2/22 Accomplishments:
A/C landed at 07:24 after a 24.6 hour flight
NOAA O3 and water vapor removed (O3 has a computer problem)
NOAA UCATS removed
mini-DOAS removed (to work a problem with the IR telescope)
2/23 Plans:
Work on instrument problems
Field trip of 99 students from the Palmdale Aerospace Academy Middle School
2/21 Accomplishments:
A/C took off 13 minutes early for ATTREX science flight #4
A/C currently on the return leg of the science flight that took it to 12S latitude
2/22 Plans:
Recover A/C
Weigh and fuel the A/C
Prepare for Saturday field trip of 99 students from the Palmdale Aerospace Academy Middle School
Science Flight #5 is planned for Monday with an ETD of 20:00 PST
2/20 Accomplishments:
Instrument preflights completed
A/C preflights completed
2/21 Plans:
03:00 Science Team hands off aircraft
05:45 Staff GHOC
07:00 take-off for ATTREX science flight #4
2/8 Accomplishments:
GWAS reinstalled and preflighted
NOAA UCATS reinstalled and preflighted
NOAA O3 lamp changed (I miss-stated yesterday that the lamp change was in UCATS) and it and Water Vapor are reinstalled and preflighted.
All other instruments preflighted
Aircraft preflighted
2/9 Plans:
06:30 take-off for second science flight
2/7 Accomplishments:
GWAS determined their pump problem was a frozen bearing. They think it was because the pump got too hot so they're going to use thermistors to monitor the pump's temperature.
While addressing a noisy pressure sensor NOAA UCATS got indications of a failing mercury lamp. Pressure sensor was changed, lamp is on the way to be changed tomorrow afternoon
Got approval from all of those required to attempt a Saturday/Sunday science flight.
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