 22 | 75/180 | 1:09
| 5S | 22 55 | 87 20 | 150/180 | 1:20
| 6S | 25 32 | 90 02 | 150/270 | 1:50
| 7S | 25 35 | 88 38 | 75/270 | 2:01
| 8S | 25 40 | 85 50 | 75/090 | 2:23
| 9S | 25 42 | 84 26 | 150/090 | 2:34
| 10S | 24 01 | 85 13 | 150/135 | 2:50
| 11S | 24 56 | 86 10 | 75/135 | 3:02
| 12S | 26 47 | 88 04 | 75/315 | 3:23
| 13S | 27 43 | 89 01 | 150/315 | 3:34
| 14S | 27 50 | 85 03 | 150/045 | 4:04
| 15S | 26 59 | 86 01 | 75/045 | 4:15
| 16S | 25 18 | 87 55 | 75/225 | 4:35
| 17S | 24 28 | 88 52 | 150/225 | 4:46
| 18S | 26 18 | 89 39 | 150/270 | 5:03
| 19S | 26 28 | 84 03 | 150/090 | 5:45
| 20S | 24 05 | 86 45 | 150/180 | 6:14
| 21S | 29 15 | 86 40 | 150/000 | 6:57
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| Take off | Landing
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 06:30 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 13:43 UTC
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Problems :
Flight Director's log | Flight Director's manifest | NetCDF data | 1 second data | serial data