Mission Summary
20040912N2 Aircraft 49RF
Ivan flight 2004
| Sonde Scientist | Chris Landsea |
N49 drops
| Sonde Scientist | Chris Landsea |
The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Chris Landsea flew a Synoptic Flow mission around Hurricane Ivan in conjuction with a USAFR C130 from Keesler AFB, MS. The jet left MacDill AFB, FL at 01:30 PM EDT and recovered at MacDill AFB, FL at 09:47 PM EDT.
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Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 12/1730Z | |||
| DROP # | LAT (d m) | LON (d m) | TIME (h:mm) |
| 1 | 23 51 | 81 04 | 0:44 |
| 2 | 22 55 | 79 30 | 0:58 |
| 3 | 25 00 | 78 00 | 1:19 |
| 4 | 24 00 | 76 00 | 1:36 |
| 5 | 25 00 | 74 00 | 1:53 |
| 6 | 23 00 | 73 00 | 2:11 |
| 7 | 22 15 | 74 56 | 2:26 |
| 8 | 21 29 | 76 51 | 2:42 |
| 9 | 20 00 | 74 00 | 3:07 |
| 10 | 19 48 | 76 00 | 3:23 |
| 11 | 19 36 | 77 48 | 3:37 |
| 12 | 21 00 | 79 00 | 3:51 |
| 13 | 19 00 | 79 30 | 4:08 |
| 14 | 17 00 | 80 00 | 4:25 |
| 15 | 18 07 | 82 13 | 4:45 |
| 16 | 19 14 | 84 26 | 5:04 |
| 17 | 18 00 | 86 00 | 5:20 |
| 18 | 19 57 | 86 54 | 5:37 |
| 19 | 20 28 | 85 57 | 5:45 |
| 20 | 21 00 | 85 00 | 5:54 |
| 21 | 23 00 | 88 15 | 6:23 |
| 22 | 24 30 | 86 30 | 6:41 |
| 23 | 22 46 | 84 26 | 7:02 |
| 24 | 23 51 | 82 56 | 7:17 |
| 25 | 25 45 | 85 15 | 7:40 |
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