Helo August 29

 

Helo Albedo Flight
Fog, overcast but thin, solar disc occasionally visible
TT, TCG, BE on board
Pilot - Robert Pelletier
Coordinates of 5 nm box:
GPS: Lat. Long. Hdg
A 79 33.2 160 03.2 near ship 90
B 79 33.2 159 35.8 58
C 79 38.2 159 35.8 148
D 79 38.2 160 03.2 238
Date: 8/29/98
Time: 0914-1100
Outline of flight plan
1a. Albedo Line 100' elevation
1b. Albedo Line 200' elevation
1d. Albedo line 400' elevation
1e. Albedo line 50'
2. Albedo stack
every 20 feet from 10' to 200'
every 50 feet from 200'-1000'
3. 5nm box to north and east of ship (coordinates given above)
first pass at 100'
second pass at 50'
4. NW-SE pass by ship on starboard side to past Baltimore
5. Hover over open water at 20 ft
TIME NOTES NIKON VIDEO KT-19 ASD files ASD Comments
Preflight intercalibration of ASD fibers files 000-006
91430 takeoff Began recording before
92150 start 100' pass on Albedo line, 41 kts takeoff
40-45 kt airspeed files 008-021 2 sec interval between scans; fog but ceiling OK
92245 end line
92530 start 200' pass on Albedo line, 42 kts
40-45kt airspeed files 022-035 4 sec interval;ceiling probably still OK
92630 end line
92910 start 400' pass on albedo line, 40 kts 4 photos
40-45 kt airspeed files 036-044 8 sec interval; pushing the limit for the ceiling
93030 end line
93330 start 50' pass on albedo line, 40 kts
40-45 kt airspeed files 045-072 2 sec interval
93500 end line
93710 Albedo stack over center of line
Ascend 20' to 200' by 20' files 073-082
Ascend 200' to 500' by 50' 400' photo files 083-89 file 089 was at 525'
Ascend 500' to 1000' by 100' 1000'photo files 090-04
94225 Begin 5 nmi box at Pt A at 100 ft elevation
100', 48kts  - most at 60+ kts
94350 100',  60kts files 05-147 Interval 4 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
94705 end line at Pt B, begin turn Polycorder left on for beginning of turn
94840 Begin next line from B to C
100', 62kts files 148-193 Interval 4 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
95322 end line at C
95840 begin line from C to D
100', 63 kts files 197-236 Interval 4 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
100308 end line at D 204-open water
100600 start line from D to A
110', 62 kts files 237-277 Interval 4 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
101040 end line at A over camp 240-snow covered ice
101955 start line from A to B at 50 ft elevation
50', 61 kts files 279-323 Interval 3 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
102436 end line at B
102630 start line from B to C
50', 62 kts files 327-389 Interval 3 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
103145 end line at C
103350 start line from C to D
50', 62 kts files 390-447 Interval 3 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
103815 end line at D
104105 start line from D to A (ship)
50', 65 kts files 448-512 Interval 3 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
104620 end line over camp
105209 Begin northwest of camp heading SE photos at 5 sec Switched from Poly 1 to Poly 2
past camp towards Baltimore intervals starting at approx 11:07:00 AM files 513-517 false start Interval 3 sec (using #2 channel time indicator)
50 ft, 35 kts 105215 to 105500 files 518-560
105500 end line past Baltimore which was about 17 photos
on the right of the aircraft
105624 hover over open water 20 ft 3 photos files  561-564 water roughened with some whitecaps due to helo downwash
105730 end hover
rest of film shot on video stopped before
110000 land on ship return to ship landing - total elapsed time
1 h 51 m
Calibration of ASD after landing files 565-569

 

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