Flight Lines and Images

November 12 , 2000

12 November 2000

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Science Crew: Jessica Britt (data logger), Paul Bissett (instrument operator)

Weather: blue skies, but hazy, cold front coming through

0840 EDT

Camera on, Computer on.

0939 EDT

Take off.

Run #	Flight Line	Start/ Finish	Altitude (ft)	Speed (kts)	Lens	Bin by	Frame Rate	Frame Count	Comments
00	Dark	1008	30000	299		4
01	014	1010	30000	299		4		6604	Cirrus clouds; scattered clouds; Forgot to take lens cap off in beginning, taken off in middle of sequence 00; flew s-n.
02	Dark	1017	30000	300		4		1057
03	011	1022	30000	300		4		6559	Slowed down during this line, still 300 kts, but because of strong headwind we had to put flaps down to level out the plane. Saw pelican at sequence 01. Flew n-s.
04	Dark	1028	29600	300		4		2261
05	08	1034	30000	300		4		6607	Calm smooth seas
06	Dark	1041	30000	300		4		1128	Very bouncy
07	010	1046	30000	300		4		6685	Flew n-s, spotted pelican again, cirrus clouds around the boat. Going to increase to 30200 m, try to get smoother weather.
08	Dark	1054	30000	300		4		1388
09	007	1059	30200	300		4		6582	Still bumpy, a lot of turbulence. Flew s-n
10	Dark	1106				4		1539
11	004	1110	29600	295		4		6606	Water is different colors. Flew n-s. Lots of boats.
12	Dark	117	29600			4		1424
13	001	1133	29700	297		4		6698	Very calm water, but very bumpy in plane. (3 boats in row)
14	Dark	1140				4		1148
15	003	1145	30100			4		6545	Possibly something in the water?
16	Dark	1152	30100			4		2384
17	005	1157	Going lower			4		6483	Flew s-n. Turbulence. Not steady at all.
18	Dark	1204				4		1131
19	002	1208	29400	293		4		6774	Flew n-s. Still shaky
20	Dark	1215	29400	294		4		2005

Other notes:

Line 6-14 were covered with serious clouds and haze. Difficult to see anything or collect any good data.

Very bumpy ride, constantly drifting, shaking, and trying new altitudes and speeds.

Flight management system kept flaking out on the pilots.

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