2016-11-02

The plan of the day for tomorrow, November 2, 2016:

 

0600 -  Early breakfast for five group crew

0800 - Power On

0900 - Flight Brief

0930 - Aircraft door close

1000 - Take Off

 

Notes & Reminders:

 

* New science flight participants need to do egress & safety training at 8:30am.

* The breakfast will be open at the regular time, 0700, except five crew members who will have breakfast early at 0600.

* If you are flying, bring your passport with you, and a change of clothes. Be prepared for the eventuality of a divert.

* Parking counter wants payment in cash. Consider multiple, smaller payments. 

* The correct PDI building is at corner of Lautaro Navarro and Presidente Errazuriz (one block toward town from hotel). Immigration services reopens Wednesday November 2 (after the holiday).
* There is one more airport parking card. See Bernie

2016-11-01

***FLIGHT CANCELLED***

The plan of the day for tomorrow, November 1, 2016:

 

0600 -  Early breakfast for five group crew

0800 - Power On

0900 - Flight Brief

0930 - Aircraft door close

1000 - Take Off

 

Notes & Reminders:

 

* New science flight participants need to do egress & safety training at 8:30am.

* The breakfast will be open at the regular time, 0700, except five crew members who will have breakfast early at 0600.

* If you are flying, bring your passport with you, and a change of clothes. Be prepared for the eventuality of a divert.

* Parking counter wants payment in cash. Consider multiple, smaller payments. 

* The correct PDI building is at corner of Lautaro Navarro and Presidente Errazuriz (one block toward town from hotel). Immigration services reopens Wednesday November 2 (after the holiday).

2016-10-31

The plan of the day for October 31, 2016:

 

0600 -  Early breakfast for five crew

0800 - Power On

0900 - Flight Brief

0930 - Aircraft door close

1000 - Take Off

 

Notes & Reminders:

 

* Anyone missing a black Eddie Bauer soft-shell jacket? If so it is at the airport hanging on one of the wood dividers.

* New science flight participants need to do egress & safety training at 8:30am.

* The breakfast will be open at the regular time, 0700, except five crew members who will have breakfast early at 0600.

* If you are flying, bring your passport with you, and a change of clothes. Be prepared for the eventuality of a divert.

* Bernie will send a separate email with the parking invoice form. After you pay, it serves as your receipt.

* Many of our colleagues are departing. Thank you and safe travels. Welcome to the newly arrived team members.

2016-10-29

OIB Team,

 

Tomorrow will be a no-fly day. 

 

0700        Breakfast

0800 - 1800     Aircraft Access

1800        Science/Weather brief (location tbd; likely in Sky Bar)

 

Notes and Reminders:

 

- Dan Chirica is leaving Saturday; good-bye, Dan, and thank you! I will inherit his local phone.

- The hotel wants 96 hours notification on changes to your stay. *You* must notify them. Otherwise you will incur fees. See Jhony’s earlier email.

- IL-76 arrives Sunday ~1000 local. They will need to park, fuel and more in our spot, for ~6 hours. If we fly Sunday, there is no conflict.

 

 

—

Bernie Luna

Earth Science Project Office

+1 650 417 8810

+56 9 9688 8624

2016-10-28

The plan of the day for tomorrow, 10/28/2016. 

 

0600 -  Early breakfast for five group  crew

0800 - Power On

0900 - Flight Brief

0930 - Aircraft door close

1000 - Take Off

 

Notes & Reminder:

 

* Anyone missing a black Eddie Bauer soft-shell jacket?  If so it is at the airport hanging on one of the wood dividers. 

* New science flight participants need to do egress & safety training at 8:30am.

* The breakfast will be open at the regular time, 0700, except five crew members who will have breakfast early at 0600.

* If you are flying, bring your passport with you, and a change of clothes. Be prepared for the eventuality of a divert.

2016-10-27

The plan of the day for tomorrow, 10/27/2016.

0600 - Early breakfast for five group crew
0800 - Power On
0900 - Flight Brief
0930 - Aircraft door close
1000 - Take Off

Notes & Reminder:

* New science flight participants need to do egress & safety training at 8:30am

* The breakfast will be open at the regular time, 0700, except five crew members who will have breakfast early at 0600.

* If you are flying, bring your passport with you, and a change of clothes in the, very unlikely, eventuality of a divert.

2016-10-22

The plan of the day for tomorrow, 10/22/2016, is the following:
 
0800 POWER ON
0900 FLIGHT BRIEF
0930 DOORS CLOSE
1000 TAKE OFF

Notes & Reminders:
NEW PRINTER: We have installed a new wireless printer in the OIB ops area. Please delete the old one (EPSON XP-400) and add the new one (EPSON L375 Series). This printer has higher printing capacity and hopefully presents less issues. You DO need to download drivers for it, you can either use the CD located by the printer or go to https://epson.cl/Soporte/Impresoras/Impresoras-multifuncionales/Epson-L/... and select [DOWNLOAD] for the [Driver de Impresora v9.81] (for the case of Mac computers, it might be different for Windows machines. As usual, if necesary, ask ESPO for assistance setting it up.
BREAKFAST: Once again, the breakfast bar will open at their regular time: 0700, with the exception of 5 crew members who will have breakfast ready for them at 0600.
PASSPORTS: Don't forget to bring your passports for the flight.
MTS: To access MTS: https://mts.nasa.gov/group/operation-ice-bridge

2016-10-21

Plan of The Day
< 1100 Aircraft Power ON
1400 - 1500 PUQ Airport Fire Drill (see Notes)
1810 - Science Meeting, at the Sky Bar
 
Notes & Reminders:
 

  • Fire Drill today at 1400 - 1500: Except the two DC-8 aircraft fire watches everyone else needs to evacuate to the parking lot in front of the terminal.
  • NEW PRINTER: We have installed a new wireless printer in the OIB ops area. Please delete the old one (EPSON XP-400) and add the new one (EPSON L375 Series). This printer has higher printing capacity and hopefully presents few issues. You DO need to download drivers for it, you can either use the CD located by the printer or go to https://epson.cl/Soporte/Impresoras/Impresoras-multifuncionales/Epson-L/... and select [DOWNLOAD] for the [Driver de Impresora v9.81] (for the case of Mac computers, it might be different for Windows machines. As usual, if necessary, ask ESPO for assistance setting it up.
  • ESPO: Jhony is leaving on Saturday and will be back here on November 10th to wrap up the campaign, please take the opportunity to say thank you. Patricio Ibarra and I will still be here. My US cell phone number is +1 (925) 640-0463, my local, Chilean mobile: +56 9 9688-8264. Patricio phone is +56 9 9190-3874. Remember that the local OIB Office phone is +56 9 7836-9688.
  • MTS: To access MTS: https://mts.nasa.gov/group/operation-ice-bridge

2016-10-20

Plan of the day for 10/20/2016:
 
0800 POWER ON
0900 FLIGHT BRIEF
0930 DOORS CLOSE
1000 TAKE OFF
 
Mission Tool Suite (MTS): is up and running for OIB. MTS is an integrated way to communicate with the aircraft, joint the different chat rooms (without dealing with complicated setup, etc), track the aircraft (and estimated flight times to any point on the map). Give it a try. If you don't have an account, use the link to request an account and password (trust me, it is worth the little extra effort). To get started go to:

https://mts.nasa.gov/group/operation-ice-bridge

Notes & Reminders:

  • Once again, the breakfast bar will open at their regular time: 0700, with the exception of 5 crew members who will have breakfast ready for them at 0600.
  • Don't forget to bring your passports for the flight.

2016-10-19

UPDATED (0900): Science flight for today has been canceled due to poor weather conditions at the target areas. As usual, we will have a science/weather brief today at 1800. Stand by for the meeting room information.

Notes & Reminders:

  • Use Dreams Network with password provided. Be mindful of internet usage.
  • For tomorrow, breakfast bar will open at their regular time: 0700, with the exception of 5 crew members who will have breakfast ready for them at 0600.

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