Flight Lines and Images

November 3 , 2000

 

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03 November 2000

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Flight Line Endpoints

Science Crew: David Kohler (data logger), Paul Bissett (instrument operator), and Jeff Bowles

Weather: clear, but hazy with 6 mile visibility

0855 EDT

Camera on, Computer on.

0939 EDT

Take off.

0958 EDT

Camera reset.

Run # Flight Line Start/ Finish Altitude (ft) Speed (kts) Lens Bin by Frame Rate Frame Count Comments
00 Dark 1000       4   1459  
01 014 1009 30000 300   4   6561

GPS picked up halfway through collection / GPS turned off after 5 min / 27d34'44'' 83d44'50'' / large front / flew n-s
02 Dark 1017       4   1109  
03 011 1021 3000 300   4   6646 27d03' 83d05' / front / 27d09'00'' 83d06'50'' / front seq4 / 27d11'10'' 83d07'30'' / front / flew s-n
04 Dark 1029       4   1167  
05 008 1033 approx 30000 300   4   6428 Flew n-s
06 Dark 1040       4   1547  
07 005 1044 30000 300   4   6492 Flew s-n / 27d09'52'' 82d45'50'' / seq 3 small front
08 Dark 1051       4   1223  
09 02 1055 30000 300   4   6535 Flew n-s
10 Dark 1102       4   1133  
11 001 1110 30000 300   4   6621  
12 Dark 1118       4   1111  
13 004 1123 30000 300   4   6567  
14 Dark 1130       4   1297  
15 007 1134 30000 300   4   6650  
16 Dark 1141       4   1301  
17 010 1147 30000 300   4   6546 Prior to line 10 2 fronts met 27d28'20'' 83d09'18''
18 Dark 1154       4   1465  
19 013 1158 30000 300   4   6689  
20 Dark 1205       4   1174  
21 012 1213 30000 300   4   6644 Before line 12 27d34'16'' 83d20'24'' front / On line 12 27d9'55'' 83d10'50'' front ***** left lens cap on useless data
22 Dark ?       4   ? Aborted dark due to previous long dark file
23 009 1225 30000 300   4   6533 Small front 27d21'12'' 83d03'30''
24 Dark 1232       4   1078  
25 006 1236 30000 300   4   6631 Small front 27d10'43'' 82d49'45''
26 Dark 1243       4   1098  
27 003 1248 30000 300   4   6632 12:50 sun glint increasing
28 Dark 1256       4   2530  
29 012 1304 30000 300   4   6617 27d 10'59'' 83d11'10'' / seq 1or2 front / 26d59'50'' 83d07'50'' / seq 5-4 front
30 Dark ?       4   1152  

Other notes:

The heading taken was really 321d true north prior to take off. Not 315d, as reported earlier.

Everything work smoothly except line 12 had to be flown twice since the cap was left on the camera the first time.

GPS started late and finished too early on the first run.

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