ER-2 #809 04/06/17

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Aircraft: 
ER-2 - AFRC #809 (See full schedule)
Flight Number: 
17-9023
Payload Configuration: 
AVIRIS-NG, CPL, CRS, EXRAD, FEGS, GCAS, LIP, S-HIS
Nav Data Collected: 
Yes
Total Flight Time: 
3.8 hours
Comments: 
It was agreed by the respective Instrument PIs, that because this was an additional engineering/calibration flight, the flight hours would be charged to the instrument flight requests that were being evaluated instead of the GOES-R flight request.
Submitted by: 
Kevin Walsh on 04/11/17
Flight Segments: 
From:PMDTo:PMD
Start:04/06/17 16:27 Z Finish:04/06/17 20:15 Z
Log Number:172009PI:Francis Padula
Funding Source:Steven Goodman - NOAA - GOES-R Program Senior Scientist
Purpose of Flight:Check
Comments:The purpose of this flight was to conduct an engineering/calibration of 3 instruments: cold soak the CPL instrument for 2.5 hours; fly calibration lines for the FEGS instrument; and fly calibration lines over Ivanpah for the AVIRIS-C instrument.
From:PMDTo:PMD
Start:04/06/17 16:27 Z Finish:04/06/17 18:45 Z
Flight Time:2.3 hours
Log Number:172035PI:Matthew McGill
Funding Source:Charles Trepte - NASA - SMD - ESD CALIPSO Project Scientist
Purpose of Flight:Check
Comments:Conduct a cold soak of the CPL instrument before the GOES-R deployment to Warner Robbins, GA. During the post flight de-brief meeting, the CPL scientist said that the CPL data looked good based on real-time data.
From:PMDTo:PMD
Start:04/06/17 18:45 Z Finish:04/06/17 19:45 Z
Flight Time:1 hours
Log Number:172022 - Completed as of this flight.PI:Richard Blakeslee
Funding Source:Steven Goodman - NOAA - GOES-R Program Senior Scientist
Purpose of Flight:Check
Comments:Fly calibration lines for the FEGS instrument before the GOES-R deployment to Warner Robbins, GA. The lines consisted of 10 minute runs at 50k, 40k, 30k, 20k, and 10k feet. The 40k foot line was cut short at 7 minutes because of clouds.
From:PMDTo:PMD
Start:04/06/17 19:45 Z Finish:04/06/17 20:15 Z
Flight Time:0.5 hours
Log Number:172033PI:Robert Green
Funding Source:Diane Wickland - NASA - SMD - ESD Terrestrial Ecology
Purpose of Flight:Check
Comments:Conducted flight lines over the Ivanpah calibration ground site. During the first 3 passes of the Ivanpah calibration site, the cloud coverage was 50%. The last 2 passes, 0% cloud coverage (sky clear).
Flight Hour Summary: 
162009172009
Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS100
Total Used0103.9
Total Remaining -3.9
172009 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
12/19/1617-6007Check0.50.599.5
03/21/1717-9020Check4.95.494.6
03/23/1717-9021Science5.711.188.9
03/28/1717-9022Science6.417.582.5
04/06/1717-9023Check017.582.5
04/11/1717-9024Transit4.722.277.8
04/13/1717-9025Science3.926.173.9
04/16/1717-9026Science7.833.966.1
04/18/1717-9027Science6.240.159.9
04/20/17 - 04/21/1717-9028Science747.152.9
04/22/17 - 04/23/1717-9029Science5.95347
04/27/1717-9030Science5.358.341.7
04/29/1717-9031Science7.966.233.8
05/07/1717-9032Science5.471.628.4
05/08/1717-9033Science980.619.4
05/12/1717-9034Science7.788.311.7
05/14/1717-9035Science7.896.13.9
05/17/1717-9036Transit7.8103.9-3.9

152034162025172035
Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS43
Flight Hours Previously Approved 6.86.8
Total Used36.202.3
Total Remaining  4.5
172035 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
04/06/1717-9023Check2.32.34.5
152034 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
08/06/1515-6044Check2.12.140.9
08/07/1515-6045Science6.58.634.4
08/11/15 - 08/12/1515-6046Science614.628.4
08/12/15 - 08/13/1515-6047Science620.622.4
08/14/1515-6048Science2.623.219.8
08/18/1515-6049Science5.82914
08/19/1515-6050Science3.732.710.3
08/20/1515-6051Science3.536.26.8

162029172022
Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS12
Flight Hours Previously Approved 12
Total Used05.4
Total Remaining 6.6
172022 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
11/08/1617-9004Check1.21.210.8
11/14/1617-9005Check3.24.47.6
04/06/1717-9023Check15.46.6

142019152015162020172033
Flight Hours Approved in SOFRS1130
Flight Hours Previously Approved 3.228.414.7
Total Used7.84.813.70.5
Total Remaining   14.2
172033 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
04/06/1717-9023Check0.50.514.2
162020 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
10/30/1516-9010Check1.91.926.5
10/30/1516-9012Science4.26.122.3
01/12/1616-9031Science3.29.319.1
01/14/1616-9035Science2.411.716.7
02/09/1616-9039Science213.714.7
152015 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
11/07/1415-6004Science3330.2
04/21/1515-9034Check1.84.828.4
142019 Flight Reports
Date Flt # Purpose of Flight Duration Running Total Hours Remaining Miles Flown
08/18/14 - 08/19/1414-9038Science7.87.83.2

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