DC-8 01/17/18
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Aircraft:
Flight Number:
1239
Payload Configuration:
NDMAX Configuration - DLR H2O (CR2 WARAN), DLR OPC, DLR PMS, ERICA, LARGE, LARGE-AMS, PTR-MS, Aft-viewing video cameras and piggybaking ARMAS & TinMan. CAPS and CPSPD cannister probes not installed in the Nadir #2 position as do not yet have RVSM certi
Nav Data Collected:
Yes
Total Flight Time:
4.8 hours
Submitted by:
Timothy Moes on 01/17/18
Flight Segments:
| From: | ETAR - Ramstein Air Base | To: | ETAR - Ramstein Air Base | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start: | 01/17/18 10:09 Z | Finish: | 01/17/18 14:56 Z | ||
| Flight Time: | 4.8 hours | ||||
| Log Number: | 188007 | PI: | Bruce Anderson | ||
| Funding Source: | Jay Dryer - NASA - ARMD - Director of Advanced Air Vehicles Program | ||||
| Purpose of Flight: | Science | ||||
| Comments: | Sampling flight test technique developmen. We had an electrical problem prior to takeoff which required us to shut down all science instruments in order to recover. Once fixed, the DC-8 took off and flew in coordination with the DLR A320 as the lead aircraft burning "dirty" Jet A fuel. We were approved to use a temporary restricted airspace over Northeast Germany. At Mach 0.72 and 26kft and with well established contrails from the A320, we did 3 test runs in the midfield sampling the secondary wake and 4 runs in the farfield sampling the primary wake. We then did a number of runs at 32kft and Mach 0.8 with no A320 contrails at the sampling distance of the DC-8. The science instruments did very well and it was a successful mission. The aircraft returned in good shape. | ||||
Flight Hour Summary:
| 178009 | 188007 | |
|---|---|---|
| Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS | 80 | |
| Total Used | 0 | 76.6 |
| Total Remaining | 3.4 |
| 188007 Flight Reports | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Flt # | Purpose of Flight | Duration | Running Total | Hours Remaining | Miles Flown |
| 01/09/18 | 1235 | Check | 3.1 | 3.1 | 76.9 | |
| 01/10/18 - 01/11/18 | 1237 | Science | 5.2 | 8.3 | 71.7 | |
| 01/13/18 - 01/14/18 | 1238 | Science | 10.7 | 19 | 61 | |
| 01/17/18 | 1239 | Science | 4.8 | 23.8 | 56.2 | |
| 01/19/18 | 1240 | Science | 5.5 | 29.3 | 50.7 | |
| 01/23/18 | 1241 | Science | 4.9 | 34.2 | 45.8 | |
| 01/24/18 | 1242 | Science | 6.1 | 40.3 | 39.7 | |
| 01/29/18 | 1243 | Science | 6.2 | 46.5 | 33.5 | |
| 01/30/18 | 1244 | Science | 5.9 | 52.4 | 27.6 | |
| 01/31/18 | 1245 | Science | 5.6 | 58 | 22 | |
| 02/01/18 | 1246 | Science | 5.2 | 63.2 | 16.8 | |
| 02/03/18 | 1247 | Transit | 10.9 | 74.1 | 5.9 | |
| 02/04/18 | 1248 | Transit | 2.5 | 76.6 | 3.4 | |
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