Aircraft Commander | Kristie Twining |
Co-pilot | Jason Mansour |
Co-pilot | Ron Moyers |
Flight Director | Nick Morgan |
ASPEN | Jack Parrish |
Data Technician | Gabe Defeo |
Radar Technician | Al Goldstein |
AVAPS | Carlos Quiles |
AVAPS | Leonard Miller |
Observer | Rosimar Rios-Barrios |
Mission Plan :
Fly a Synopitc Suveillance mission around Hurricane Sandy as it emerges from the Cuban coast. Take off from MacDill AFB, FL at 17:30 UTC on Oct. 27th and recover at MacDill AFB, FL at 00:30 UTC the next day.
Prepared by the National Hurricane Center October 26, 2012 2:24:55 PM Aircraft: N49RF Altitude: FL410-450 Proposed takeoff: 27/1730Z | |||
DROP LOCATIONS | |||
# | LAT | LON | TIME |
deg min | deg min | hh:mm | |
1 | 28 00 | -85 00 | 0:19 |
2 | 26 00 | -85 00 | 0:36 |
3 | 26 00 | -83 00 | 0:51 |
4 | 24 00 | -83 00 | 1:08 |
5 | 24 00 | -81 30 | 1:19 |
6 | 24 00 | -80 00 | 1:31 |
7 | 26 00 | -79 00 | 1:49 |
8 | 28 00 | -79 00 | 2:06 |
9 | 28 00 | -77 30 | 2:17 |
10 | 28 00 | -76 00 | 2:29 |
11 | 26 00 | -76 00 | 2:45 |
12 | 26 00 | -74 00 | 3:01 |
13 | 26 00 | -72 00 | 3:16 |
14 | 26 00 | -70 00 | 3:32 |
15 | 28 00 | -70 00 | 3:48 |
16 | 28 00 | -72 00 | 4:03 |
17 | 29 30 | -72 00 | 4:16 |
18 | 31 00 | -72 00 | 4:28 |
19 | 31 00 | -70 00 | 4:43 |
20 | 33 00 | -70 00 | 4:59 |
21 | 35 00 | -70 00 | 5:16 |
22 | 37 00 | -70 00 | 5:32 |
23 | 37 00 | -72 30 | 5:50 |
24 | 35 00 | -72 30 | 6:07 |
25 | 33 00 | -73 53 | 6:26 |
26 | 33 00 | -75 15 | 6:36 |
27 | 33 00 | -76 38 | 6:47 |
28 | 33 00 | -78 00 | 6:57 |
29 | 31 00 | -79 00 | 7:15 |
30 | 29 00 | -79 00 | 7:31 |
Mission Summary :
Take off | Landing
MacDill AFB, FL | 27/17:19 UTC
| MacDill AFB, FL | 28/00:30 UTC
| |
Mission Evaluation:
32 dropsondes were launched, with 30 of them being good and transmitted.
Problems :
Mission Data :
Combined drops from P3 and G-IV missions at 850 mb
Combined drops from P3 and G-IV missions at 200 mb