Wednesday, 7/24 Accomplishments:
First FIREX DC-8 science flight accomplished (~3.4 hour flight)
Thursday, 7/25 Plans:
10:00 Flight Planning Meeting
13:00 A/C access
14:30 Preflight meeting in room 149
15:30 A/C door closed
16:00 Take off for a ~ 5 hour flight.
Tuesday, 7/23 Accomplishments:
Media Day accomplished
AFRC truck unloaded
Equipment upacked
Saturday, 7/20, Plans
Instrument teams maintained/improved instruments and packed equipment.
Sunday, 7/21, Plans
Hard Down Day
Truck (science) departs
Monday transit, 7/22, Plans
0730 A/C Access
0800 Egress Training N131B
0800 Have your luggage to the forklift/pallet by this time.
0930 Pre-flight meeting
1100 takeoff, ~7.5 hr flight
1930 landing Boise (local time)
Friday, 7/19, Accomplishments
Instruments performed maintenance, improvements, checks.
Teams packed and moved equipment to the staging area.
GSE flatbed was loaded.
Saturday, 7/20, Plans
0700 A/C Access
Pack equipment
1600 A/C Access ends
Sunday, 7/21, Plans
Hard Down Day
Truck (science) departs
Wednesday, 7/17, Accomplishments
0800 SARP Flight #1 (LA Basin, TCCON)
1330 SARP Flight #2 (DMS, LA Basin)
Thursday, 7/18, Plans
0630 A/C Access (after the plane is turned)
0800 Egress Training room N131B
1130 Pre Flight Meeting room S111 – the lab
1230 Doors Close
1300 Test Flight #2 Takeoff ~ 5 hours duration
1800 landing
1900 A/C Access ends – ~1 hr post flight access (prof flight at 2000)
Friday, 7/19, Plans
0700 A/C Access
Pack equipment
1600 A/C Access ends
Tuesday, 7/16, Accomplishments
SARP Flight #3 takeoff 1209, landing 1640 (Central Valley, Wineries, TCCON)
There were some instrument issues, but overall, better than Monday.
Nose tire replacement is scheduled for tonight, in hangar.
Monday, 7/15, Accomplishments
Test Flight #1 takeoff 1422 local; landing 1752
Some instrument issues.
Prof flight planned for 2000
Tuesday, 7/16, Plans
0630 A/C Access (after the plane is turned)
0800 Egress Training, room N131B (the room is labeled)
1030 Pre-Flight Meeting – all flyers attend. In the SARP room, S211.
1130 Doors Close
1200 SARP Flight #3 takeoff (Central Valley, Wineries, TCCON)
1700 landing
1930 A/C access ends
Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ), a joint venture led by NOAA and NASA, provides comprehensive observations to investigate the impact on air quality and climate from wildfires and agricultural fires across the continental United States.
This summer, NASA is embarking on several field campaigns across the world to investigate longstanding questions surrounding fire and smoke. Aircraft will fly through smoke and clouds to improve air quality, weather and climate forecasting, and investigate fire-burned forests to capture ecosystem changes that have global impact.
Saturday, 7/13, Accomplishments
On A/C work continued.
Sunday, 7/14, Plans
No A/C access
Electrical work complete.
Lab will be accessible.
Monday, 7/15, Plans
No change from the July 10 communication
0600 A/C access
0900 Egress Training
1400 Test Flight #1
Teams present: CARE, CU HRAMS2, DACOM/DLH, DIAL, TOGA, LARGE, LINeph, NOAA PTR-ToF-MS, PTR-MS, Data, DC-8
