Helo September 2

 

Helo Laser Flight survey centered on Des Grosseiliers
Survey consists of a triangle with vertices A, B, C, D
A. 79 51.19 159 33.50
B. 79 33.88 160 28.71
C. 79 33.88 158 38.29
D. 79 33.88 159 33.50
Ship 79 39.65 159 33.50
Route of the flight and recorded lines are A to B, B to C,
C to A, and A to D passing by the ship
Each line consisted of a file of laser data collected at 2 kHz
The large triangle was followed by:
A line from south to north past the starboard side of the ship.
A line from north to south along the Tuk EM measurement line
A line from NE to SW in across the clean sector
A line from SE to NW out across the clean sector
Plan was to fly entire line at 80kts and 100 ft.
Notes: Video camera was working, and Christian's GPS was not installed.
Time Event Mark? Latitude Longitude Comments
14:14:20 Liftoff from deck, enroute to line
14:23:45 Pt A., start line A to B,  87kts?, 100'
14:25 yes
14:30 yes
14:35 yes
14?? End Line 1, at pt B, 85kts, 110'
14:39:30 Start line B to C, 78kts, 100'
14:41:00 yes 85-90kts, 100'
14:46:00 yes 85-90kts, 100'
14:51:00 yes 85-90kts, 100'
14?? End Line 2, near C, fog
14:56:45 Start line C to A, 89kts, 100' some fog
14:57:00 yes 85-90kts, 100'
15:02:00 yes
15:07:00 yes
15:11:00 yes
15:11:45 End Line at Pt A
15:13:30 Start Line Pt A to D
15:15:00 yes 75kts, 110'
15:20:00 yes
15:22:00 yes Over the doghouse
15:25:00 yes
15:26:20 End line at Pt D
15:32:43 Begin Tuk/EM Line
15:33:40 End Line
15:34:40 begin main snow line, start behind ship
15:37:25 end main snow line, way past stake 2.5
15:37:25 Begin Maui to Met Tower
15:38:00 End past Met Tower
15:39:00 Begin Met tower clean area run
15:03:40 End line past scintillometer
1h 30min total time elapsed on VCR

 

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