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---------------------------------------------------------------------- DC-8 Mission Director Log Mission Name: SUCCESS Flight Number: 960209 Day : 118 Date: Apr 27, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:10:43 | P=TIFFANY, CP=HALL, FE=BAKER, NAV=MONIZ, | MM=MCCLENAHAN, AMM=PETERSEN -------------- 16:12:25 | CARGO TEMPS: -------------- 16:12:34 | BEFORE APU START -------------- 16:13:18 | 1= 53, 2= 58, 3= 80, 4= 75 5= 80 6= 86 DEG F -------------- 16:13:41 | AFTER USING APU AND TAXING -------------- 16:14:37 | CORREDTION CARGO TEMP BEFORE APU START -------------- 16:15:11 | 1= 75 2=78 3=80, 4=75, 5=80, 6=86 -------------- 16:15:30 | AFTER APU USAGE AND ON THE GRD: -------------- 16:16:27 | 1=82, 2=76, 3=90, 4=78, 5=81, 6=83 DEG F -------------- 16:16:42 | AFTER TAKE OFF: -------------- 16:17:22 | 1=89, 2=75, 3=93, 4=80, 5=83, 6=82 DEG F -------------- 16:18:49 | MISSION PLAN IS CART SITE FOR CIRRUS PROBING THEN | POSSIBLE TO NEW MEXICO FOR LEE MOUNTAIN CLOUD PATTERN -------------- 16:19:23 | FLYING THROUGH ICE PARTICLES, MELTING ICE PARTICLES -------------- 16:19:25 | From/To: 00000/RT01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 12119 Latitude: +38 16.5 | Radar alt: 10949 Longitude: -097 03.3 -------------- 16:22:02 | FIRST PART OF FLIGHT IS WITH T-39 -------------- 16:26:02 | IN THICK CLOUDS -------------- 16:28:03 | T-39 ON RIGHT WING -------------- 16:28:53 | From/To: 00000/RT01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 22625 Latitude: +37 30.1 | Radar alt: 21574 Longitude: -096 39.5 -------------- 16:29:36 | INITIAL ALT WILL BE FL350 -------------- 16:30:14 | ALL DADS PARAMETERS ARE REPORTED BY DADS OPERATOR TO | BE OKAY -------------- 16:32:20 | CLEARING TOP OF CLDS T-39 IS OFF TO THE RIGHT SIDE -------------- 16:32:43 | CAN SEE A CONTRAIL AHEAD, BUT NOT PERSISTENT -------------- 16:33:14 | ABOVE CLD TOPS -------------- 16:37:58 | WILL BE DOING A RACE TRACK PATTERN AROUND THE CART | SITE WITH THE T-39 AHEAD OF US, ALL AT FL 350 WPT | POINTS ARE RT01A TO RT01B AND RT01C TO RT01D -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:41:18 | >>>> Start of run: AT WPT RT01A TO RT01B AT FL 310 | | From/To: 00000/RT01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 30972 Latitude: +36 29.9 | Radar alt: 30871 Longitude: -096 20.8 -------------- 16:42:51 | ABOVE CLDS -------------- 16:44:16 | LASER IS CLEARED TO FIRE STRAIGHT AHEAD -------------- 16:44:45 | T-39 OUT ABOUT 2MI -------------- 16:44:57 | SEEING THE CONTRAIL -------------- 16:45:34 | RIDLEY IS PICKING US CONTRAIL SIGNALS -------------- 16:46:01 | IN THE CONTRAIL -------------- 16:46:14 | IN THE T-39 CONTRAIL -------------- 16:46:30 | CAN SEE T-39 CONTRAIL IN TO VIDEO -------------- 16:46:38 | GOOD CONTRAIL PARTICLES -------------- 16:46:51 | GETTING GOOD CONTRAIL SIGNALS -------------- 16:47:14 | STILL CLIMBING -------------- 16:47:44 | CAN FEEL T-39 WAKE -------------- 16:48:12 | NO GOOD VISIBLE CONTAIL AT THIS TIME -------------- 16:48:40 | STILL BELOW THE TROP -------------- 16:48:45 | LIDAR OFF -------------- 16:49:25 | DEVIATED FOR TRAFFIC -------------- 16:50:56 | From/To: 00000/RT01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34630 Latitude: +36 24.2 | Radar alt: 34505 Longitude: -097 17.3 -------------- 16:52:03 | REAR VIEWING TV DOES NOT SHOW A CONTRAIL -------------- 16:52:05 | From/To: 00000/RT01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34570 Latitude: +36 24.0 | Radar alt: 34388 Longitude: -097 24.9 -------------- 16:54:07 | STILL ABOVE CI CLDS -------------- 16:54:41 | T-39 IS 3 MILES AHEAD, LIDAR IS ON -------------- 16:54:56 | T-39 IS MAKING A SMALL CONTRAIL -------------- 16:55:14 | THE DC-8 IS LAYING DOWN A CONTRAIL -------------- 16:55:34 | WE ARE IN THE T-39 CONTRAIL ( IN AND OUT) -------------- 16:56:05 | SEE BY RADAR THE T-39 AT 3 MILES -------------- 16:56:19 | WE CAN FEEL THE WAKE -------------- 16:56:40 | NOW T-39 IS A TWO MILES -------------- 16:57:03 | VISUAL ESTIMATES ON DISTANCE SEPERATION IS NOT | ACCURATE -------------- 16:57:20 | DON'T SEE WATER ON THE PARTICLES -------------- 16:57:54 | DC-8 CONTRAIL DISAPPEARED -------------- 16:58:09 | NOT LAYING DOWN A CONTRAIL -------------- 17:00:17 | CONTRAIL IS ABOUT THE WIDTH OF THE T-39 AIRCRAFT -------------- 17:02:27 | >>>> End of run: AT WPT RT01A AT FL 350 | | From/To: 00000/RT01C0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35018 Latitude: +36 29.2 | Radar alt: 34467 Longitude: -098 33.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:07:19 | >>>> Start of run: WPT RT01C TO RT01D WITH T-39 AHEAD & FL | | From/To: 00000/RT01D0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35088 Latitude: +36 41.4 | Radar alt: 34551 Longitude: -098 31.8 -------------- 17:09:11 | T-39 HAS ABOUT 1 HR LEFT -------------- 17:14:19 | NAILING THE CONTRAIL -------------- 17:15:29 | RIGHT IN THE TRAIL -------------- 17:16:19 | BACK IN THE TRAIL -------------- 17:17:40 | VIPS WENT DOWN -------------- 17:19:35 | >>>> End of run: AT WPT RT01D | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35015 Latitude: +36 39.8 | Radar alt: 34969 Longitude: -096 20.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 17:20:15 | T-39 IS OUT ABOUT 2 MILES -------------- 17:20:22 | THIS IS AN ESTIMATE -------------- 17:20:39 | OUT OF CONTRAIL IN THE TURN -------------- 17:20:48 | OCCASIONALLY SEE SOMETHING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:24:09 | >>>> Start of run: WPT | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35019 Latitude: +36 30.0 | Radar alt: 35037 Longitude: -096 22.1 -------------- 17:24:55 | T-39 IS TWO MILES AHEAD -------------- 17:31:52 | CONTRAIL IS ABOUT INVISIBLE -------------- 17:33:24 | LINED UP GOOD NOW -------------- 17:34:19 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35063 Latitude: +36 29.7 | Radar alt: 34887 Longitude: -097 31.0 -------------- 17:36:03 | CONTRAIL IS MORE PERSISTENT -------------- 17:36:48 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35066 Latitude: +36 29.6 | Radar alt: 34771 Longitude: -097 48.1 -------------- 17:40:49 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35069 Latitude: +36 29.3 | Radar alt: 0 Longitude: -098 15.0 -------------- 17:41:04 | BREAKING OFF AND T-39 WILL COME IN BEHIND US -------------- 17:41:23 | >>>> End of run: WPT | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35024 Latitude: +36 26.8 | Radar alt: 0 Longitude: -098 17.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:52:18 | >>>> Start of run: SPIRAL FL 350 TO FL 200 AT 1,000 FT/MIN | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 2 | Pressure alt: 34856 Latitude: +36 38.8 | Radar alt: 34738 Longitude: -097 17.2 -------------- 17:54:58 | LIDAR HITTIN TOPS OF CI CLDS -------------- 17:55:20 | ENTERING CI -------------- 17:55:44 | CLT TOP ALT IS 32,500 FT. -------------- 17:59:48 | IN THIN CIRRUS -------------- 18:00:45 | STILL SPIRLING -------------- 18:02:21 | SPIRLING -------------- 18:02:43 | COMPLETED ONE CIRCLE -------------- 18:03:21 | OUR PATTERN TOOK US ON THE EDGE OF A CLOUD BANK -------------- 18:11:30 | >>>> End of run: REACHED FL 200 | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 2 | Pressure alt: 20042 Latitude: +36 34.2 | Radar alt: 19506 Longitude: -097 17.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 18:11:43 | STILL IN A TURN -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:13:58 | >>>> Start of run: PRESENT POSITION TO WPT 270CS | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20035 Latitude: +36 40.2 | Radar alt: 19572 Longitude: -097 24.9 -------------- 18:24:04 | >>>> End of run: AT WPT270CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20034 Latitude: +36 36.3 | Radar alt: 19111 Longitude: -098 41.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 18:24:26 | CAN SEE THE GLD -------------- 18:24:34 | JUST CAME OUT OF THE CLDS -------------- 18:24:35 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20040 Latitude: +36 36.2 | Radar alt: 19088 Longitude: -098 45.3 -------------- 18:24:40 | TURNING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:30:35 | >>>> Start of run: WPT 270CS TO CART | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20033 Latitude: +36 35.9 | Radar alt: 19204 Longitude: -098 35.2 -------------- 18:32:40 | PASSED WORD ONTO CART SITE THAT WE WILL ARRIVE AT | 1837Z -------------- 18:34:19 | IN VERY THIN HAZE, CAN SEE THE GROUND -------------- 18:34:32 | CLOUDSCOPE SEE SMALL PARTICLES -------------- 18:37:38 | From/To: 00000/090CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20039 Latitude: +36 36.2 | Radar alt: 19533 Longitude: -097 27.1 -------------- 18:38:09 | NOW ON A TRACK WPT CART TO 090CS -------------- 18:40:55 | IN BOTTOM LAYER OR CLOUD DECK -------------- 18:42:05 | CAN NOT SEE GROUND STILL AT FL 200 -------------- 18:43:01 | FERRY REPORTS NOT SEE WATER ONLY ICE, 1 MM PARTICLES -------------- 18:43:26 | >>>> End of run: AT | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20026 Latitude: +36 36.0 | Radar alt: 20840 Longitude: -096 33.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 18:44:32 | SETTING UP FOR RETURN RUN -------------- 18:45:20 | NEXT RUN WILL BE FROM 090CS TO CART TO 270CS -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:47:57 | >>>> Start of run: START OF RAMP CLIMB TO FL 240 | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20594 Latitude: +36 36.4 | Radar alt: 20090 Longitude: -096 20.7 -------------- 18:49:15 | IN CLOUDS AND THE GROUND IS OUT OF SIGHT -------------- 18:51:50 | AT FL 240 -------------- 18:54:12 | STILL IN THE CLOUDS -------------- 18:55:06 | SEEM TO BE BETWEEN CLOUD LAYERS, AND A LITTLE OF THE | GROUND CAN BE SEEN -------------- 18:55:08 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 24006 Latitude: +36 36.5 | Radar alt: 23701 Longitude: -097 13.2 -------------- 18:57:24 | CPA OF CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23999 Latitude: +36 36.5 | Radar alt: 23590 Longitude: -097 31.3 -------------- 18:57:36 | NOT SEEING ANY PARTICLES -------------- 18:59:03 | THIN CIRRUS ABOVE -------------- 18:59:33 | LIDAR SEES A DECK ABOUT 2,000 FT ABOVE US -------------- 19:01:33 | IN THE CLEAR BETWEEN TWO CLD DECKS -------------- 19:01:48 | BOTTOM CLD LAYER IS SCATTERED -------------- 19:02:02 | IN HAZE NOT CLDS BELOW -------------- 19:02:09 | CIRRUS ABOVE -------------- 19:05:30 | >>>> End of run: AT WPT 270CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23997 Latitude: +36 36.3 | Radar alt: 23260 Longitude: -098 37.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 19:05:38 | TURNING -------------- 19:06:08 | NEXT CLIMB TO FL 280 -------------- 19:09:31 | WE ARE CLIMBING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:11:21 | >>>> Start of run: FOR FL 280 WPT 270CS TO CART TO 090CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 26161 Latitude: +36 35.8 | Radar alt: 25473 Longitude: -098 36.5 -------------- 19:11:38 | STILL CLIMBING TO FL 280 -------------- 19:12:06 | RUN WAS STARTED WHILE IN A CLIMB -------------- 19:15:56 | AT FL 280 -------------- 19:17:30 | OVER CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/090CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 27981 Latitude: +36 36.2 | Radar alt: 27682 Longitude: -097 30.4 -------------- 19:20:20 | WILL START CLIMB BEFORE END OF THIS RUN -------------- 19:22:13 | /L START TURN TO GO BACK -------------- 19:22:17 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 29807 Latitude: +36 30.1 | Radar alt: 31160 Longitude: -096 40.9 -------------- 19:22:34 | FL 300 -------------- 19:23:55 | PASSING FL 310 -------------- 19:24:22 | LIDAR SAID WE ARE STILL IN CLDS -------------- 19:27:10 | LIDAR SAID WE ARE STILL IN IT -------------- 19:27:25 | WE ARE MAKING A CONTRAIL NOW -------------- 19:27:54 | THE CONTRAIL STARTED AT 340 -------------- 19:28:28 | WILL SETTLE FOR 350 -------------- 19:28:32 | AT FL 350 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:33:15 | >>>> Start of run: 3 CIRCLES AROUND THE CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35017 Latitude: +36 36.7 | Radar alt: 34863 Longitude: -097 29.0 -------------- 19:36:24 | NO JUST SAY A SPIKE NO. -------------- 19:38:58 | ONE CIRCLE COMPLETED -------------- 19:47:44 | AFTER THE CIRCLES WE WILL DO 90 DEGREE SQUARE BOX | PATTERN RELATIVE TO THE SUN, 5 MIN LEGS -------------- 19:48:13 | STILL IN THE THIRD CIRCLE -------------- 19:48:15 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34934 Latitude: +36 42.8 | Radar alt: 34823 Longitude: -096 50.4 -------------- 19:49:15 | WE ARE MAKING A WEAK CONTRAIL ACCORDING TO THE REAR | VIDEO -------------- 19:49:41 | BREAK OFF CIRCLES -------------- 19:49:43 | /L -------------- 19:49:48 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34931 Latitude: +36 37.2 | Radar alt: 34818 Longitude: -096 57.9 -------------- 19:49:52 | ENDRUN -------------- 19:50:06 | NOW SETTING UP FOR THE SOLAR HEADING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:51:32 | >>>> Start of run: RUN INTO THE SUN | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34939 Latitude: +36 32.2 | Radar alt: 34794 Longitude: -097 08.2 -------------- 19:56:34 | WE GOT THE SATELLITE WX DATA WHICH WILL COME UP ON | CHANNEL 6 -------------- 19:56:57 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34946 Latitude: +36 02.6 | Radar alt: 34792 Longitude: -097 27.2 -------------- 19:57:01 | END RUN -------------- 19:58:18 | LEG TWO FOR 5 MIN -------------- 20:03:22 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34946 Latitude: +36 22.8 | Radar alt: 34546 Longitude: -098 00.7 -------------- 20:03:25 | END OF RUN -------------- 20:03:43 | SETTING UP OF 3 LEVEL RUN -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:04:22 | >>>> Start of run: #3 FOR VALERO | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34929 Latitude: +36 28.6 | Radar alt: 36049 Longitude: -098 02.5 -------------- 20:04:34 | IGNORE ABOVE -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:05:30 | >>>> Start of run: #3 FOR VALERO | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34947 Latitude: +36 35.0 | Radar alt: 34603 Longitude: -097 54.9 -------------- 20:05:43 | RUN STARTED AT 20:05:05 -------------- 20:08:24 | LAYING DOWN A CONTRAIL -------------- 20:10:19 | >>>> End of run: #3 FOR VALERO | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34991 Latitude: +37 00.6 | Radar alt: 0 Longitude: -097 18.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:11:15 | >>>> Start of run: FOR VALERO 4 LEVEL LEG FOR 5 MIN | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34902 Latitude: +37 00.0 | Radar alt: 34451 Longitude: -097 08.8 -------------- 20:15:59 | >>>> End of run: FOR VALERO | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34957 Latitude: +36 38.2 | Radar alt: 34702 Longitude: -096 28.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 20:22:59 | MMS CALIB -------------- 20:23:03 | PITCH -------------- 20:23:15 | 1 -------------- 20:23:28 | 2 -------------- 20:23:39 | 3 -------------- 20:23:50 | 4 -------------- 20:24:01 | 5 -------------- 20:24:10 | YAWING -------------- 20:24:18 | 1 -------------- 20:24:35 | 2 -------------- 20:24:43 | 3 -------------- 20:24:52 | 4 -------------- 20:25:44 | .72 MACH NUMBER -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:26:58 | >>>> Start of run: SPIRAL DESCENT | | From/To: 00000/ICT000 NMS: 2 | Pressure alt: 35013 Latitude: +36 28.3 | Radar alt: 34921 Longitude: -097 13.4 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:30:17 | >>>> Start of run: FOR THE SECOND TIME | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 2 | Pressure alt: 34829 Latitude: +36 45.4 | Radar alt: 34600 Longitude: -097 25.1 -------------- 20:33:50 | STILL ABOVE THE CLD TOPS -------------- 20:45:04 | AT FL 200 -------------- 20:46:07 | RUN 1 WILL BE CART TO 270CS -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:47:31 | >>>> Start of run: TO WPT 270CS | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20037 Latitude: +36 36.0 | Radar alt: 19565 Longitude: -097 27.4 -------------- 20:48:30 | CLEAR SKIES AND SCATTERED TO BROKEN CU BELOW -------------- 20:48:50 | LIDAR REPORT SOMETHING UP AHEAD -------------- 20:56:30 | >>>> End of run: AT WPT 270CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20015 Latitude: +36 36.6 | Radar alt: 19157 Longitude: -098 37.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 20:56:56 | NEXT DO A 180 AND RETURN -------------- 20:57:23 | WPT 270CS TO CART TO 090CS -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:02:12 | >>>> Start of run: OVER WPT 270CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20020 Latitude: +36 36.0 | Radar alt: 19169 Longitude: -098 36.4 -------------- 21:08:20 | BRUNE WILL APPLY PWR TO F3 AND WE WILL SEE A KW TURN | ON SPIKE, EVERYONE ALERTED FOR THE PWR ON -------------- 21:08:59 | OVER THE CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/090CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20009 Latitude: +36 36.3 | Radar alt: 19501 Longitude: -097 29.5 -------------- 21:14:28 | >>>> End of run: OVER WPT 270CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20003 Latitude: +36 36.1 | Radar alt: 19548 Longitude: -096 35.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 21:15:29 | NOT THE END OF THE RUN --CORRECTION -------------- 21:15:55 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 20014 Latitude: +36 36.1 | Radar alt: 19553 Longitude: -096 20.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 21:16:18 | NEXT LEVEL IS 240 -------------- 21:16:21 | CLIMBING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:19:13 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23140 Latitude: +36 43.0 | Radar alt: 22813 Longitude: -096 24.2 -------------- 21:19:46 | RUN STARTED WHILE IN A CLIMB AND APPROACHING THE TRACK | LINE -------------- 21:27:11 | OVER THE CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23994 Latitude: +36 36.3 | Radar alt: 23652 Longitude: -097 28.1 -------------- 21:27:38 | WE ARE IN A HAZE LAVER -------------- 21:28:20 | HUDSON: SEEING VERY LOW LARGE PARTICLE AND LOTS OF | SMALL PARTICLE -------------- 21:28:41 | THIS IS AN AREA OF PARTICLE PRODUCTION -------------- 21:30:00 | LOOKS LIKE A THIN LAVER OF CI ABOVE US AND SMALL CU | BENEATH -------------- 21:31:04 | LIDAR SEE CI BASE AT 4,000 FT ABOVE. -------------- 21:31:48 | EVERY ONE THINK THE CI CLDS ARE ABOUT FL 280 TO FL 290 -------------- 21:32:04 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23991 Latitude: +36 36.2 | Radar alt: 23418 Longitude: -098 08.1 -------------- 21:35:38 | >>>> End of run: AT FL 240, NEXT CLIMB TO 300 ON REVERSE | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 24000 Latitude: +36 35.9 | Radar alt: 23262 Longitude: -098 37.3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 21:37:03 | CLIMBING IN TURN -------------- 21:39:32 | NEXT RUN IS FROM WPT 270CS TO CART TO 090CS -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 21:41:16 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28456 Latitude: +36 35.9 | Radar alt: 27818 Longitude: -098 37.4 -------------- 21:41:30 | STILL CLIMBING TO FL 300 -------------- 21:42:22 | STARTING TO GET IN CIRRUS -------------- 21:43:40 | WE ARE NOT MAKING A CONTRAIL -------------- 21:44:14 | NOW CLEARED FOR 330 -------------- 21:45:16 | LIDAR SAID WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CI CLD -------------- 21:45:25 | NOW SETTLE FOR 310 -------------- 21:45:55 | JIM SAID IT IS LIKE LOOKING THROUGH FOG -------------- 21:46:06 | LIDAR IS PENETRATING ONLY ABOUT A MILE -------------- 21:47:10 | OVER CART SITE -------------- 21:47:46 | NEXT WPT IS 090CS -------------- 21:49:40 | ER-2 HAS GONE HOME AND LIDAR IS CLEARED TO FIRE UPWARD -------------- 21:50:54 | TOPS LOOK LIKE 3,000 FEET ABOVE US I.E. FL 340 -------------- 21:52:01 | NEXT CLIMB TO TOP OF CI CLDS AND RETURN BACK THEN | RETURN TO SALINA -------------- 21:52:46 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31006 Latitude: +36 36.2 | Radar alt: 30809 Longitude: -096 23.1 -------------- 21:52:50 | END OF RUN -------------- 21:53:16 | CLIMBING -------------- 21:53:33 | CLIMBING TO FIND THE TOP -------------- 21:54:09 | BREAKING INTO THE BLUE SKIES -------------- 21:54:19 | GOOD BLUE SKIES ABOVE -------------- 21:55:18 | WE ARE NOT MAKING A CONTRAIL -------------- 21:55:29 | DON'T SEE ANY CONTRAILS -------------- 21:55:39 | AT FL 320 -------------- 21:58:52 | From/To: 00000/270CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31960 Latitude: +36 34.9 | Radar alt: 32016 Longitude: -096 43.4 -------------- 21:59:11 | ON RETURN RUN TO CART AND WPT 270CS -------------- 22:01:13 | MCCLENAHAN SEES AN OLD CONTRAIL AHEAD -------------- 22:01:41 | STILL JUST IN TO TOP OF THE CIRRUS -------------- 22:02:20 | HALLETT IS SEEING GOOD STUFF -------------- 22:02:40 | HE SEES BIG PARTICLE AS WE SKIM THE TOPS -------------- 22:03:15 | JIM SEES A GOOD HALO -------------- 22:05:24 | LOT MORE CI AT THIS END OF THE TRACK -------------- 22:05:48 | GETTING INTO THICKER CIRRUS -------------- 22:06:59 | CIRRUS LAYER IS NOW 4000 FT ABOVE -------------- 22:12:01 | IN CIRRUS -------------- 22:12:41 | LIDAR SAID CIRRUS IS 4,000 FT ABOVE -------------- 22:14:00 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 32001 Latitude: +36 35.8 | Radar alt: 31405 Longitude: -098 36.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 22:14:22 | MMS CALIB -------------- 22:15:27 | PITCHING FIRST AT FL 240 -------------- 22:23:38 | PITCHIONG -------------- 22:24:44 | YAW -------------- 23:10:52 | Touchdown time was 118 22:41:39 z. -------------- 23:10:53 | -------------- 23:11:13 | DADS Data Subsystem on-line before takeoff and | off-line after landing. -------------- 23:11:36 | DADS Host Subsystem on-line at 16:07 and off-line at | 22:38. -------------- 23:11:59 | PC data capture on-line at 16:03 and off-line at | 22:38. --------------
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