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---------------------------------------------------------------------- DC-8 Mission Director Log Mission Name: SUCCESS Flight Number: 960211 Day : 121 Date: Apr 30, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 17:20:19 | P=HALL, CP=CALL, NAV=CHRISTENSEN MM=MCCLENAHAN | AMM=PETERSEN FE=MCCORMICK -------------- 17:20:50 | FLT 96-02-11 -------------- 17:22:01 | COORDINATED FLT WITH T-39, B-757 AND DC-8; EXHAUST | RUNS, CONTRAIL RUNS & MOUNTAIN LEE WAVE RUN -------------- 17:22:03 | From/To: 00000/GCK000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 17852 Latitude: +38 22.0 | Radar alt: 16183 Longitude: -098 13.4 -------------- 17:24:16 | CARGO TEMPS: -------------- 17:24:26 | BEFORE APU USAGE -------------- 17:25:24 | 1=87 2=69 3=67 4=64 5=70 6=77 DEG F, SAT=15 C -------------- 17:25:40 | AFTER APU & TAXING -------------- 17:26:24 | 1=87 2=79 3=88 4=77 5=79 6=81 DEG F, SAT=19 C -------------- 17:26:31 | AFTER T.O. -------------- 17:27:10 | 1=105 2=88 3=99 4=87 5=88 6=85 DEG F -------------- 17:27:42 | LEVEL AT FL 180, SAT=-21 C -------------- 17:28:13 | 1=101 2=88 3=99 4=88 5=89 6=88 DEG F -------------- 17:28:36 | ON HEADING AND FOLLOWING B-757 | | From/To: 00000/GCK000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 17924 Latitude: +38 16.0 | Radar alt: 16052 Longitude: -098 51.6 -------------- 17:29:22 | MOVING AROUND TO FIND THE EXHAUST, RIGHT ON THE WIND -------------- 17:29:39 | NOT ON THE WIND -------------- 17:29:59 | 757 IS 10 MILES AHEAD -------------- 17:30:48 | LIDAR FL 180 TO FL 230 -------------- 17:31:47 | RADAR SHOWS 757 12 MILES AHEAD -------------- 17:32:27 | NOW 757 IS 10 MILES AHEAD BY RADAR -------------- 17:32:58 | DRIFTING OFF TO THE LEFT OF THE TRACK -------------- 17:33:18 | HIT WAKE -------------- 17:37:24 | READY TO CLIMB TO FL 270 -------------- 17:40:23 | OBSERVERS ARE SEEING CONTRAIL ALL OVER AND OF ALL AGES -------------- 17:42:27 | CORRECTION FL 230 START RUN -------------- 17:42:30 | From/To: 00000/GCK000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 22910 Latitude: +37 59.9 | Radar alt: 20555 Longitude: -100 11.5 -------------- 17:42:40 | HIT THE WAKE -------------- 17:42:48 | SAW A BIG SPIKE -------------- 17:43:28 | 757 IS 10 MILES AHEAD OF US -------------- 17:45:00 | ALL DADS PARAMETERS CHECK OUT GOOD -------------- 17:45:40 | CLIMB TO 270 -------------- 17:46:00 | CAN SEE CONTRAIL AHEAD -------------- 17:47:04 | I.E. CONTRAILS AHEAD BUT NOT AT OUR LEVEL -------------- 17:48:46 | ACCORDING TO REAR TV WE ARE NOT MAKING A CONTRAIL -------------- 17:49:15 | AT FL 270 FOLLOWING THE B-757 -------------- 17:50:08 | SWING A LITTLE TO THE LEFT LOOKING FOR THE CONTRAIL -------------- 17:50:55 | A LITTLE ON NO -------------- 17:51:22 | SEEING A LITTLE ON NO AND CO -------------- 17:53:21 | ER-2 CANCELLED OUT BECAUSE OF WINDS -------------- 17:54:15 | RIDLEY GETTING OCCASIONAL NO READINGS -------------- 17:55:33 | SPACING IS 10.1 MILE -------------- 17:56:35 | HAVE ABOUT 5 MINUTES LEFT -------------- 18:01:33 | From/To: 00000/CIM000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 26941 Latitude: +37 25.8 | Radar alt: 23634 Longitude: -102 09.5 -------------- 18:01:45 | From/To: 00000/CIM000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 26932 Latitude: +37 25.2 | Radar alt: 23592 Longitude: -102 10.6 -------------- 18:01:59 | WAKE -------------- 18:02:19 | THAT WAS A SMALL WAKE -------------- 18:03:53 | ANOTHER HIT ON NO -------------- 18:04:02 | NEXT LEVEL FL 350 -------------- 18:05:11 | FL 280 -------------- 18:06:27 | ER-2 CANCELLED BECAUSED OF X-WINDS -------------- 18:06:39 | FL 295 -------------- 18:07:06 | TROP IS NEAR FL 390 -------------- 18:08:42 | OUT OF KANSAS ATC CONTROL -------------- 18:09:07 | LIDAR CLEARED TO OBSERVE IN THE VERTICAL -------------- 18:09:53 | CLD DECK ABOVE IS ABOUT 3,000 TO 5,000 FT ABOVE -------------- 18:11:22 | From/To: 00000/CIM000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 32706 Latitude: +37 05.5 | Radar alt: 28206 Longitude: -103 08.5 -------------- 18:11:30 | MAKING A LITTLE CONTRAIL -------------- 18:12:06 | CAN SEE 757 CONTRAIL -------------- 18:12:15 | 757 IS AT FL 350 -------------- 18:12:24 | CLEARED TO 350 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:15:45 | >>>> Start of run: 15 MIN RUN ON 757 AT FL 350 | | From/To: 00000/CIM000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35009 Latitude: +36 55.1 | Radar alt: 30299 Longitude: -103 39.2 -------------- 18:16:06 | CAN SEE THE 757 CONTRAIL -------------- 18:17:44 | IN THE WAKE -------------- 18:18:08 | NO SEES THE WAKE -------------- 18:18:48 | TROP IS 3.8 KFT ABOVE US -------------- 18:19:58 | ONE SECOND SPIKE ON NO -------------- 18:20:51 | ATC HAS CONCLUDED THE RUN -------------- 18:20:52 | From/To: 00000/CIM000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34883 Latitude: +36 37.0 | Radar alt: 28418 Longitude: -104 13.9 -------------- 18:26:10 | OVER WPT CIM -------------- 18:28:26 | STILL LAYING DOWN A CONTRAIL -------------- 18:29:10 | GOT A GOOD SIGNAL ABOVE US AT FL 4100 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 18:33:03 | >>>> Start of run: LE01A TO LE01B | | From/To: 00000/LE01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 34928 Latitude: +35 55.9 | Radar alt: 25605 Longitude: -105 31.0 -------------- 18:35:05 | CLEARED FOR FL 370 -------------- 18:36:46 | AT FL 370 -------------- 18:46:50 | LAYING A GOOD CONTRAIL -------------- 18:48:50 | DEVIATED TO THE RIGHT -------------- 18:49:20 | CLD IS 3 TO 4,OOO FT ABOVE US -------------- 18:58:12 | DIRECTED BACK TO FL 350 BY ATC -------------- 19:07:51 | CLEARED FOR FL 390 -------------- 19:12:04 | LAYING DOWN A GOOD CONTRAIL -------------- 19:23:39 | DECENDING TO FL 370 -------------- 19:24:31 | HEADING TO A LENTICULAR CLD -------------- 19:33:35 | AT FL 350 -------------- 19:33:43 | GOING TO FL 330 -------------- 19:35:33 | AT FL 330 -------------- 19:36:58 | DESCENDING TO FL 310 -------------- 19:42:17 | IN THE CLD -------------- 19:42:47 | FL 300 -------------- 19:43:00 | SEEING LOTS OF PARTICLES -------------- 19:43:29 | ANDY IS SEEING ICE CRYSTALS -------------- 19:47:08 | COMING TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE CLD NOW -------------- 19:48:34 | APPROACHING THE CLD -------------- 19:49:22 | IN THE LEADING EDGE -------------- 19:49:26 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 29130 Latitude: +33 58.9 | Radar alt: 27756 Longitude: -104 34.7 -------------- 19:49:47 | ALONG THE LEADING EDGE SEE THE VIDEO -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 19:50:05 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 29091 Latitude: +33 56.1 | Radar alt: 25562 Longitude: -104 38.8 -------------- 19:50:34 | WINGS LEVEL -------------- 19:51:03 | TURNING -------------- 19:56:03 | WINGS LEVEL AT FL 291 -------------- 19:59:52 | IN CLD -------------- 19:59:57 | SEEING ICE -------------- 20:00:09 | IN THE CLEAR -------------- 20:00:28 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 29146 Latitude: +34 12.4 | Radar alt: 26507 Longitude: -104 30.6 -------------- 20:00:51 | TURNING TO COME BACK INTO THE MEDIUM PART OF THE CLD -------------- 20:05:08 | LEVEL -------------- 20:05:13 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 29048 Latitude: +33 52.8 | Radar alt: 25714 Longitude: -104 30.4 -------------- 20:07:04 | TURNING -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:10:39 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28538 Latitude: +33 42.7 | Radar alt: 25643 Longitude: -104 31.8 -------------- 20:10:45 | IN THE CLD -------------- 20:10:55 | PENETRATION LEG -------------- 20:12:48 | IN THE CLEAR -------------- 20:14:39 | IN THE CLD -------------- 20:14:45 | WINGS LEVEL -------------- 20:14:48 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28598 Latitude: +34 09.9 | Radar alt: 25235 Longitude: -104 30.3 -------------- 20:14:54 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28603 Latitude: +34 10.4 | Radar alt: 25268 Longitude: -104 30.0 -------------- 20:14:55 | CLEAR -------------- 20:15:02 | LEFT TURN -------------- 20:15:04 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28597 Latitude: +34 11.6 | Radar alt: 26932 Longitude: -104 29.4 -------------- 20:16:57 | MADE A RIGHT AND HEADING BACK TO THE CLOUD -------------- 20:17:04 | BACK INTO THE CLOUD -------------- 20:17:19 | IN THE CLD SEEING ICE AND WATER -------------- 20:19:48 | SETTING UP TO DO A RUN IN FRONT OF THE CLD -------------- 20:20:03 | WE ARE UP WIND OF THE LEADING EDGE -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 20:20:52 | >>>> Start of run: 15MIN LEG IN THE CLEAR | | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28580 Latitude: +34 10.8 | Radar alt: 25245 Longitude: -104 35.3 -------------- 20:32:32 | FLYING THE LEADING EDGES -------------- 20:32:53 | DESCENDING TO FL 280 -------------- 20:40:04 | CHANGE IN COMMAND; CAPTAIN MIDNIGHT AT THE KEYBOARD. | WE HAVE BEEN FLYING INTO AROUND AND ADJACENT TO A WAVE | CLOUD FOR SOME TIME. ALL SYSTEMS GO. SINCE THIS COUD | IS A TARGET OF OPPORTUNITY, RATHER THAN A PLANNED | EVENT, ATC AND OTHERCOORDINATION IS A PROBLEM. THE | WINGS LEVEL LEGS ARE VERY SHORT. -------------- 20:46:22 | WORMING OUR WAY BACK AND FORTH THROUGH THE CLOUD, NOW | IN A DOWN WIND LEG -------------- 20:51:16 | EXPERIMENTERS ARE TAKING A VOTE ON WHAT TO DO NEXT -------------- 20:52:57 | CONCLUDED TO GO BACK TO THE FRONT OF THE CLOUD AND | WATCH THE POTENTIAL TEMP -------------- 21:09:25 | APPROACHING DARK CLDS WHICH SHOULD BE WATER CLOUDS -------------- 21:12:06 | IN CLDS -------------- 21:13:07 | ICE CLDS -------------- 21:13:37 | OUT -------------- 21:14:39 | HIT A WAKE BUT NO NO -------------- 21:15:03 | LIGHT CHOP -------------- 21:15:13 | OUT OF CLDS -------------- 21:15:39 | SAW A LITTLE NO IN THE LAST CHOP -------------- 21:17:20 | CLIMBING 410 -------------- 21:18:11 | INDICATOR ON PILOTS GLARE SHIELD SHOW CLIMBING | CURRENTLY TO FL 310 -------------- 21:19:11 | CLEARED TO 350 -------------- 21:25:20 | ON HEADING TO LEO1A -------------- 21:25:28 | AT FL 350 -------------- 21:25:29 | From/To: 00000/LE01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 35034 Latitude: +34 56.0 | Radar alt: 30789 Longitude: -104 49.1 -------------- 21:26:53 | CLEARED FOR FL 390 -------------- 21:31:27 | AT FL 390 -------------- 21:31:47 | MAKING A GREAT CONTRAIL -------------- 21:35:33 | AT WPT LEO1A -------------- 21:39:53 | LIGHT TURBULENCE -------------- 21:48:16 | TURBULOSITY INCREASING -------------- 21:55:58 | ON REVERSE HEADING TO LEO1A -------------- 22:05:35 | >>>> End of run: CPA LEO1A | | From/To: 00000/LE01C0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 39028 Latitude: +35 59.5 | Radar alt: 27946 Longitude: -105 33.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 22:05:41 | LEFT TURN -------------- 22:09:23 | ON TRACK TO LEO1D -------------- 22:14:28 | >>>> End of run: | | From/To: 00000/LE01D0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 39034 Latitude: +36 56.7 | Radar alt: 34472 Longitude: -105 02.7 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 22:18:52 | CLEARED FOR FL 410 -------------- 22:19:23 | PASSING FL 400 -------------- 22:21:56 | AT FL 409 -------------- 22:22:12 | AT FL 410 -------------- 22:22:55 | HEADING TOWARD OLD CONTRAILS WHICH WE SAW ABOVE US ON | THE OUTBOUND LEG -------------- 22:23:18 | COMING INTO THE CLOUD -------------- 22:23:29 | IN THE CLOUD -------------- 22:24:08 | CONSIDER THE FIRST 30 SECOND OF THE CLOUD FOR MMS -------------- 22:24:11 | TURN 1 -------------- 22:24:20 | From/To: 00000/LE01D0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 41077 Latitude: +35 53.5 | Radar alt: 0 Longitude: -104 59.2 -------------- 22:25:25 | LEVEL | | From/To: 00000/LE01D0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 40936 Latitude: +35 50.7 | Radar alt: 34589 Longitude: -105 06.5 -------------- 22:26:03 | TURN 2 -------------- 22:26:42 | INTO THIN WISP OF THE CI CLDS -------------- 22:27:11 | LEVEL | | From/To: 00000/LE01D0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 40981 Latitude: +35 56.3 | Radar alt: 34413 Longitude: -105 15.0 -------------- 22:28:12 | TURN 3 -------------- 22:29:43 | LEVEL | | From/To: 00000/LE01D0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 40886 Latitude: +36 06.9 | Radar alt: 33860 Longitude: -104 59.6 -------------- 22:30:09 | TURN 4 -------------- 22:33:59 | TURN 1 -------------- 22:35:20 | LEVEL -------------- 22:35:57 | TURN 2 -------------- 22:37:12 | LEVEL -------------- 22:37:45 | TURN 3 -------------- 22:38:57 | LEVEL -------------- 22:39:38 | TURN 4 -------------- 22:40:58 | LEVEL AND END OF 90 DEG TURNS FOR MMS -------------- 23:02:39 | From/To: 00000/KSLN00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 39686 Latitude: +37 38.7 | Radar alt: 37023 Longitude: -100 48.0 -------------- 23:02:45 | START DESCEND -------------- 23:03:27 | WILL DO DOUBLETS AT FL 350 FOR MMS -------------- 23:08:57 | CARGO TEMP -------------- 23:09:31 | 1=86 2=69 3= 71 4=52 5=51 6=59 DEG F -------------- 23:10:04 | DESCENDING -------------- 23:11:24 | CHANGE WILL DO DOUBLETS AT FL 240 -------------- 23:14:56 | AT FL 240 -------------- 23:15:26 | PITCHING -------------- 23:18:02 | YAWING -------------- 23:18:06 | PITCHING -------------- 23:18:57 | YAWING -------------- 23:19:39 | END -------------- 23:19:41 | From/To: 00000/KSLN00 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23856 Latitude: +38 41.4 | Radar alt: 22150 Longitude: -098 18.4 -------------- 00:06:53 | Touchdown time was 121 23:46:24 z. -------------- 00:06:55 | -------------- 00:07:11 | DADS Data System on-line before takeoff and off-line | after landing. -------------- 00:08:00 | DADS Host Subsystem on-line at 17:14 and off-line at | 23:37. -------------- 00:08:17 | PC data capture on-line at 17:16 and off-line at | 23:38. --------------
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