-Inmarsat Modem replacement found, and Ku maintenance begins
-Engine Bypass Valve failure delays next flight
-Pics of Pre-flight activity and 12-yr-old’s Thank you Card after AAFB Family visit
-Instrument Pre-flight activity completed
-USAF GH agrees to provide a spare Inmarsat Modem to NASA GH
o A DFRC Spare is also in shipment to Guam
-Engine Bypass Valve replacement is not on Guam
o Being located for expedited delivery to PGUA
-Instrument Post-flight activity
-Preparations underway for next flight
-Instrument and Aircraft Post-flight
-Inmarsat Modem troubleshooting all day
-0730: Daily GH and ATTREX Leads Mtg in Hangar
-0800 - 1100: Instrument Preflight with aircraft power and Data-IT support
o Preflight proactivity assumes a Thursday Flight regardless
o Replacement of Inmarsat Modem in work
-Congratulations to the ATTREX and GH Team for another successful flight.
Takeoff at 1718Z (16Feb) – 0318 local 17Feb’14
Landing at 1059Z (17Feb) – 2159 local
-2100 – 0400: GH Crew post-flights aircraft (weight, fuel, engine wash, weigh, de-panel)
o 2130: PCRS, DLH, and UCATS will have post-landing access for Cal. Gas Shutoff
o Zone-25 and Z-14 (R2) to be removed temporarily after weighing for this access
A lengthy science flight over Western Pacific tracked changes in upper atmosphere to help researchers understand how the changes affect Earth's climate.
-Instrument and Aircraft have been preflighted
-Next Flight is tomorrow, Monday, 17Feb.
o Take-off 0300 ChST, (1700 Z Sunday, 0900 PST Sunday)
o ~18 hr. duration
-0700: Daily Tag-up of GH Team, ESPO, Science Leads in Hangar
-0830 – 1130: Preflight of Instruments with Aircraft Power and Data-IT support
o Hands off at 1130.
-0900: T-1 Briefing (Building 18006, Rm 15)
-1900 – 2200: “Day-of-Flight” Inst. Pre-flight activity
-Post-flight Briefing of 1st Science Flight.
-Aircraft post-flight complete – no issues.
-Instruments continue with post-flight data review.
-Next Flight scheduled for Monday, 17Feb. Take-off 0300 local, ~18 hr. duration
-Ethernet troubleshooting of Mini-DOAS completed
-Aircraft moved to USAF GH Hangar (#6)
o No Fire Watch tonight
-GH Crew Hard-down Day (no aircraft access)
ATTREX GH Overview: -Post-flight Briefing of 1st Science Flight. -Aircraft post-flight complete – no issues. -Instruments continue with post-flight data review. -Next Flight scheduled for Monday, 17Feb. Take-off 0300 local, ~18 hr. duration The Plan for the remainder of today is: -Ethernet troubleshooting of Mini-DOAS completed -Aircraft moved to USAF GH Hangar (#6) o No Fire Watch tonight The Plan for the tomorrow (Saturday) is: -GH Crew Hard-down Day (no aircraft access) -1000: Science Team Photo with CAST and CONTRAST Teams at PGUM. See Jhony Z. e-mail.
-Science Flight #1. Associated Pics attached.
- Congratulations to the entire GH/ ATTREX Team for overcoming one issue after another and beginning Science flights…
o Our new motto: “Trust the DOP”
-2100: Estimated Landing time
o 2000 (tonight) – 0430 (tomorrow): GH crew will recover the aircraft, engine wash, fuel, weigh, depanel, and post-flight
o ~2200 (TBD): Access for Zone-25 instruments to turn-off gas…
