Aircraft Commander | Ron Moyers |
Co-pilot | David Cowan |
Flight Director | Paul Flaherty |
Flight Director | Mike Holmes |
Data Technician | Charles Lynch |
Dropsonde Operator | John Hill |
Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Smith |
Dropsonde Operator | Jeff Hartberger |
Proposed NOAA 49 track |
Final NOAA 49 track |
Mission Plan :
NOAA 49RF will conduct NHC-tasked Synoptic Surveillance mission on Hurricane Matthew north of Cuba.
Prepared by National Hurricane Center October 04, 2016 1:47:01 PM Aircraft: N49RF Proposed takeoff: 05/1730Z | |||||||
DROP LOCATION TABLE | |||||||
# | LAT | LON | Time | ||||
deg min | deg min | hr:min | |||||
1 | 25 24 | -78 48 | 0:35 | ||||
2 | 26 36 | -78 00 | 0:47 | ||||
3 | 28 30 | -78 30 | 1:03 | ||||
4 | 30 00 | -78 30 | 1:15 | ||||
5 | 31 30 | -78 30 | 1:27 | ||||
6 | 33 00 | -76 30 | 1:47 | ||||
7 | 33 00 | -74 30 | 2:02 | ||||
8 | 33 00 | -72 30 | 2:17 | ||||
9 | 31 30 | -72 30 | 2:29 | ||||
10 | 31 30 | -74 30 | 2:44 | ||||
11 | 31 30 | -76 30 | 2:59 | ||||
12 | 30 00 | -76 30 | 3:11 | ||||
13 | 30 00 | -74 30 | 3:27 | ||||
14 | 30 00 | -72 30 | 3:42 | ||||
15 | 30 00 | -70 30 | 3:57 | ||||
16 | 28 30 | -70 30 | 4:09 | ||||
17 | 28 30 | -72 30 | 4:25 | ||||
18 | 28 30 | -74 30 | 4:40 | ||||
19 | 28 30 | -76 30 | 4:55 | ||||
20 | 26 55 | -76 30 | 5:08 | ||||
21 | 26 55 | -75 20 | 5:17 | ||||
22 | 26 21 | -74 08 | 5:28 | ||||
23 | 27 00 | -72 30 | 5:41 | ||||
24 | 27 00 | -70 30 | 5:57 | ||||
25 | 25 18 | -71 30 | 6:13 | ||||
26 | 25 18 | -73 18 | 6:27 | ||||
27 | 24 00 | -73 00 | 6:38 | ||||
28 | 22 42 | -73 18 | 6:49 | ||||
29 | 21 39 | -74 08 | 6:59 | ||||
30 | 21 24 | -75 27 | 7:10 | ||||
31 | 21 54 | -77 00 | 7:23 | ||||
32 | 22 59 | -78 32 | 7:38 | ||||
33 | 24 00 | -79 00 | 7:47 |
Mission aborted mid-flight due to technical problems.
Take off | Landing
MacDill AFB, FL
| 17:32 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL
| 20:51 UTC
| |
Problems :
Flight track |
Temperature and Moisture |
Wind and Atlitude |