DC-8 10/20/17
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
1231
Payload Configuration:
ATom-3 configuration - AMP, AO2, ARMAS, ATHOS, CAFE, CAFS, CAPS, CIT-CIMS, DLH, DLH-X, GT-CIMS, HR-AMS, ISAF, Medusa, MMS, NOAA-CIMS, NOyO3, PALMS, PANTHER, PFP, Picarro, QCLS, SAGA, SP2, TOGA, UCATS, WAS
Nav Data Collected:
Yes
Archive Data:
20171020 (81 archive (plain-text) files; 4 binary files)
Total Flight Time:
7.7 hours
Comments:
ATom-3 Science Flight RF10 GVAC-LPLA. This flight was shortened distance-wise in the morning due to weather on the route. This flight included 5 vertical profile maneuvers (VPM) as re-planned. Due to extra fuel available since the flight distance was reduced, two eddy flux maneuvers and an MMS maneuver at 29kft were added. The 2nd eddy flux maneuver was a 4 leg wall at 500', 1000', just below the cloud deck at ~1300', and just above the cloud deck at ~2400'. The science instruments did very well and it was a very successful science flight. The aircraft arrived at Lajes in good shape although HF#2 was still inoperative and plans to troubleshoot at Lajes.
Submitted by:
Timothy Moes on 10/22/17
Flight Segments:
| From: | GVAC - Amilcar Cabral Intn'l Airport (Cabo Verde) | To: | LPLA - Lajes Airfield | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 10/20/17 09:18 Z | Finish: | 10/20/17 16:59 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 7.7 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 188001 | PI: | Steven Wofsy | ||
| Funding Source: | Jennifer Olson - NASA - SMD - ESD - ESSP Mission Manager | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
Flight Hour Summary:
| 188001 | |
|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 107.6 |
| Total Used | 103.5 |
| Total Remaining | 4.1 |
| 188001 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 10/01/17 - 10/02/17 | 1223 | Science | 10 | 10 | 97.6 | |
| 10/04/17 - 10/05/17 | 1224 | Science | 7.4 | 17.4 | 90.2 | |
| 10/06/17 - 10/07/17 | 1225 | Science | 8.9 | 26.3 | 81.3 | |
| 10/09/17 - 10/10/17 | 1226 | Science | 9.2 | 35.5 | 72.1 | |
| 10/12/17 - 10/13/17 | 1227 | Science | 9.9 | 45.4 | 62.2 | |
| 10/14/17 | 1228 | Science | 10.7 | 56.1 | 51.5 | |
| 10/17/17 | 1229 | Science | 9.5 | 65.6 | 42 | |
| 10/19/17 | 1230 | Science | 4.6 | 70.2 | 37.4 | |
| 10/20/17 | 1231 | Science | 7.7 | 77.9 | 29.7 | |
| 10/23/17 | 1232 | Science | 9.5 | 87.4 | 20.2 | |
| 10/25/17 | 1233 | Science | 9.6 | 97 | 10.6 | |
| 10/27/17 - 10/28/17 | 1234 | Science | 6.5 | 103.5 | 4.1 | |
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 10/20/17 Science Report
Mission:
ATom
Mission Summary:
GVAC-LPLA ATom III Report
Submitted by:
Erin Czech on 05/29/18