Puerto Rico Mission - Day 5 [02/24/97] Dave Harding & Dave Rabine's Data Log Combined Slicer (GPS day 050) [Entire Mission 02/19/97 thru 02/25/97] ********02/24/97***************Puerto Rico - Montserrat Flight (Day 5) Pilot: Virgil Rabine Co-Pilot: Mike Stortz Local GPS Wheels Rolling: 02:25:00 18:25:00 Wheels Up: 02:30:00 18:30:00 Wheels Down: 04:54:00 20:54:00 Wheels Stop: 04:57:00 20:57:00 ****Flight Plan**** Monty and Guadeloupe: Mostly clear transit at 325 knots. Roll and pitch calibration between 18:58 and 19:01 with one small cloud patch 1/2 way through pitch. Detector was noisy prior to roll and pitch. Dave Rabine shut off and repowered the detector to fix it. Video on at 19:10:00 Note: Did not do Saba, etc. chain in transit in order to minimize transit time and fuel use, but on left and quite clear, Monty approach with 9 satellites on gps. (photos were taken out left cockpit window (port) ) 2,128,000 [97022401.idl Data On - GPS Time On: 18:58:34 5 Boras, 80Hz (no lens) Full out 2,130,000 Rolls 2,132,342 Pitches 2,143,782 Fiber Calibration 2,155,196 Data Off - GPS Time Off: 19:02:54 2,155,200 [97022402.idl] Data On - GPS Time On: 19:19:25 "Monty" 2,168,000 M1B: ~19:21:30 - clear on start Dome: 19:22:31 - cloudy, 250 knots on line M1F: 19:23:00 - cleared just before coast 2,181,642 Data Off - GPS Time Off: 19:23:38 2,181,700 [97022403.idl] Data On - GPS Time On: 19:27:51 "Guadeloupe: G1B to G1F: very cloudy West side of Guadeloupe clear due to orographic down draft Flying line visually, not using GPS NAV from NNW to SSE on western shore NNW shore: 19:32:35 - urban at start Forest: 19:33:34 Urban: 19:35:27 SSE shore: 19:35:47 Gentle left bank to line up on island Island start: 19:37:43 *tape ran out in middle of line Small island *Put in new tape: 51 minutes viewing (end of 2/23 flight) Left turn to transect: SE to NW visual line through narrow gap in clouds Land fall: ~19:47:20 Crossed G1B to G1F @ 19:48:19, 275 knots - good attitude West Coast: 19:49:10 All water for a long time... 2,289,574 Data Off - GPS Time Off: 19:45:07 2,289,600 [97022404.idl] Data On: - GPS Time On: 19:45:47 Visual line on East Side of Monty crossing labor flow area - very good data 2,327,352 Data Off: - GPS Time Off: 19:49:27 2,327,400 [97022405.idl] Data On: - GPS Time On: 19:54:07 South Coast: 19:55:42 - cloudy after coast 2,338,502 Land fall and cloud fall Monty 2,348,486 Water fall Mostly cloudy: 19:56:26 Wind pushed us left off clearer coast area @ 19:57:20 2,353,374 Data Off: - GPS Time Off: 19:58:15 2,353,400 [97022406.idl] Data On: - GPS Time On: 20:01:33 Return on route way backwards over Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Eustatious, and Saba *Nevis video to wide angle for perspective views 2,363,774 3X: 20:03:07 - on water clear Clear on northend Peak clouds up End of Nevis: 20:04:50 St. Kitts - South Spur: 20:05:25 Land fall at St. Kitts - NW end, cloudy on peak: 20:06:49 Shore clear 3N: 20:09:14 - land exit St. Eustatious 2X: 20:10:35 - land fall Coordinates bring line on southern side of island 2N: ~20:12:00 - line seems too far south... Radio communications on 1st half of line 2, which corrupted the data 1X: 20:13:37 - reach Saba (very cloudy) 1N 2,441,280 Data Off: - GPS Time Off: 20:12:53 2,441,300 [97022407.idl] Data On: - GPS Time On: 20:31:40 St. Thomas Target Land fall Video on: 20:33:20 - near end of transect Land exit: 20:33:40 2,461,398 Rolls: 20:34:50 - in approach, lots of radio chatter causing noise 2,463,166 Pitches: 20:35:40 2,469,432 Data Off: - GPS Time Off: 20:36:10 *Arriving at San Juan on return