Flight Lines and Images

April 23, 2001

 

FSLE April 2001 16 April 2001 17 April 2001 18 April 2001 19 April 2001 21 April 2001 24 April 2001 26 April 2001

 

Flight lines:

(Click on thumbnail for full image.)

On board: Paul Bissett, Dave Kohler, Jessica Britt, Will Odell, Rob Poston

Weather: A layer of haze on the way up to altitude. One layer was at 5,000 ft. The next haze layer was at 14,000 ft.

Default Settings:
Frame Rate Bin By Gain Focus Aperature Lens
18.25 (16.75) 4 or 1 High 5 m 4 or 5.6 Wide

 

 

 

8:15 AM

Camera on.

9:05 AM

Take off.

Run # Flight Line Start Time Stop Time Direction Altitude (m) Speed (kts) Drift XTK Error (NM) Sequences Frames Comments
00 DARK 9:31 AM 9:32 AM             1032  
01 LINE 1 9:36 AM 9:43 AM   30,000 300 0 .03 R 7 590 Ideal sun angle during this line, at 9:40 am.
02 DARK 9:44 AM 9:46 AM             1129  
03 LINE 3 9:49 AM 9:57 AM   30,000 300 1R .03 R 7 695 Sun angle was 37 or 38 degrees above the horizon at 9:52 am. The area where there must have been a boat dredges sand up was at 27 16.045' N and 82 47.459' W. A small plane flew beneath us near shore.
04 DARK 9:58 AM 10:00 AM             1,148  
05 LINE 5 10:02 AM 10:10 AM   30,000 300 0 .03 R 7 549 Link spotted at seq. 4/ frames128. Location 27 11.604' N and 82 52.468' W. 42 degree sun angle from the horizon at 10:15 am.
06 DARK 10:11 AM 10:12 AM             1040  
07 LINE 7 10:16 AM 10:24 AM   30,000 300 1R .02 L 7 595 Fog forming on the glass at 10:22. Actually glass was freezing.
08 DARK 10:25 AM 10:26 AM             1113  
09 LINE 9 10:29 AM             1 550 Forgot to take the cap off, so it was taken off at 10:31 am. The cosine collector was freezing more than usual and the glass is freezng.
  CAP OFF 10:31 AM 10:37 AM   30,000 300 0 .02 L 7 563  
10 DARK 10:38 AM 10:39 AM             1039  
11 LINE 8 10:44 AM 10:52 AM   30,000 300 0 .02 L 7 602 Paul reached into the camera port, to feel the air blow over the glass.
12 DARK 10:53 AM               1005  

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 LINE 6 10:59 AM 11:07 AM   30,000 300 1R .03 L 7 530 Still foggy over the window. Cabin altitude 9,000 ft. (Pilots breathing oxygen) ED sensor in IR was looking strange
14 DARK 11:07 AM 11:08 AM             1039  
15 LINE 4 11:12 AM 11:20 AM   30,000 300 1R .03 L 7 636  
16 DARK 11:20 AM 11:21 AM             1299  
17 LINE 2 11:26 AM 11:34 AM   30,000 300 2R 0 7 710  
18 DARK 11:34 AM 11:35 AM             1037 Spectrum 103 was weird on ASD.

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