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DC-8 Mission Director Log
---------------------------------------------------------------------- DC-8 Mission Director Log Mission Name: SUCCESS Flight Number: 960217 Day : 131 Date: May 10, 1996 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 12:28:01 | Flight 96-02-17 -------------- 12:28:13 | 10 May 96 -------------- 12:28:25 | Salina to Moffett -------------- 12:28:53 | Crew: Warren Hall Casey Call, Don McCormick -------------- 12:29:15 | Nav: Russ Padula, Ken CHristensen -------------- 12:29:38 | MM: Jim McClenahan, George ALger -------------- 12:30:01 | Original Flt Delayed 2.5 hours for Severe Wx at | Salina. -------------- 12:30:29 | Revised Flt Plan for Altitude over N. Calif. 5.0 hrs. -------------- 12:30:49 | Cargo Temp @ 1148Z -------------- 12:31:43 | #1 80 #2 80 #3 82 #4 77 #5 77 #6 80 -------------- 12:32:10 | Cargo Temp @ 1234Z -------------- 12:33:20 | #1 88 #2 84 #3 95 #4 75 #5 78 #6 79 -------------- 12:34:29 | COld front now through the area.. -------------- 12:46:34 | DOuble trop typical of area around jet.. -------------- 12:49:20 | discussion on trop vs. trop fold.. -------------- 13:15:50 | Ozone 265 Strato -------------- 13:18:38 | MTP very happy with flight so far!!! -------------- 13:19:39 | Ozone 200 -------------- 13:29:29 | Fool's Trop Flight by Mr. Bruce Gary... -------------- 14:20:31 | Ozone 95 ppb -------------- 14:24:18 | B. Gray is stated to be latitudinish... -------------- 14:35:04 | Ozone 55 ppb -------------- 14:37:17 | LIDAR on vertical only -------------- 14:39:51 | Very thin haze in all directions... -------------- 14:42:27 | Picking up NOAA-12 currently.. -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 14:59:49 | >>>> Start of run: Beginning of Vertical Profile FL370 | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 37015 Latitude: +40 32.2 | Radar alt: 31855 Longitude: -121 08.5 -------------- 15:03:20 | Ascending to FL390 now -------------- 15:05:59 | FL390 -------------- 15:08:14 | >>>> End of run: Changed ALTITUDE TO FL390 | | From/To: 00000/BR01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 38958 Latitude: +39 29.6 | Radar alt: 36035 Longitude: -120 59.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15:14:19 | >>>> Start of run: North bound leg for Contrail | | From/To: 00000/BR01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 38953 Latitude: +39 22.9 | Radar alt: 37161 Longitude: -120 59.8 -------------- 15:15:33 | Good Contrail shadow by us on left side ground.. -------------- 15:26:14 | >>>> End of run: North bound leg for Contrail | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 38955 Latitude: +40 41.1 | Radar alt: 34403 Longitude: -120 59.5 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 15:27:32 | Leaving FL 390 -------------- 15:28:40 | Fl 370 -------------- 15:32:10 | FL 320 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15:33:49 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 30993 Latitude: +40 41.6 | Radar alt: 26409 Longitude: -120 59.9 -------------- 15:39:30 | looks like uniform haze layer alround the aircraft -------------- 15:43:49 | >>>> End of run: FL 310 | | From/To: 00000/BR01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 31030 Latitude: +39 28.9 | Radar alt: 29973 Longitude: -121 00.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 15:44:36 | order of magnitude fluctuation in CCN counts => 6 -------------- 15:49:04 | startrun FL 280 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 15:49:21 | >>>> Start of run: FL 280 | | From/To: 00000/BR01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28019 Latitude: +39 26.1 | Radar alt: 25637 Longitude: -120 59.8 -------------- 15:59:55 | >>>> End of run: FL 280 | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 28032 Latitude: +40 40.5 | Radar alt: 23520 Longitude: -120 60.0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 16:03:45 | Leaving FL 280 -------------- 16:05:04 | FL 260 -------------- 16:05:50 | FL250 -------------- 16:06:34 | FL 240 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:07:15 | >>>> Start of run: FL 230 | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23250 Latitude: +40 28.2 | Radar alt: 18430 Longitude: -121 00.0 -------------- 16:10:03 | 2-stage hygrometer has been selected for EU | conversions. -------------- 16:15:45 | >>>> End of run: FL 230 | | From/To: 00000/BR01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 23008 Latitude: +39 29.4 | Radar alt: 19979 Longitude: -121 00.2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 16:19:58 | FL 190 -------------- 16:23:40 | FL 17 -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:23:45 | >>>> Start of run: | | From/To: 00000/BR01A0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 17287 Latitude: +39 42.1 | Radar alt: 12381 Longitude: -120 60.0 -------------- 16:24:02 | FL 175 -------------- 16:33:30 | >>>> End of run: @ FL175 | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 17281 Latitude: +40 40.5 | Radar alt: 12392 Longitude: -120 59.6 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 16:39:13 | >>>> Start of run: @ F 135 | | From/To: 00000/BR01B0 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 13268 Latitude: +40 38.1 | Radar alt: 7579 Longitude: -121 00.0 -------------- 16:50:31 | >>>> End of run: @ FL 135 | | From/To: 00000/OSI000 NMS: 1 | Pressure alt: 13262 Latitude: +39 29.7 | Radar alt: 10012 Longitude: -121 00.1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------- 17:04:34 | end of flight day... -------------- 18:06:59 | Touchdown time was 131 17:18:49 z. -------------- 18:07:02 | -------------- 18:08:55 | DADS Data Subsystem on-line before takeoff and | off-line after landing. -------------- 18:10:13 | DADS Host Subsystem on-line at 12:03 and off-line at | 17:16. -------------- 18:11:34 | PC data capture on-line at 12:01 and off-line at | 17:16. --------------
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