| Aircraft Commander | Kristie Twining |
| Co-pilot | David Cowan |
| Co-pilot | Tanner Sims |
| Flight Director | Jack Parrish |
| Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
| System Engineer | Jim Roles |
| System Engineer | Al Goldstein |
| Data Technician | Ansaruddin Hasan |
| Dropsonde Operator | Miller |
 Original Proposed NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF (N49) will fly a synoptic surveillance mission around Hurricane Maria.
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Prepared by the National Hurricane Center September 23, 2017 1:22:06 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 25/0530Z | |||||||
| DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
| # | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
| deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
| 1 | 29 00 | -78 00 | 0:38 | ||||
| 2 | 29 30 | -75 42 | 0:56 | ||||
| 3 | 28 27 | -74 52 | 1:07 | ||||
| 4 | 27 53 | -73 40 | 1:17 | ||||
| 5 | 27 53 | -72 20 | 1:27 | ||||
| 6 | 28 27 | -71 08 | 1:38 | ||||
| 7 | 29 30 | -70 18 | 1:49 | ||||
| 8 | 30 48 | -70 00 | 1:59 | ||||
| 9 | 30 00 | -68 00 | 2:16 | ||||
| 10 | 32 30 | -68 00 | 2:36 | ||||
| 11 | 32 06 | -70 18 | 2:54 | ||||
| 12 | 33 09 | -71 08 | 3:05 | ||||
| 13 | 33 43 | -72 20 | 3:15 | ||||
| 14 | 35 00 | -70 00 | 3:35 | ||||
| 15 | 35 00 | -67 00 | 3:57 | ||||
| 16 | 37 00 | -67 00 | 4:14 | ||||
| 17 | 39 00 | -67 00 | 4:30 | ||||
| 18 | 41 00 | -67 00 | 4:46 | ||||
| 19 | 39 30 | -70 00 | 5:11 | ||||
| 20 | 37 00 | -70 00 | 5:31 | ||||
| 21 | 38 00 | -73 00 | 5:55 | ||||
| 22 | 36 00 | -73 00 | 6:11 | ||||
| 23 | 33 43 | -73 40 | 6:30 | ||||
| 24 | 33 09 | -74 52 | 6:41 | ||||
| 25 | 32 06 | -75 42 | 6:51 | ||||
| 26 | 30 48 | -76 00 | 7:02 | ||||
| 27 | 32 30 | -78 00 | 7:23 | ||||
| 28 | 30 30 | -80 00 | 7:45 | ||||
Mission Summary :
| Take off | Landing
| Linder-Lakeland, FL
| 05:36 UTC
| Linder-Lakeland, FL
| 13:25 UTC
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Problems :
 Flight track |
 Temperature and Moisture |
 Wind and Atlitude |