Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagen |
Co-pilot | Will Odell |
Flight Engineer | Angel Negron |
Flight Director | Nancy Ash |
Flight Director | Jackie Almeida |
Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
Dropsonde Operator | Steven Paul |
Dropsonde Operator | Mark Rogers |
Dropsonde Operator | Jim Roles |
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Mission Plan :
The G-IV is tasked by TPC to carry out a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Danny east of Florida. The aircraft will depart MacDill AFB, FL 17:30 UTC and arrive in MacDill AFB, FL by 01:30 UTC.
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 25, 2009 4:08:20 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 26/17:30Z | ||||||
DROP # | LAT (deg) (min) | LON (deg) (min) | TIME (h mm) | |||
1 | 26 30 | -84 00 | 0:16 | |||
2 | 26 30 | -86 30 | 0:35 | |||
3 | 26 30 | -89 00 | 0:55 | |||
4 | 28 30 | -90 00 | 1:13 | |||
5 | 28 30 | -87 30 | 1:32 | |||
6 | 28 30 | -85 00 | 1:51 | |||
7 | 30 30 | -78 30 | 2:43 | |||
8 | 32 00 | -77 30 | 2:58 | |||
9 | 32 00 | -75 00 | 3:17 | |||
10 | 34 00 | -75 00 | 3:33 | |||
11 | 34 00 | -73 00 | 3:48 | |||
12 | 32 00 | -73 00 | 4:04 | |||
13 | 32 00 | -71 00 | 4:19 | |||
14 | 29 55 | -71 40 | 4:37 | |||
15 | 29 55 | -70 20 | 4:47 | |||
16 | 29 21 | -69 08 | 4:57 | |||
17 | 28 18 | -68 18 | 5:08 | |||
18 | 27 00 | -68 00 | 5:19 | |||
19 | 25 42 | -68 18 | 5:30 | |||
20 | 24 39 | -69 08 | 5:41 | |||
21 | 24 05 | -70 20 | 5:51 | |||
22 | 24 05 | -71 40 | 6:02 | |||
23 | 24 39 | -72 52 | 6:12 | |||
24 | 25 42 | -73 42 | 6:23 | |||
25 | 27 00 | -74 00 | 6:34 | |||
26 | 28 18 | -73 42 | 6:45 | |||
27 | 29 21 | -72 52 | 6:55 | |||
28 | 30 00 | -75 00 | 7:12 | |||
29 | 28 30 | -77 00 | 7:32 |
Mission Summary :
Problems :
Pressure height maps of dropsonde data
(Both I2 and N1 flights)
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surface map