Mission Summary
20060830N2 Aircraft 49RF
Ernesto flight 2006

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Mike Black

Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with Mike Black aboard will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Ernesto. The jet will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 2:00 PM EDT and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL by 10:30 PM EDT.

Mission Summary :

The G-IV jet, with Mike Black aboard flew a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Ernesto. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 2:00 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL by 10:15 PM EDT.

Pressure height maps of dropsonde data
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925mb map
1000mb map
surface map

Problems :

ERNESTO MISSION PLAN
ERNESTO
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 30/1800Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 26 4483 320:22
2 28 3084 060:37
3 28 0087 000:58
4 27 0089 001:15
5 26 0091 001:31
6 28 0093 001:53
7 28 0095 002:07
8 26 0095 002:24
9 24 0096 002:42
10 23 0094 002:59
11 24 0092 003:16
12 23 3090 003:31
13 23 0088 003:47
14 25 0088 004:03
15 25 0085 004:25
16 23 0084 004:43
17 23 1779 525:14
18 25 0078 005:34
19 26 4478 405:49
20 28 3078 066:04
21 28 0076 006:20
22 30 0076 006:36
23 32 0075 006:54
24 32 0077 007:08
25 30 1678 407:26
26 31 2180 107:40


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