Plan of the day – looking a few days ahead and general announcements…
MONDAY, MAY 9th:
NO FLY DAY - AFRC DC-8 (Weather issues)
No Fly Day - LaRC UC12_B
No Fly Day - HU King Air
Flight Planning Meeting: 0800 - 1000
Science Team Meeting: 1615-1715
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Tuesday, May 10th:
Possible Flight Day – TBD
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Wednesday, May 11th
Best Probable fly day - TBD
SUNDAY, MAY 8th:
HARD-DOWN DAY (No Aircraft access) AFRC DC-8
No Fly Day - LaRC UC12_B
No Fly Day - HU King Air
Flight Planning Meeting: 0800 - 1000
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Monday, May 9th:
NO FLY Day for all aircraft
Flight Planning Meeting: 0800 - 1000
Science Team meeting: 1615-1715
Reminder to Mission Mangers and Aircraft Science – Upload Aircraft/Science flight reports onto the KORUS web site promptly after each flight.
Plan for SUNDAY, MAY 8th: HARD-DOWN DAY (No Aircraft access)
Meetings:
0800 - 1000: Flight Planning Meeting
The Plan of the Day for Saturday May 7th:
NASA DC-8:
0500: Power ON
0630: Flight Brief
0730: Doors Close
0800: Take Off
LaRC UC-12B:
0730: Take off, Flight #1
1230: Take off, Flight #2
Hanseo King Air:
0800: Take off, Flight #1
1230: Take off, Flight #2
Meetings:
No Flight Planning Meeting scheduled for May 7th.
All Aircraft Access:
DC-8: 0800 – 1600
Hanseo King Air & LaRC UC-12B: exact hours might vary.
Meetings:
0800 – 1000: Flight Planning Meeting
1615 – 1715: Science Team Meeting
Weekend Outlook:
Saturday: Flight day
Sunday: Hard down day
Monday: Flight day. Please make appropriate preparations, and let us know if there any issues that would prevent your readiness for the possibility.
The Plan for tomorrow, 5 de Mayo, depends on the Go/No Go decision to be made at 0600. If a No-Go decision is made, access to the aircraft will go until 1300 hours. The Flight Planning Meeting will continue as usual, but regardless of whether we fly or not, there will be no Science Team Meeting tomorrow afternoon.
NASA DC-8:
0500: Power ON /Aircraft access
0600: Go / No Go Decision
0630: Flight Brief
0730: Doors Close
0800: Take Off (4.5hr – 5hr)
PLAN OF THE DAY, MAY 4TH:
DC-8:
0500: Power ON
0630: Flight Brief B1187
0730: Doors Close
0800: Take Off
LaRC UC-12B: (Nominal plan)
0730 - 1130: Flight #1
1130 – 1230: Refueling
1230 – 1630: Flight #2
DC-8:
0500: POWER ON
0630: FLIGHT BRIEF (Bldg 1187)
0730: DOOR CLOSES
0800: TAKE OFF
LaRC UC-12B: (There is a possibility of two flights. Still TBD.)
0730: TAKE OFF
Hanseo King Air:
TAKE OFF TIME: To be determined.
0800 – 1600: DC-8 Aircraft access
0800 – 1000: Flight Planning Meeting (Bldg 1187)
1000 – 1030: Egress training (Bldg 1187)
1615 – 1700: Science Team Meeting (Bldg 1187) (see webex invite from J. Crawford)
LaRC UC-12B:
3.5 hour Check flight
Power on: 0600
Take off: 0730.
Planned route: Inflow circuit over West Sea and western peninsula.
Attached: For your information, the detailed plan of events for the Media Day.
AFRC DC-8:
Aircraft power starts at 1045am. Aircraft will be parked at the AMC terminal (where most of you cleared customs, if you don't know where that is, see the ESPO information package).
