Transit from Yellowknife to Fairbanks with successful data takes at Kakisa Lake, Scotty Creek, 2010 lidar lines, Delta Junction, and IceSAT-2 ground tracks
Took off YZF, flew ABoVE Daring Lake, Peace-Athabascan Delta, Great Slave Lake, and 2010 lidar lines. Returned YZF
Took off YZF, flew ABoVE lines for McKenzie River, Norman Wells, Scotty Creek, then flew ICESat-2 lines and Great Slave Lake ABoVE lines. Returned YZF
Took off YZF, transited on the Peace-Athabascan Delta lines in Alberta down to Saskatchewan
Flew lines in the vicinity of BERMS
Returned to YZF, taking data over the 2010 lidar lines
LVIS transit flight to Yellowknife for the ABoVE 2019 mission
Took off from KEFD
Followed GEDI line from Lake Texoma to Salmon River Mountains
Flew north to 51.5 deg N and then due East to Saskatoon to cross the northern edge of the GEDI orbits
Then followed ABoVE science lines through Saskatchewan, Alberta, and Northwest Territories
Landed at YZF
Alignment and check flight for LVIS after reinstall post-Astronaut Direct Return. Flew out to area with few clouds to align laser over the Gulf.
Takeoff 1219
Landed 1435
Ferry flight from Bridgewater, VA (KVBW) to Baltimore, MD (KMTN) to Rockford, IL (KRFD).
Maintenance issue delayed departure from Bridgewater, VA and weather front limited progress toward Saskatoon, Canada
LVIS calibration flight
Test flight for LVIS installation on Dynamic Aviation B-200T aircraft (N44U).
2.9 hrs flight time.
