Helo August 9
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Helo August 9 |
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| Albedo Flight | ||||
| Light winds | ||||
| Nearly uniform overcast with open spots near the horizon, some clear patches to the east | ||||
| TCG, DKP, JRM Present on flight | ||||
| Pilot - Robert Deslisle | ||||
| GPS: | Lat. | Long. | Heading | |
| SHIP | 78o 37.8N | 158o 23.6W | ||
| A | 78o 38.0N | 158o 23.5W | 90 | |
| B | 78o 38.0N | 157o 58.0W | 0 | |
| C | 78o 43.0N | 157o 58.0W | 270 | |
| D | 78o 43.0N | 158o 23.5W | 180 | |
| Date: | 8/9/94 | |||
| Time: | 9:38-10:41 | |||
| Outline of flight plan | ||||
| 1a. Albedo Line | 100' elevation | |||
| 1b. Albedo Line | 400' elevation | |||
| 1c. Ascent to 2000' over center of albedo line | ||||
| every 10 feet from 10' to 200' | ||||
| every 50 feet from 200'-1000' | ||||
| every 100 feet from 1000'-2000' | ||||
| 2. 5nm box to north and east of ship (coordinates given above) | ||||
| first pass at 100' | ||||
| second pass at 400' | ||||
| 3. North South pass over Sarah's lake at 100' | ||||
| TIME | NOTES | NIKON | VIDEO | KT-19 |
| 9:36 | Switch on and start recording | |||
| 9:38:45 | Takeoff | Switched on | ||
| 9:40:24 | Start 100' pass over albedo line - air speed 30 kt | Poly 1 On | ||
| 9:40:44 | End albedo line | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 9:41:06 | Over Sarah's lake climbing to 400' | Poly 1 On | ||
| 9:41:22 | End of Sarah's lake | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 9:42:52 | Turn over Sarah's lake | |||
| 9:43:13 | Begin 400' pass over albedo line | |||
| landed to inspect fiber because of low signal | ||||
| Fiber was OK, surface albedo was low | ||||
| 9:47:09 | Takeoff again | |||
| 9:47:20 | Begin ascent from 10 to 2000' | Poly 1 On | ||
| 9:50:54 | Arrival at 2000' | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 9:52:51 | Over Sarah's lake | |||
| coming donw to elevation 100' | ||||
| 9:53:37 | Point A; Over albedo line again, begin 5 nm box | Poly 1 On | ||
| 9:57:51 | Begin turn at point B | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 9:58:11 | End turn | Poly 1 On | ||
| 10:02:02 | Begin turn at point C | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 10:02:23 | End turn | Poly 1 On | ||
| 10:05:44 | Begin turn at point D | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 10:06:17 | End turn | Poly 1 On | ||
| 10:09:52 | End of line | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 10:11:19 | Start first line of the same box at 400' elevation | Readout Looks OK | Poly 1 On | |
| 10:15:27 | Begin turn at point B | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 10:15:54 | End turn | Poly 1 On | ||
| 10:19:56 | Some fog | Poly 1 Off | ||
| 10:22:16 | Fog less but still present | Poly 2 On | ||
| 10:23:05 | End of Fog | |||
| 10:23:25 | Begin turn at point C | Poly 2 Off | ||
| 10:23:50 | End turn | Poly 2 On | ||
| 10:28:04 | End of line | Poly 2 Off | ||
| 10:29:28 | Pass across Sarah's Lake | Poly 2 On | ||
| 10:29:34 | End of Lake | |||
| 10:30:06 | End of line | Poly 2 Off | ||
| 10:32:36 | Albedo stack over Seattle, 15' to 2000' | Poly 2 On | ||
| Cloud layer at 700' | ||||
| 10:35:10 | Reached 2000' | Poly 2 Off | ||
| 10:37:39 | Start of water on pass over Sarah's lake | Poly 2 On | ||
| Airspeed 10 kt, elevation 100' | ||||
| 10:39:55 | End of Water | |||
| 10:40:08 | Poly 2 Off | |||
| 10:41:18 | VCR Off | Kt-19 off | ||
| 10:41:30 | Helo Landed on ship | |||
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