DC-8 04/29/18 - 04/30/18
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
1256
Payload Configuration:
ATom-4 configuration - AMP, AO2, ARMAS, ATHOS, CANOE, CAFS, CAPS, CIT-CIMS, DLH, DLH-X, GT-CIMS, HR-AMS, ISAF, Medusa, MMS, NOAA-CIMS, NOyO3, PALMS, PANTHER, PFP, Picarro, QCLS, SAGA, SO2, SOAP, SP2, TOGA, UCATS, WAS
Nav Data Collected:
Yes
Archive Data:
20180429 (4 binary files; 84 archive (plain-text) files)
Total Flight Time:
8.1 hours
Submitted by:
Timothy Moes on 04/30/18
Flight Segments:
| From: | PANC - Anchorage International Airport | To: | PHKO - Kona International Airport | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 04/29/18 17:56 Z | Finish: | 04/30/18 02:02 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 8.1 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 188004 | PI: | Steven Wofsy | ||
| Funding Source: | Jennifer Olson - NASA - SMD - ESD - ESSP Mission Manager | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | ATom-4 science flight RF03. Successfully completed a low approach over Cold Bat, AK and 4 planned vertical profile maneuvers over the Pacific Ocean. Accomplished a stacked flux maneuver at the bottom of the 4th vertical profile maneuver. The flux altitudes were 500 ft, 800 ft and 1200 ft above sea level. An MMS maneuver set was completed at 33,000 ft. Science instruments and the aircraft all did well. | ||||
Flight Hour Summary:
| 188004 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 122.2 |
| Total Used | 133.2 |
| Total Remaining | -11 |
| 188004 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 04/06/18 | 1249 | Check | 3.6 | 3.6 | 118.6 | |
| 04/10/18 - 04/11/18 | 1251 | Check | 5 | 8.6 | 113.6 | |
| 04/13/18 - 04/14/18 | 1252 | Check | 7.9 | 16.5 | 105.7 | |
| 04/24/18 - 04/25/18 | 1253 | Science | 9.5 | 26 | 96.2 | |
| 04/26/18 | 1254 | Check | 2.1 | 28.1 | 94.1 | |
| 04/27/18 - 04/28/18 | 1255 | Science | 10.3 | 38.4 | 83.8 | |
| 04/29/18 - 04/30/18 | 1256 | Science | 8.1 | 46.5 | 75.7 | |
| 05/01/18 - 05/02/18 | 1257 | Science | 8.2 | 54.7 | 67.5 | |
| 05/03/18 - 05/04/18 | 1258 | Science | 7.9 | 62.6 | 59.6 | |
| 05/06/18 - 05/07/18 | 1259 | Science | 10.2 | 72.8 | 49.4 | |
| 05/09/18 | 1260 | Science | 10.7 | 83.5 | 38.7 | |
| 05/12/18 | 1261 | Science | 10 | 93.5 | 28.7 | |
| 05/14/18 | 1262 | Science | 9.4 | 102.9 | 19.3 | |
| 05/17/18 | 1263 | Science | 9.7 | 112.6 | 9.6 | |
| 05/18/18 | 1264 | Science | 3.2 | 115.8 | 6.4 | |
| 05/19/18 - 05/20/18 | 1265 | Science | 10.6 | 126.4 | -4.2 | |
| 05/21/18 | 1266 | Science | 6.8 | 133.2 | -11 | |
Flight Reports began being entered into this system as of 2012 flights. If there were flights flown under an earlier log number the flight reports are not available online.
Related Science Report:
ATom - DC-8 04/29/18 Science Report
Mission:
ATom
Mission Summary:
ATom-4 SF#3 Science Report: Flight from Anchorage, AK to Kona, HI
Submitted by:
Erin Czech on 05/05/18