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Science Flight #PRF02Y18
0430 Hotel Limited Breakfast
0530 Weather Briefing
0545 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0630 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0715 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport (to view takeoff)
0730 P-3 doors closed
0800 P-3 takeoff - 8 hour flight
0815 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
1000 Weather and aerosol weather forecasts
1100 Daily flight planning meeting
1100 Shuttle: Hotel to SuperCKdo to Hotel
1500 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
1600 P-3 Landing
1615 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
Saturday, Sept 29thPOD
All times in Local time
Hotel:
0900 Weather/forecast
1000-1200 Flight planning discussion
1600 Brief on flight plan for Sunday
Airport:
0740 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0900 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0800-1300 Airport: P-3 Science Access
1100 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
1315 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
Shuttle to Grocery if needed
Tentative Plan:
Sun, Sep 30 – Flight
Mon, Oct 1 – Hard Down
Friday, Sept 28thPOD
All times in Local time
0900 Hotel : weather/forecast
1000-1200 Hotel : Flight Planning Discussion
0740 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0900 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0800-1300 Airport: P-3 Science Access (as late as 1600 if needed)
1200 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
1315 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
later shuttle(s) as needed
1400 Shuttle: Hotel to Grocery n back
1600 Hotel: Science Team Meeting – debrief of transit and PRF01Y18 (voluntary/optional)
Science Flight #PRF01Y18
0430 Hotel Limited Breakfast
0530 Weather Briefing
0545 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0630 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
0715 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport (to view takeoff)
0730 P-3 doors closed
0800 P-3 takeoff - 8 hour flight
0815 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
0900 Weather and chemical weather forecasts
1000 Daily flight planning meeting
1100 Shuttle: Hotel to SuperCKdo to Hotel
1500 Shuttle: Hotel to Airport
1600 P-3 Landing
1615 Shuttle: Airport to Hotel
September 22nd - Departure from Barbados to Cabo Verde
0900 Take-off for a 7.5 hour flight
~1930 Arrival at Cabo Verde
Achievements for August 30 and plan for August 31
HiGEAR
- An AMS component has been shipped out for repair.
- Left this afternoon and will return when equipment is returned
UND Wing Probes
- Rack is ready and waiting to go on
- Right wing is wired but no power yet to 3 out of 4 instruments
- Mechs are working power issues
PDI
- Also waiting on power problem resolution for system tests
- Pylon is now closed up
Data Systems
- Litton in
Achievements August 29 and plans for August 30
UND/wing probes
- Decision to use new canister; ready to be installed and tested either late next Wed or Thurs
- Rack will be ready to be loaded onto the plane tomorrow morning
- Can start testing probes on the right wing
- Left inboard side could possibly be done late tomorrow
PDI
- Cases arrived at the hangar today and Jennifer was able to get everything on the plane. She needs the UND rack to be installed tomorrow morning to connect th