| Lead Scientist | J. Dunion |
| Visiting Scientists |
Ching-Hwang Liu Po-Hsiung Lin |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Jason Dunion and Taiwanese scientists Ching-Hwang Liu and Po-Hsiung Lin, conducted an NHC-tasked synoptic surveillance mission around TS Fay at the nominal time of 00 UTC/September 7. Take-off time was at 2:45 PM EDT from MacDill AFB and landed at 8:00 PM EDT at Savannah, GA, after a problem with the jet inertial system forced a change in the mission pattern. The mission was aborted after the first leg and G-IV and crew recovered at Gulfstream in Savannah, GA for maintenance. Subsequently the jet ferried back to MacDill AFB, FL.
Phone calls made to Specialist on duty : None
| DROP LOCATIONS | |||
| Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 25 25 | 83 15 | 0:20 |
| 2 | 23 00 | 84 00 | 0:41 |
| 3 | 22 30 | 86 00 | 0:57 |
| 4 | 22 00 | 88 00 | 1:13 |
| 5 | 21 30 | 90 00 | 1:30 |
| 6 | 19 30 | 91 30 | 1:50 |
| 7 | 19 00 | 93 30 | 2:06 |
| 8 | 19 30 | 95 30 | 2:23 |
| 9 | 21 30 | 96 15 | 2:40 |
| 10 | 23 30 | 97 00 | 2:57 |
| 11 | 26 00 | 95 30 | 3:21 |
| 12 | 25 30 | 93 30 | 3:37 |
| 13 | 23 30 | 94 30 | 3:55 |
| 14 | 21 30 | 93 30 | 4:13 |
| 15 | 22 30 | 92 00 | 4:28 |
| 16 | 25 00 | 92 00 | 4:48 |
| 17 | 23 30 | 90 30 | 5:05 |
| 18 | 25 45 | 90 30 | 5:24 |
| 19 | 28 00 | 90 30 | 5:42 |
| 20 | 28 00 | 88 00 | 6:01 |
| 21 | 26 15 | 88 00 | 6:16 |
| 22 | 24 30 | 88 00 | 6:30 |
| 23 | 25 00 | 85 30 | 6:50 |
| 24 | 28 00 | 85 30 | 7:14 |
| TRACK DISTANCES | |||||
| Drop # | LAT (d m) |
LON (d m) |
LEG (nm) |
TOTAL (nm) |
TIME (h:mm) |
| 0 | MACDILL | 0. | 0. | 0:00 | |
| 1 | 23 00 | 84 00 | 303. | 303. | 0:41 |
| 2 | 21 30 | 90 00 | 358. | 661. | 1:30 |
| 3 | 19 30 | 91 30 | 148. | 809. | 1:50 |
| 4 | 19 00 | 93 30 | 120. | 930. | 2:06 |
| 5 | 19 30 | 95 30 | 120. | 1050. | 2:23 |
| 6 | 23 30 | 97 00 | 255. | 1305. | 2:57 |
| 7 | 26 00 | 95 30 | 173. | 1478. | 3:21 |
| 8 | 25 30 | 93 30 | 118. | 1596. | 3:37 |
| 9 | 23 30 | 94 30 | 133. | 1729. | 3:55 |
| 10 | 21 30 | 93 30 | 133. | 1862. | 4:13 |
| 11 | 22 30 | 92 00 | 105. | 1967. | 4:28 |
| 12 | 25 00 | 92 00 | 150. | 2117. | 4:48 |
| 13 | 23 30 | 90 30 | 124. | 2242. | 5:05 |
| 14 | 28 00 | 90 30 | 270. | 2512. | 5:42 |
| 15 | 28 00 | 88 00 | 141. | 2653. | 6:01 |
| 16 | 24 30 | 88 00 | 210. | 2863. | 6:30 |
| 17 | 25 00 | 85 30 | 146. | 3009. | 6:50 |
| 18 | 28 00 | 85 30 | 180. | 3189. | 7:14 |
| 19 | MACDILL | 168. | 3357. | 7:37 | |
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