Aircraft Commander |
Co-pilot |
Flight Director |
Flight Director |
Electronics Technician |
AVAPS Operator |
Dropsonde Operator |
Tim Barry (NWS Tallahassee) |
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Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV will leave MacDill AFB, FL 1730 UTC and will recover back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0200 UTC next day.
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center August 24, 2011 4:53:37 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 25/1730Z | |||
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
# | LAT | LON | TIME |
deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
1 | 31 45 | -80 45 | 0:35 |
2 | 31 00 | -79 00 | 0:49 |
3 | 32 00 | -77 30 | 1:03 |
4 | 33 30 | -78 00 | 1:16 |
5 | 33 00 | -75 00 | 1:39 |
6 | 31 00 | -75 00 | 1:55 |
7 | 32 00 | -74 00 | 2:06 |
8 | 33 00 | -73 00 | 2:17 |
9 | 35 30 | -73 30 | 2:38 |
10 | 34 00 | -71 30 | 2:58 |
11 | 32 00 | -71 00 | 3:14 |
12 | 31 00 | -72 00 | 3:25 |
13 | 30 00 | -73 00 | 3:37 |
14 | 29 00 | -71 00 | 3:54 |
15 | 28 00 | -72 00 | 4:05 |
16 | 27 00 | -71 00 | 4:16 |
17 | 26 00 | -72 00 | 4:28 |
18 | 25 00 | -73 00 | 4:39 |
19 | 24 00 | -72 00 | 4:50 |
20 | 23 00 | -73 00 | 5:02 |
21 | 22 00 | -74 00 | 5:13 |
22 | 23 00 | -75 00 | 5:24 |
23 | 23 00 | -77 00 | 5:40 |
24 | 24 51 | -78 46 | 6:00 |
25 | 24 30 | -77 30 | 6:11 |
26 | 24 17 | -76 14 | 6:21 |
27 | 24 51 | -75 02 | 6:31 |
28 | 25 54 | -74 12 | 6:42 |
29 | 27 12 | -73 54 | 6:53 |
30 | 28 30 | -74 12 | 7:04 |
31 | 29 33 | -75 02 | 7:15 |
32 | 30 07 | -76 14 | 7:25 |
33 | 30 07 | -77 34 | 7:35 |
34 | 29 33 | -78 46 | 7:45 |
35 | 28 24 | -79 18 | 7:56 |
36 | 27 12 | -79 45 | 8:06 |
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
MacDill AFB, FL | 17:18 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 01:33 UTC
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NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillancd mission around Hurricane Irene. The G-IV left MacDill AFB, FL 1718 UTC and recovered back at MacDill AFB, FL by 0133 UTC next day. 38 dropsondes were launched with 36 being transmitted.
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Page last updated August 24, 2011
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