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 26, 2009 3:10:11 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 27/17:30Z | ||||||
DROP # | LAT (deg) (min) | LON (deg) (min) | TIME (h mm) | |||
1 | 30 00 | -79 30 | 0:29 | |||
2 | 28 06 | -77 30 | 0:51 | |||
3 | 29 24 | -77 12 | 1:02 | |||
4 | 30 27 | -76 22 | 1:12 | |||
5 | 31 01 | -75 10 | 1:23 | |||
6 | 31 30 | -78 00 | 1:44 | |||
7 | 33 00 | -76 00 | 2:04 | |||
8 | 34 30 | -74 00 | 2:23 | |||
9 | 33 00 | -73 00 | 2:38 | |||
10 | 31 01 | -73 50 | 2:55 | |||
11 | 30 27 | -72 38 | 3:05 | |||
12 | 29 24 | -71 48 | 3:16 | |||
13 | 28 06 | -71 30 | 3:27 | |||
14 | 26 48 | -71 48 | 3:38 | |||
15 | 25 45 | -72 38 | 3:48 | |||
16 | 25 11 | -73 50 | 3:59 | |||
17 | 25 11 | -75 10 | 4:09 | |||
18 | 25 45 | -76 22 | 4:20 | |||
19 | 26 48 | -77 12 | 4:30 | |||
20 | 26 00 | -83 00 | 5:16 | |||
21 | 26 00 | -85 30 | 5:35 | |||
22 | 26 00 | -88 00 | 5:54 | |||
23 | 26 00 | -90 30 | 6:14 | |||
24 | 26 00 | -93 00 | 6:33 | |||
25 | 28 00 | -94 15 | 6:52 | |||
26 | 28 00 | -91 45 | 7:11 | |||
27 | 28 00 | -89 15 | 7:31 | |||
28 | 28 00 | -86 45 | 7:50 |
Mission Summary :
Problems :
Pressure height maps of dropsonde data
(Both I2 and N1 flights)
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surface map