Mission Summary
20040912N1 Aircraft 49RF
Ivan flight 2004

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistJohn Kaplan

N49 drops

Mission Summary :

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

HURRICANE SYNOPTIC SURVEILLANCE MISSION PLAN
IVAN
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 12/0530Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 24 0082 00 0:42
2 24 0080 00 0:57
3 22 4879 00 1:09
4 21 5777 24 1:23
5 24 0076 00 1:43
6 26 0076 00 1:59
7 27 0074 30 2:13
8 27 0072 30 2:27
9 25 0072 30 2:43
10 24 0074 00 2:57
11 22 0075 00 3:15
12 21 0073 00 3:32
13 19 0075 00 3:55
14 19 4577 00 4:11
15 18 2877 30 4:23
16 17 1279 06 4:39
17 17 1281 00 4:54
18 18 0082 30 5:07
19 20 0082 30 5:23
20 20 0085 00 5:42
21 22 0086 00 6:00
22 24 0086 00 6:17
23 24 0084 00 6:32
24 26 0084 00 6:48
25 26 0086 00 7:03
26 26 0088 00 7:17
27 28 0088 00 7:34
28 28 0086 00 7:48

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