Tuesday August 15
Science Flight #PRF03Y17
0430-0615 Hotel Limited Breakfast (opens again 0700-1000)
0530 Weather Briefing
0545 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0630 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0715 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport (to watch takeoff)
0730 P-3 doors closed
0800 P-3 takeoff
0800 Badging-possibly
0830 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
Accomplishments:
Saturday: P-3 completed Science flight #PRF01Y17 (see picture - credits: Jhony Zavaleta. Note the container ship in the distance where we think our equipment from Wallops is currently located.)
Science Flight #PRF02Y17
Group A: (Crew, ac scientists, forecaster A, ground flight scientist A)
0430 Hotel Limited Breakfast
0530 Weather Briefing
Accomplishments:
Thursday: P-3 arrived in São Tomé / Science flight #PRF00Y17 complete (see picture - credits: Jhony Zavaleta)
Science Flight #PRF01Y17
Group A: (Crew, ac scientists, forecaster A, ground flight scientist A)
0430 Hotel Limited Breakfast
0530 Weather Briefing
0530 Shuttle Hotel to Airport
0610 2nd Shuttle Run Hotel to Airport
0710 3rd Shuttle Run Hotel to Airport
NASA's P-3 research plane begins flights this month through both clouds and smoke over the South Atlantic Ocean to understand how tiny airborne particles called aerosols change the properties of clouds and how they influence the amount of incoming sunlight the clouds reflect or absorb.
Plan of the Day - Times in GMT
0800 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0800 weather/forecast.
0900 Flight Planning Discussion
0820-1530 Instrument access (up to 1600 if needed)
1000 Lunch box ordering closes
1000 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport and 10:20 Airport to Hotel
1600 weather/forecast
1700 All Hands #2
Science Flight
Group A: (Crew, ac scientists, forecaster A, ground flight scientist A)
0300 Hotel Breakfast opens for early commercial flight
0700 Normal Hotel Breakfast start
0700 P-3 cars made available
0745 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0800-1300 P-3 Science Access (longer only if needed - start early)
0800 weather/forecast.
0900 Flight Planning Discussion
1000 Flight Planning
1000 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport and 10:20 return Airport to Hotel
1200 Pilot/P3 Orientation & Flight Plans to Pilots
1500 Feedback on plans
1530 All Hands#2
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