Mission Summary
20040901N1 Aircraft 49RF
Frances flight 2004

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistMike Black
Sonde ScientistJohn Kaplan

N49 and USAFdrops

Mission Summary :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Mike Black and John Kaplan flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Frances.The jet left Barbados at 01:30 PM AST and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:30 PM EDT.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN
FRANCES
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 01/1730Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 13 0459 290:10
2 14 4860 370:27
3 18 1662 521:00
4 20 0064 001:17
5 22 0064 001:33
6 21 0066 001:50
7 23 0066 002:07
8 24 0064 002:24
9 25 0065 302:37
10 26 0067 002:51
11 27 0069 003:08
12 28 0071 003:25
13 26 4573 003:42
14 25 3372 083:54
15 25 3370 164:08
16 24 2868 464:22
17 22 4268 124:37
18 20 5668 464:52
19 19 5170 165:06
20 19 5472 085:21
21 20 5673 385:35
22 22 0076 005:55
23 22 4274 126:10
24 24 2873 386:25
25 24 0076 006:43
26 23 0078 007:00

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