Mission Summary
20050825N1 Aircraft 49RF
Katrina flight 2005

Scientific Crew (49RF)
Sonde ScientistKrystal Valde

Mission Plan :

The G-IV jet, with scientific crew of Krystal Valde will fly a Synoptic Surveillance mission around Tropical Storm Katrina in conjunction with a USAF C130 out of Keesler AFB, MS . The jet will leave MacDill AFB, FL at 02:00 PM EDT and will recover at MacDill AFB, FL by 9:30 PM EDT.

Mission Summary :

Problems :

Synoptic Surveillance MISSION PLAN
KATRINA
Aircraft: N49RF
Altitude: FL410-450
Proposed takeoff: 25/1800Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 26 25-83 460:15
2 25 00-85 000:30
3 23 00-84 000:48
5 21 42-85 061:02
6 21 00-83 001:20
7 21 18-80 001:44
8 19 00-79 002:04
9 19 40-75 592:29
11 20 00-74 002:45
12 22 00-74 003:01
13 23 00-72 003:19
14 25 00-73 003:37
15 25 00-71 003:53
16 27 00-71 004:09
17 27 00-73 004:24
18 30 00-73 004:49
19 31 00-74 305:03
20 32 00-76 005:17
21 30 00-77 005:35
22 30 00-79 005:50
23 28 09-79 026:05
24 28 09-77 106:20
25 27 04-75 406:34
26 25 18-75 066:49
27 23 32-75 407:04
28 22 27-77 107:19
29 22 50-78 507:33
30 23 32-80 327:47

Synoptic Surveillance MISSION PLAN
KATRINA
Aircraft: USAF C130
Altitude: FL180-250
Proposed takeoff: 25/1800Z
DROP
#
LAT
(d m)
LON
(d m)
TIME
(h:mm)
1 30 0986 20 0:33
2 28 0087 00 0:56
3 26 0086 00 1:19
4 26 0088 00 1:37
5 24 0088 00 1:58
6 24 0090 00 2:17
7 22 0090 00 2:37
8 21 0092 00 2:59
9 23 0093 00 3:22
10 22 0095 00 3:43
11 20 0094 00 4:06
12 19 3296 08 4:27
13 21 1497 15 4:48
14 23 5797 32 5:16
15 24 0095 00 5:40
16 26 0095 00 6:01
17 27 0093 00 6:22
18 28 0091 00 6:43
19 28 0089 00 7:01


Page last updated August 25, 2005
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