| Aircraft Commander | Kristie Twining |
| Co-pilot | Rebecca Waddington |
| Co-pilot | Brad Fritzler |
| Flight Director | Ian Sears |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| System Engineer | Michael McAlister |
| Data Technician | Gabe Defeo |
| Data Technician | Underwood |
| Dropsonde Operator | Charles Lynch |
| None |
| Radar | HRD |
 Proposed NOAA 49 track |
 Final flight track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF (N49) will conduct an NHC-tasked Synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Hector.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 06, 2018 2:35:19 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 07/1730Z
DROP LOCATION TABLE
| #
| LAT
| LON
| Time
|
| deg min
| deg min
| hr:min
| 1 | 22 00 | -155 00 | 0:24
| 2 | 18 12 | -155 24 | 0:55
| 3 | 17 12 | -154 24 | 1:06
| 4 | 16 12 | -152 54 | 1:21
| 5 | 17 30 | -152 36 | 1:32
| 6 | 18 33 | -151 46 | 1:43
| 7 | 19 07 | -150 34 | 1:53
| 8 | 20 00 | -153 00 | 2:14
| 9 | 22 00 | -153 00 | 2:30
| 10 | 24 00 | -153 00 | 2:47
| 11 | 24 00 | -151 00 | 3:02
| 12 | 22 00 | -151 00 | 3:19
| 13 | 22 00 | -149 00 | 3:35
| 14 | 24 00 | -149 00 | 3:51
| 15 | 24 00 | -147 00 | 4:07
| 16 | 22 00 | -147 00 | 4:23
| 17 | 20 00 | -147 00 | 4:39
| 18 | 19 07 | -149 14 | 4:58
| 19 | 18 33 | -148 02 | 5:09
| 20 | 17 30 | -147 12 | 5:20
| 21 | 16 12 | -146 54 | 5:31
| 22 | 14 54 | -147 12 | 5:42
| 23 | 13 51 | -148 02 | 5:53
| 24 | 13 17 | -149 14 | 6:03
| 25 | 13 17 | -150 34 | 6:14
| 26 | 13 51 | -151 46 | 6:25
| 27 | 14 54 | -152 36 | 6:36
| 28 | 15 18 | -154 30 | 6:51
| 29 | 15 42 | -156 16 | 7:06
| 30 | 17 12 | -156 24 | 7:18
| 31 | 17 42 | -157 54 | 7:31
| 32 | 19 30 | -158 00 | 7:46
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Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| Long Beach, CA
| 18:04 UTC
| Honolulu, HI
| 01:51 UTC
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Problems :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |
Flight Director's log |
Flight Director's manifest |
NetCDF data |
1 second data