Mission Summary
20100913N1 Aircraft 49RF
Genesis Mission Tropical Disturbance 92

Aircraft Crew (49RF)
Aircraft CommanderGregg Glover
Co-pilotKristie Twining
Co-pilotNick Toth
Flight DirectorJack Parrish
Flight DirectorRich Henning
System AnalystGabe Defeo
AVAPS OperatorJeff Smith
AVAPS OperatorMike Mascaro
EngineerAl Goldstein
Scientific Crew (49RF)
Dropsonde ScientistNone


Mission Plan :

NOAA 49RF will fly an HRD-tasked Genesis mission around Tropical Disturbance 92. The G-IV will leave St. Croix, USVI, FL 1730 UTC and will recover at St. Croix, USVI by 0150 UTC next day.

Mission Summary :

Take off Landing
St.Croix, USVI17:10 UTC St.Croix, USVI00:47 UTC

NOAA 49RF flew an HRD-tasked Genesis mission around Tropical Disturbance 92. The G-IV left St. Croix, USVI, FL 1710 UTC and recovered at St. Croix, USVI at 0047 UTC next day.

Flight Director Event Log
TimeLatitude Longitude Press Temp DP WD WS MSL Alt G Alt Heading Track TAS GS V Vel Event Comments
17:10:29 17 42.00'N 64 47.62'W 1009.4 31.9 23.8 147.4 8.5 2.9 2.9 152.1 115.5 10.8 2.5 0.02 block out
17:19:11 17 42.04'N 64 48.65'W 1007.3 29.7 23.8 89.7 6.5 19.1 19.1 83.1 83.3 63.2 56.7 -0.16 takeoff
18:42:57 15 06.14'N 74 42.55'W 179.4 -57.3 -67.0 114.8 8.3 13227.7 13178.4 264.0 264.5 228.0 235.0 0.16 Sonde 1 drop pt 1
18:54:37 15 06.95'N 76 15.29'W 179.3 -57.0 -66.4 106.5 10.1 13228.4 13179.0 270.0 270.5 228.2 237.8 0.01 Sonde 2 drop pt 2
19:06:25 15 07.29'N 77 49.35'W 179.3 -57.1 -67.6 101.7 8.5 13230.8 13181.5 270.0 270.2 228.4 236.6 0.22 Sonde 3 drop pt 3
19:18:58 15 06.96'N 79 27.36'W 171.2 -59.9 -69.7 96.6 7.0 13522.8 13471.7 269.8 269.8 227.7 234.6 0.30 Sonde 4 drop pt 4
19:30:28 15 10.96'N 80 57.32'W 171.2 -59.5 -63.2 101.0 13.5 13528.3 13477.2 325.5 322.1 226.2 236.1 0.37 Sonde 5 drop pt 5
19:38:52 16 12.03'N 80 59.97'W 171.0 -59.4 -64.3 66.9 9.4 13540.4 13490.0 2.3 360.0 229.7 225.9 -0.16 Sonde 6 drop pt 6
19:48:04 17 20.28'N 80 59.97'W 171.1 -58.9 -63.8 115.3 7.1 13540.7 13491.0 1.9 0.0 227.4 230.4 -0.06 Sonde 7 drop pt 7
19:57:38 18 31.73'N 80 59.96'W 171.2 -59.1 -65.3 98.4 8.1 13537.3 13488.5 2.2 0.1 227.8 228.9 0.13 Sonde 8 drop pt 8
20:05:59 19 33.06'N 80 55.33'W 171.0 -59.2 -64.0 103.2 10.5 13556.8 13508.6 53.0 50.0 231.2 224.7 -0.05 Sonde 9 drop pt 9
20:16:54 19 36.31'N 79 35.69'W 163.0 -62.4 -65.1 80.5 12.2 13852.5 13802.8 89.7 90.2 227.5 215.5 -0.23 Sonde 10 drop pt 10
20:28:24 19 35.47'N 78 11.07'W 163.3 -61.8 -67.1 69.2 13.8 13849.8 13800.0 102.0 103.4 226.9 215.3 0.15 Sonde 11 drop pt 11 bad
20:28:48 19 34.65'N 78 08.23'W 163.4 -61.8 -67.1 69.7 12.8 13846.3 13796.5 109.1 110.9 225.5 215.7 -0.36 Sonde 12 drop pt 11 backup
20:38:40 19 09.19'N 76 58.36'W 163.6 -61.8 -66.1 57.7 5.5 13835.8 13785.8 110.1 111.0 224.0 220.7 -0.21 Sonde 13 drop pt 12
20:57:39 18 15.32'N 74 44.42'W 163.6 -60.9 -68.4 65.6 12.2 13844.1 13793.3 146.7 149.0 225.7 223.9 -0.10 Sonde 14 drop pt 13
21:05:34 17 16.92'N 74 41.49'W 163.2 -61.6 -68.7 83.7 12.3 13852.5 13800.9 176.3 179.3 226.6 227.5 -0.34 Sonde 15 drop pt 14
21:13:52 16 16.90'N 74 46.78'W 163.5 -61.8 -68.4 97.7 10.3 13828.9 13776.8 230.7 231.5 224.8 231.7 0.11 Sonde 16 drop pt 15
21:25:23 16 14.76'N 76 16.73'W 163.0 -61.6 -68.3 96.7 7.4 13840.1 13787.9 270.1 270.2 226.3 233.5 -0.46 Sonde 17 drop pt 16
21:38:30 16 14.73'N 77 59.85'W 155.4 -63.8 -71.4 86.9 9.7 14118.9 14065.0 269.9 269.6 224.0 233.5 0.06 Sonde 18 drop pt 17
21:50:06 16 18.86'N 79 29.25'W 155.3 -64.0 -70.8 78.2 6.5 14121.8 14067.9 324.2 321.6 224.5 227.4 0.10 Sonde 19 drop pt 18
21:59:02 17 22.08'N 79 32.00'W 155.2 -64.4 -71.6 32.6 5.9 14125.8 14072.7 1.0 359.9 225.8 220.9 -0.43 Sonde 20 drop pt 19
22:09:00 18 31.49'N 79 25.21'W 155.1 -64.1 -70.8 77.3 11.3 14134.4 14082.1 62.8 61.1 227.1 216.2 -0.25 Sonde 21 drop pt 20
22:21:27 18 33.41'N 77 54.60'W 155.2 -64.3 -70.7 58.8 9.0 14127.4 14075.2 89.0 90.0 225.0 217.2 -0.03 Sonde 22 drop pt 21
22:34:15 18 27.82'N 76 22.68'W 148.2 -66.7 -72.0 102.4 8.4 14420.7 14366.7 176.0 176.2 224.9 222.4 0.34 Sonde 23 drop pt 22
22:50:37 17 20.56'N 78 02.60'W 148.1 -66.8 -72.3 87.9 11.7 14411.7 14356.8 162.1 166.4 222.4 219.7 -0.40 Sonde 24 drop pt 23
22:58:58 17 21.18'N 77 06.14'W 148.1 -66.2 -73.9 71.5 13.1 14415.3 14360.4 88.8 89.8 223.4 210.9 0.51 Sonde 25 drop pt 24 missed FF
23:06:38 17 20.96'N 76 11.09'W 148.2 -66.2 -72.7 56.6 14.0 14416.4 14361.5 90.5 92.4 221.9 210.5 -0.44 Sonde 26 drop pt 25
00:46:26 17 42.01'N 64 48.91'W 1007.8 26.2 22.0 13.0 5.2 33.6 33.5 80.8 85.1 66.8 64.9 -1.66 landing
00:46:54 17 42.09'N 64 48.15'W 1009.5 26.9 22.1 27.1 5.2 17.6 17.6 82.8 87.7 30.2 27.3 -0.20 block in

Problems :


Mission Data :

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