Mission Summary
20140807N1 Aircraft 49RF
TDR Mission Hurricane Julio

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderRon Moyers
Co-pilotDavid Cowan
Co-pilotJason Mansour
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorPaul Flaherty
Data TechnicianCharles Lynch
Electronic TechnicianMike Mascaro
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 Julio. 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: Julio
National Hurricane Center
August 06, 2014 9:59:11 AM
Aircraft: N49RF
Proposed takeoff: 07/1730Z
TURN LOCATIONS
# LAT LON TIME
deg min deg min hr:mn
1 21 00-154 30 0:27
2 21 30-153 30 0:36
3 21 00-152 30 0:45
4 20 00-151 30 0:56
5 21 00-150 30 1:08
6 23 00-149 30 1:26
7 21 00-148 30 1:44
8 23 00-147 30 2:02
9 21 00-146 30 2:20
10 21 00-144 30 2:36
11 21 00-142 30 2:52
12 19 21-140 52 3:11
13 19 55-139 40 3:21
14 19 55-138 20 3:32
15 19 21-137 08 3:42
16 18 18-136 18 3:53
17 17 00-136 00 4:04
18 15 42-136 18 4:15
19 14 39-137 08 4:26
20 14 05-138 20 4:37
21 14 05-139 40 4:47
22 14 39-140 52 4:58
23 15 42-141 30 5:08
24 17 00-142 00 5:20
25 18 18-141 42 5:30
26 19 00-143 00 5:42
27 19 00-145 00 5:58
28 19 00-147 00 6:14
29 19 00-149 00 6:30
30 19 00-151 00 6:46
31 18 00-151 30 6:55
32 17 00-152 30 7:06
33 16 30-153 30 7:15
34 17 00-154 30 7:24
35 18 00-155 30 7:36
36 19 00-157 00 7:50

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
Honolulu, HI17:35 UTC Honolulu, HI01:41 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew an NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission around Hurricanes Iselle and Julio. The G-IV left Honolulu, HI 1735 UTC on August 5th and recovered back at Honolulu, HI on 0141 UTC the next day. 38 sondes were deployed but only 36 drops were good and sent.

Problems :


Mission Data :

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


Page last updated November 13, 2014
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