Mission type:
Mission location:
Total flight time (hr)
Near DGAR
3.7
Instrument and data system
test flight
Item
Module
Time (min) Altitude (ft)
T/O, Ferry
15
200'
2
Ascent sounding,
100'
di
500'/ i
Pitching, yaw,
40
100' to 21000' Dipping to 100' then ascent, through cloud, AXCTD and
AXBT* at 10000', dropsonde* 21000', all colocated
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
9
6
0
2
Objective
1
3
# of
# of
#
#
drpsnds AXBTs AXBTs AXCTD
(Ext)
s
1
T/O, ferry at 200'
15
5000'
pitching maneuver for turb calibration
speed run
Maneuver
Reverse heading
25
2100'
reverse heading straight legs upwind/down wind
RCE
60
3000'-10000'
Convective cloud structure
low level sampling
20
200'
turbulence, SST mapping, radiation, etc
Ascend ,
1000'/min, dip to
100'
20
100' -above
cloud
dip down to 100', then ascend at 1000'/min through cloud,
AXBT* and dropsonde* at top
Ferry
15
10000'
AXBT 5 minutes after previous AXBT
Riegal test,
possible
landing
10
1
1
1
1
1
7
1
1
1
1