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DC-8 Mission Director Log
---------------------------------------------------------------------- DC-8 Mission Director Log Mission Name: SUCCESS Flight Number: 960210 Day : 120 Date: Apr 29, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:07:17 | P=TIFFANY, CP=HALL, FE=BAKER, NAV=CHRISTENSEN, | MM=MCCLENAHAN, AMM=PETERSEN -------------- 16:08:59 | MISSION: 96-02-10 VERTICAL PROFILE OVER THE CART SITE | STARTING AT 3,000 FEET DOING 15 MIN RUNS OTHER LEVELS | PLANNED ARE FL 100, 150, 200, 250, 310, 370 -------------- 16:09:05 | CARGO TEMPS -------------- 16:09:23 | BEFORE APU: -------------- 16:10:24 | 1=80 2=72 3=55 4=50 5=65 6=65 DEG F, SAT 7 DEG C -------------- 16:10:44 | TEMPS WHILE TAXING AND AFTER USING APU -------------- 16:11:28 | 1=90 2=74 3=80 4=68 5=71 6=73 DEG F, SAT 9 DEG C -------------- 16:11:40 | TEMPS AFTER T. O. -------------- 16:12:38 | 1=95 2=78 3=86 4=61 5=73 6=72 DEG F, SAT -6 DEG C -------------- 16:12:41 | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 19004 Latitude: +37 37.2 | Radar alt: 17452 Longitude: -097 33.9 -------------- 16:15:13 | TODAYS WPT WILL BE BETWEEN WPT 170CS & 350CS WHERE CS | = CIRRUS AND NUMBER REPRESENT HEADINGS -------------- 16:15:17 | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 19001 Latitude: +37 20.7 | Radar alt: 17625 Longitude: -097 31.5 -------------- 16:15:37 | ALL DADS DATA LOOKS OKAY -------------- 16:18:17 | BOTTOM OF CLDS SHOULD BE 3,800 -------------- 16:18:32 | DESCENDING TO 4,000 FT -------------- 16:20:53 | FWD TV SHOW LOWER SMALL CU -------------- 16:24:50 | DESCENDING PASSING THROUGH FL 100 -------------- 16:24:53 | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 9973 Latitude: +36 24.6 | Radar alt: 9028 Longitude: -097 23.4 -------------- 16:25:52 | LOTS OF ST CU IN FRONT OF US -------------- 16:27:22 | CLD TOPS -------------- 16:27:39 | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 6249 Latitude: +36 09.6 | Radar alt: 5344 Longitude: -097 21.3 -------------- 16:27:52 | IN A CLD -------------- 16:28:46 | WILL BE ENTERING AND EXITING THE ST CU IN THE LOW | LEVEL RUN -------------- 16:30:00 | IN CLDS -------------- 16:30:23 | LITTLE CHOP -------------- 16:31:18 | LEVEL AT 3,800 FT -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:37:49 | >>>> Start of run: WPT 170CS TO CART TO 350CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 3835 Latitude: +35 42.0 | Radar alt: 2922 Longitude: -097 17.3 -------------- 16:40:10 | IN THE ST CU CLOUDS LOOKS LIKE ALL WATER NOW -------------- 16:40:16 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 3820 Latitude: +35 51.2 | Radar alt: 2861 Longitude: -097 19.3 -------------- 16:42:10 | GOING BACK INTO THE CLD NOW -------------- 16:42:39 | CALLED CART SITE AND TOLD THEM WE WILL ARRIVE BY 1652z -------------- 16:43:20 | GOING IN AND OUT OF CLOUDS (ST CU) -------------- 16:43:46 | THIS CLOUDS DECK IS BROKEN TO SCATTERED -------------- 16:47:59 | CLIMBING UP A COUPLE 100 FEET -------------- 16:49:16 | AT 4,300 FEET -------------- 16:52:09 | CPA CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/350CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 4727 Latitude: +36 35.9 | Radar alt: 3908 Longitude: -097 29.0 -------------- 16:52:25 | AT CLD BASE -------------- 16:55:51 | AT 4,600 FT -------------- 17:00:14 | CLIMBING TO 4,900 FT -------------- 17:00:24 | From/To: 00000/350CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 4891 Latitude: +37 06.9 | Radar alt: 3927 Longitude: -097 35.9 -------------- 17:02:41 | AT FL 050 -------------- 17:06:45 | >>>> End of run: WPT 170CS TO CART TO 350CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 4481 Latitude: +37 30.6 | Radar alt: 3493 Longitude: -097 41.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:10:23 | >>>> Start of run: AT FL 050 FOR 15 MIN | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 4455 Latitude: +37 28.2 | Radar alt: 3264 Longitude: -097 41.1 -------------- 17:14:12 | WE CLIMB A LITTLE TO GET INTO THE MIDDLE OF THE CLOUDS -------------- 17:14:40 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 5551 Latitude: +37 08.7 | Radar alt: 4566 Longitude: -097 36.3 -------------- 17:14:59 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 5744 Latitude: +37 07.2 | Radar alt: 4752 Longitude: -097 35.9 -------------- 17:19:59 | BROKEN ST CU -------------- 17:20:01 | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 5413 Latitude: +36 43.5 | Radar alt: 4500 Longitude: -097 30.7 -------------- 17:21:26 | CPA CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 5407 Latitude: +36 36.8 | Radar alt: 4561 Longitude: -097 29.2 -------------- 17:25:32 | >>>> End of run: NEXT LEVEL IS FL 100 | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 6422 Latitude: +36 17.4 | Radar alt: 5519 Longitude: -097 24.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 17:26:54 | AT CLD TOP | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 8200 Latitude: +36 17.7 | Radar alt: 7627 Longitude: -097 18.5 -------------- 17:27:06 | IN THE CLEAR AT 8,200 FEET -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:29:17 | >>>> Start of run: AT FL100 | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 9723 Latitude: +36 24.7 | Radar alt: 8744 Longitude: -097 26.1 -------------- 17:32:02 | CPA CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/350CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 9724 Latitude: +36 36.3 | Radar alt: 8773 Longitude: -097 29.1 -------------- 17:32:35 | HEADING TOWARD WPT 350CS -------------- 17:39:07 | ABOVE ST CU CLOUDS WHICH APPEAR TO BE SCATTERED -------------- 17:40:20 | TRAFFIC DEVIATION -------------- 17:42:17 | SOME CLOUDS ABOVE BUT NOT TOO MANY -------------- 17:42:20 | From/To: 00000/350CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 9736 Latitude: +37 21.8 | Radar alt: 8431 Longitude: -097 39.1 -------------- 17:43:40 | >>>> End of run: AT FL100 | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 9730 Latitude: +37 27.2 | Radar alt: 8443 Longitude: -097 39.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 17:44:32 | CLIMBING -------------- 17:45:38 | NEXT RUN IS FROM WPT 350CS TO CART TO 170CS -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:48:34 | >>>> Start of run: AT FL150 AND NEAR WPT 350CS | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 14793 Latitude: +37 13.4 | Radar alt: 13576 Longitude: -097 38.0 -------------- 17:55:03 | CPA CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 14746 Latitude: +36 36.4 | Radar alt: 13697 Longitude: -097 29.1 -------------- 17:59:57 | >>>> End of run: ENDED SHORT OF WPT | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 14752 Latitude: +36 10.3 | Radar alt: 13639 Longitude: -097 23.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 18:00:39 | CLIMBING TO FL200 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:04:30 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 19964 Latitude: +36 20.3 | Radar alt: 18840 Longitude: -097 22.1 -------------- 18:05:04 | WE ARE IN THIN CIRRUS -------------- 18:06:46 | WILL HAVE THE T-39 JOINING US -------------- 18:08:06 | CPA CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/350CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 19984 Latitude: +36 36.3 | Radar alt: 18812 Longitude: -097 29.1 -------------- 18:08:51 | CLEAR SKIES ABOVE US -------------- 18:09:11 | LIDAR IS ON IN THE VERTICAL -------------- 18:11:27 | LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE HAZE ALL AROUND THE A/C -------------- 18:15:38 | LITTLE PATCHES OF CI ABOVE US AT 2,000 TO 4,000 FEET | ABOVE, THE CIRRUS IS VERY THIN -------------- 18:16:19 | NOW THIN CI AT 2,500 FT -------------- 18:16:30 | NOW CLEAR ABOVE US -------------- 18:18:25 | A/C ABOVE US WITHOUT A CONTRAIL -------------- 18:19:01 | >>>> End of run: NEXT CLIMB TO FL 250 | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 19984 Latitude: +37 27.6 | Radar alt: 18458 Longitude: -097 40.9 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 18:19:15 | LIDAR OFF -------------- 18:19:40 | CLIMBING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:25:28 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 24985 Latitude: +37 33.7 | Radar alt: 23327 Longitude: -097 42.1 -------------- 18:27:46 | LIDAR IS ON & T-39 IS 5.0 MILES BEHIND -------------- 18:28:06 | LIDAR DOES NOT REPORT ANY CLD ABOVE US, IT IS CLEAR -------------- 18:29:58 | OVER ALL CLDS -------------- 18:30:27 | BROKEN TO SCATTERED ST CU BENEATH -------------- 18:31:10 | WE ARE SITTING IN THE TROP AT THIS TIME -------------- 18:31:43 | GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE STRATOSPHERE AT THIS LEVEL -------------- 18:33:08 | NOW TROP IS AT 29,000 FT -------------- 18:33:42 | TROP HEIGHT IS VARYING ACCORDING TO MTP -------------- 18:35:27 | CPA CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 24971 Latitude: +36 36.5 | Radar alt: 23645 Longitude: -097 29.0 -------------- 18:36:43 | WILL END THE 15 MIN RUN AT 19:40:30Z -------------- 18:37:34 | TRAFFIC PASSING ABOVE, NO CONTRAIL -------------- 18:39:29 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 25128 Latitude: +36 13.5 | Radar alt: 23798 Longitude: -097 23.8 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 18:40:17 | NEXT RUN FL 310 -------------- 18:41:58 | LOOK LIKE WE ARE POPPING INTO THE TROPOSPHERE -------------- 18:43:15 | COMPLEX TROP IS BEING OBSEREVED -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:45:15 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31077 Latitude: +36 30.7 | Radar alt: 29703 Longitude: -097 25.1 -------------- 18:46:22 | CART SITE | | From/To: 00000/350CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31032 Latitude: +36 35.9 | Radar alt: 31703 Longitude: -097 29.4 -------------- 18:53:18 | WE ARE IN THE STRATOSPHERE, JAMES COLLINS -------------- 18:55:44 | SEEING TWO TROPS IN THE MTP -------------- 18:56:22 | OVER END PT | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31107 Latitude: +37 31.8 | Radar alt: 29341 Longitude: -097 41.9 -------------- 18:56:51 | EXTENDING RUN FOR TURNING AT 1900Z -------------- 18:59:59 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/CART00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31095 Latitude: +37 51.5 | Radar alt: 29130 Longitude: -097 47.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 19:00:08 | TURNING -------------- 19:00:11 | LIDAR OFF -------------- 19:00:29 | T-39 SEES NO VISIBLE CONTRAIL AT ALL TODAY -------------- 19:00:43 | AS PERDICTED -------------- 19:02:08 | NEXT WPT 350CS TO CART TO 170CS AT FL 370 -------------- 19:05:57 | OVER WPT 350CS -------------- 19:08:52 | CLIMBING -------------- 19:10:58 | STILL CLIMBING -------------- 19:11:55 | FL 410 IS APPROVED -------------- 19:12:21 | WILL DO 15 MIN AT 410 THEN 3X 360 TURNS -------------- 19:21:20 | AT FL 410 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:23:25 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 40991 Latitude: +36 01.6 | Radar alt: 39960 Longitude: -096 56.4 -------------- 19:27:58 | AT THE END WE WILL DO 3 360 DRIFTING WITH THE WIND -------------- 19:28:09 | T-39 IS TWO MILES AFT -------------- 19:29:19 | THE CIRRUS SEEMS TO FOLLOWING UP AS WE CLIMB -------------- 19:38:21 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 40997 Latitude: +37 26.1 | Radar alt: 39793 Longitude: -095 29.4 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:38:52 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/170CS0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 41052 Latitude: +37 28.7 | Radar alt: 39923 Longitude: -095 25.8 -------------- 19:38:55 | TURNS -------------- 19:39:02 | IN TURN 1 -------------- 19:44:00 | T-39 WENT HOME -------------- 19:47:31 | DACOM AND NO ARE PICKING UP THE DC-8 EXHAUST -------------- 19:48:37 | PICKING UP THE EXHAUST SIGNAL -------------- 19:49:31 | COMPLETED 2ND CIRCLE -------------- 19:49:48 | IN CIRCLE NO. 3 -------------- 19:51:07 | GOING THROUGHT SOMETHING NOW BUT NOT IN DACOM, IT WAS | LEFT WING -------------- 19:52:03 | GOOD ACTION -------------- 19:52:15 | MOSTLY SMALL PARTICLES -------------- 19:53:29 | LASER FAILED -------------- 19:54:03 | ALL THREE PEOPLE SEE EXHAUST -------------- 19:55:18 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/KSLN00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 40920 Latitude: +37 32.0 | Radar alt: 39850 Longitude: -095 15.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 19:55:28 | END OF THIRD TURN -------------- 19:57:09 | DESCENDING -------------- 19:57:15 | STOWING THE LIDAR -------------- 19:57:27 | LIDAR IS STOWED -------------- 19:58:16 | SETTING UP FOR MMS CALIB SOME WHERE BETWEEN FL 240 & | 290 -------------- 20:09:05 | MMS SQ TURNS -------------- 20:10:45 | TURN 1 -------------- 20:11:25 | LEVEL -------------- 20:12:01 | TURN 1 -------------- 20:13:01 | LEVEL -------------- 20:13:59 | TURN 3 -------------- 20:14:53 | LEVEL -------------- 20:17:06 | TURN 4 -------------- 20:19:40 | YAWING -------------- 20:20:25 | END MMS | | From/To: 00000/KSLN00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 24965 Latitude: +38 03.5 | Radar alt: 23083 Longitude: -096 19.1 -------------- 22:59:22 | Touchdown time was 120 20:39:49 z. -------------- 22:59:25 | -------------- 23:00:38 | DADS Data Subsystem on-line before takeoff and | off-line after landing. -------------- 23:02:04 | DADS Host Subsystem on-line at 16:01 and off-line at | 20:35. -------------- 23:03:03 | PC data capture on-line at 16:00 and off-line at | 20:35. --------------
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