Flight Day / Instrument Access
0800 – 1600
ER-2 Support and Lab Access
0900
Forecasting and Flight Planning
Looking ahead
7-25-21 Hard Down Day, No ER-2 Support. Lab access starting at 0800
7-26-21 Instrument Access,
0900-1700 ER-2 Support (tentative, exact schedule depending on next day flight planning)
7-27-21 Media day, virtual
Flight Day
0430
Forecasting meeting
0500
Hands on
0600
Pre-flight brief
0700
Hands off
0900
ER-2 Take off
~1540
Landing
~1615
De-brief (exact time will be announced)
Looking ahead
7-24-21 Instrument access day
7-25-21 (Sunday) Hard down day, no ER-2 support
7-27-21 Media day, virtual
Flight Day
0430
Forecasting meeting
0500
Hands on
0600
Pre-flight brief
0700
Hands off
0900
ER-2 Take off
~1540
Landing
~1615
De-brief (exact time will be announced)
Looking ahead
7-24-21 Instrument access day
7-25-21 (Sunday) Hard down day, no ER-2 support
7-27-21 Media day, virtual
0700 Hangar/Lab Access
0800 Forecasting & Flight briefing
0900 – 1700 ER-2 Support
Looking ahead
07-23-21 Next flight opportunity.
Instrument access day
0800 Hangar opens
0800 - 1600 ER-2 Support
0800 Forecasting Meeting
Looking ahead
The next flight opportunity will be either July 22 or 23 depending on the weather conditions.
Flight Day
0500 Instruments Hands On
0500 Forecasting and Flight Planing Briefing
0600 Preflight Brief
0700 Instruments Hands Off
0900 Take Off
1600 Landing
~1700. Debrief (exact time TBD)
Looking ahead
7-21-21 Instrument Access Day
0800 - 1600 ER-2 Support & Hangar access
0800 - 0830 Forecasting & Flight Planning meeting
0930 - 1000 All Hands briefing
7-22-21 Flight Day opportunity
Instrument Access Day
0700 - Lab/Hangar access
0800 - 1600 ER-2 Support
0830 - 0900 Forecasting & Flight Planning
0930 - 1000 All-hands briefing
Hard Down Day (No ER-2 support)
0900 - Hangar access
Looking ahead
7-19-21 Instrument Access Day
0800 - 1600 ER-2 Support & Hangar access
0800 - 0830 Forecasting & Flight Planning meeting
0930 - 1000 All Hands briefing
7-20-21 Flight Day opportunity
Instrument Access Date
0800 - 1600 ER-2 Support
0900 - Forecasting & Flight Planning Brief
Looking ahead (tentative)
7-18-21 ER2 Hard Down Day
0800 - Hangar access / No ER-2 support
7-19-21 Flight Day
Updates:
Today we concluded the first science flight out of Salina. After more than a year delay due to COVID-19 pandemic this felt as a very special day.
0500 – Hands-On
0500 – Forecasting & Flight Planning Meeting
0600 – Preflight Brief
0700 – Hands Off
0900 – Takeoff
1700 – Landing
1900 – ER-2 crew duty day ends
Looking ahead (tentative)
7-17-21 Instrument Access Day
0700 – Hangar Open
0800 – 1600 ER-2 Support
7-18-21 Hard Down Day
0700 – Hangar access / No ER-2 support
Updates – ER-2 and the instruments are preparing for the next day science flight
