19Aug2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon

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19Aug2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon

Flight Date: 
Thu, 08/19/2010
Sortie Number: 
none

19 Aug 2010

GRIP FLL-JSC-DFRC 14Z Daily Telecon/Webinar

 

Participants

FLL Team – Zipser, Halverson, McFarquhar, Goodman, Molinari, Scott Braun

Aaron Bansemer, Simone Tanelli, Paul Bui, Michael Kavaya

 

Telecon 

Tim Miller, Gary Wick, Sue Tolley, Gerry Heymsfield, Rich Blakeslee, Lori Schultz, Michael Black, Bjorn Lambrigtsen

Global Hawk Report

Droposonde - being installed;

  • Frame sucessfuly installed.  Working on wiring interface connection
  • Phil Hall still working COA dropsonde

HAMSR – green.  Worked very well. Fine tuning

LIP - green

HIWRAP – yellow but can still fly; software / hardware (bad board or connector) problems

 

Friday – Combined System Test

Saturday –  Range Test

Tuesday – high altitude drop test in Range

 

WB57

HIRAD delayed. Ship on 23Monday; Arrive on Wednesday, Fly on Thursday as a checkout unless target is in the Gulf. 

AMPR arrives on 7Sept

Suitcase flights will be out of MacDill AFB, Tampa FL

 

DC8 Report

Ed Zipser leaving on Friday (returning 31Aug) with John Molinari in town through 7Sept as Mission Scientist

 

Aircraft status – green. 

  • LASE – green. Very good shape
  • LARGE – green.  Calibration on the plane today
  • APR2 – green. 
  • DAWN –  insulation fix today on the plane.  Trailer arrived.  Electrician power trailer by tomorrow.  LaRC personnel working on alternative solutions (adding a fan and heat source in the can – no de-integration required)
  • Microphysics – all but CSI are green.  CSI awaiting pylon remanufacture at least another week
  • MMS – green.
  • Dropsonde – green.

 

Alert to PGI-27 cancelled at 01Z (2100 ET) since system not expected to move into the Gulf.

Possibility of PGI-27 crossing Yucatan Pen and into the Bay of Campeche.  Keeping an eye on the system.  

Alert for Saturday, 22 Aug @15Z – file a NOTAM

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