DC-8 06/23/17
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
1202
Payload Configuration:
CPEX Payload: APR-2, DAWN, YES Dropsonde, HAMSR, MASC, MTHP
Nav Data Collected:
Yes
Total Flight Time:
4.8 hours
Submitted by:
Michael Thomson on 06/26/17
Flight Segments:
| From: | KFLL | To: | KFLL | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 06/23/17 16:52 Z | Finish: | 06/23/17 21:38 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 4.8 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 178011 | PI: | Ramesh Kakar | ||
| Funding Source: | Ramesh Kakar - NASA - SMD - ESD Weather and Atmospheric Dynamics | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | Science flight #15 was flown to the Atlantic Ocean, east of the Bahamas. Three areas of interest were targeted at 20k ft. At the first area, N26 W75, a 40 nm Box pattern was flown over clear air with 1 sonde dropped in the middle of the diagonal leg. DAWN reported very good data. The 2nd area, N25.8, W72.7, another 40 nm box was flown over an area of convection. This box had 2 sonde drops, middle of southbound leg and middle of northbound leg. A repeat was done with the instructions to adjust legs as needed to keep area of convection inside the box. Four passes were made thru in and around the convection before repeating box 2. A repeat of the clear air box, box 1, was done then RTB was initiated. Seven dropsondes in total were launched with all 7 reaching sea surface. All instrument teams reported satisfactory data acquisitions. | ||||
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Flight Hour Summary:
| 178011 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 106 |
| Total Used | 104.3 |
| Total Remaining | 1.7 |
| 178011 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 05/16/17 | 1182 | Check | 1.3 | 1.3 | 104.7 | |
| 05/17/17 | 1184 | Science | 2.6 | 3.9 | 102.1 | |
| 05/25/17 | 1187 | Ferry | 4.5 | 8.4 | 97.6 | |
| 05/27/17 | 1188 | Science | 5.3 | 13.7 | 92.3 | |
| 05/29/17 | 1189 | Science | 5.5 | 19.2 | 86.8 | |
| 05/31/17 | 1190 | Science | 6 | 25.2 | 80.8 | |
| 06/01/17 | 1191 | Science | 5.7 | 30.9 | 75.1 | |
| 06/02/17 | 1192 | Science | 6.2 | 37.1 | 68.9 | |
| 06/06/17 | 1193 | Science | 3.9 | 41 | 65 | |
| 06/10/17 | 1194 | Science | 5.3 | 46.3 | 59.7 | |
| 06/11/17 | 1195 | Science | 6.4 | 52.7 | 53.3 | |
| 06/15/17 | 1196 | Science | 4.7 | 57.4 | 48.6 | |
| 06/16/17 | 1197 | Science | 5.3 | 62.7 | 43.3 | |
| 06/17/17 - 06/18/17 | 1198 | Science | 7.1 | 69.8 | 36.2 | |
| 06/19/17 | 1199 | Science | 5.9 | 75.7 | 30.3 | |
| 06/20/17 | 1200 | Science | 5.7 | 81.4 | 24.6 | |
| 06/21/17 | 1201 | Science | 5.4 | 86.8 | 19.2 | |
| 06/23/17 | 1202 | Science | 4.8 | 91.6 | 14.4 | |
| 06/24/17 | 1203 | Science | 5.8 | 97.4 | 8.6 | |
| 06/26/17 | 1204 | Science | 1.9 | 99.3 | 6.7 | |
| 06/28/17 | 1205 | Science | 5 | 104.3 | 1.7 | |
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