Aircraft Commander | Jeff Hagen |
Co-pilot | Jason Mansour |
Co-pilot | Ron Moyers |
Flight Director | Ian Sears |
Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
Radar Technician | Charles Lynch |
Lead Tech | Gabe Defeo |
Dropsonde Operator | Jorge Delgado |
Dropsonde Operator | Leonard Miller |
None |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an HRD-tasked HWRF Model Evaluation mission around Tropical Disturbance Gabrielle. The G-IV will leave St. Croix, USVI by 1300 UTC on Sept. 7th and will recover at St. Croix, USVIat 2000 UTC on the same day.
Prepared by the Hurricane Research Division August 29, 2013 2:42:01 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 07/1400Z | |||
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
# | LAT | LON | TIME |
deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
1 | 21 30 | 66 00 | 0:42 |
2 | 22 00 | 66 00 | 1:03 |
3 | 24 30 | 66 00 | 1:23 |
4 | 24 30 | 68 00 | 1:38 |
5 | 24 30 | 70 00 | 1:52 |
6 | 24 30 | 72 00 | 2:07 |
7 | 23 15 | 72 00 | 2:17 |
8 | 22 00 | 72 00 | 2:27 |
9 | 20 45 | 72 00 | 2:38 |
10 | 19 30 | 72 00 | 2:48 |
11 | 19 30 | 69 30 | 3:07 |
12 | 19 30 | 67 00 | 3:26 |
13 | 21 30 | 67 00 | 3:42 |
14 | 23 30 | 67 00 | 3:58 |
15 | 23 30 | 68 20 | 4:08 |
16 | 23 30 | 69 40 | 4:18 |
17 | 23 30 | 71 00 | 4:28 |
18 | 22 30 | 71 00 | 4:36 |
19 | 21 30 | 71 00 | 4:44 |
20 | 20 30 | 71 00 | 4:52 |
21 | 20 30 | 69 30 | 5:04 |
22 | 20 30 | 68 00 | 5:15 |
23 | 22 30 | 68 00 | 5:31 |
24 | 22 30 | 70 00 | 5:46 |
25 | 21 30 | 70 00 | 5:54 |
26 | 21 30 | 68 30 | 6:05 |
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
St. Croix, USVI | 13:37 UTC
| St. Croix, USVI | 20:08 UTC
| |
26 drops, 26 good and 1 bad.
Problems :