Mission Summary
20140805N1 Aircraft 49RF
TDR Mission Hurricane Iselle

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderRon Moyers
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Co-pilotJason Mansour
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Data TechnicianMike Mascaro
Electronic TechnicianCharles Lynch
Electronic TechnicianJames Warnecke
Electronic EngineerJohn Hill

Scientific Crew (49RF)
None


Proposed NOAA 49 track

Final NOAA 49 track

Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Iselle. The G-IV will leave Honolulu, HI 1730 UTC on August 5th and will recover back at Honolulu, HI by 0130 UTC the next day.

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN: Iselle
National Hurricane Center
August 04, 2014 3:37:15 PM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 05/1730Z
TURN LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hr:mn
1 21 00-152 30 0:43
2 21 00-150 00 1:03
3 21 00-147 30 1:22
4 23 00-146 15 1:41
5 23 00-144 15 1:57
6 25 00-143 15 2:15
7 23 00-142 30 2:33
8 23 00-140 30 2:48
9 21 00-140 30 3:05
10 21 00-142 30 3:20
11 21 00-145 00 3:40
12 19 45-144 30 3:51
13 18 00-143 30 4:08
14 19 00-142 30 4:19
15 19 45-141 30 4:29
16 19 00-140 30 4:39
17 18 00-139 30 4:50
18 17 00-138 45 5:01
19 16 00-139 30 5:11
20 15 00-140 30 5:22
21 14 15-141 30 5:32
22 15 00-142 30 5:42
23 16 00-143 30 5:54
24 17 00-145 00 6:08
25 18 30-146 15 6:24
26 18 30-148 45 6:44
27 18 30-151 15 7:04
28 18 30-153 45 7:24

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Honolulu, HI17:35 UTC Honolulu, HI01:42 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricane Iselle. The G-IV legt Honolulu, HI 1735 UTC on August 5th and recovered back at Honolulu, HI at 0142 UTC the next day. 28 sondes were launched and all were good and transmitted.

Problems :


Mission Data :

Flight Director's log | Flight Director's form | Error Summary | Dropsonde log


Page last updated November 13, 2014
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