7/29/03 USGS flight. Takeoff at 16:21:07. (9:21:07 am PDT).


Lines and comments, if any.

Real time GPS is not operating.  Time tag will be off ~40 sec.ahead.

Tape 03059
Eastern Mojave 12-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 16:57:53 End: 17:02:53
                                      Flown at 27,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.Got entire line,,,
                                      unexpected due to restricted area.
                              
Eastern Mojave 138-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 17:09:43 End: 17:18:00
                                      Flown at 28,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.

Eastern Mojave 181-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 17:26:22 End: 17:30:20
                                      Flown at 26,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.
                              
Eastern Mojave 360-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 17:42:47 End: 17:47:13
                                      Flown at 26,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.
GPS was back on line during thie last line.  Time locked up...change in 
time (time jump) may have happened during last line.

Eastern Mojave 136-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 17:55:14 End: 17:02:53
                                      Flown at 28,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS. Speed high (430 kts)
                                      & slowly decreasing for first 35 seconds 
                                      of line.
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MCARS engineering test - Eastern Mojave 136-2 - POLSAR 80 - 
                                            Start: 18:12:54 End: 18:17:41 
                                      Appears to have worked perfectly..

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Eastern Mojave 299-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 18:31:48 End: 18:37:58
                                      Flown at 26,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.

Eastern Mojave 119-1 POLSAR 40 - okay       Start: 18:56:01 End: 19:02:12
                                      Flown at 26,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS. First attempt 
                                      to do line aborted because of 
                                      unexpected airscraft roll.

Eastern Mojave 8-1 XTI1P 40 - okay       Start: 19:11:13 End: 19:14:13
                                      Flown at 28,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.

Eastern Mojave 271-1 XTI1P 40 - okay       Start: 19:23:05 End: 19:28:12
                                      Flown at 28,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS
Tape 03060
Eastern Mojave 246-1 XTI1P 40 - okay       Start: 19:39:52 End: 19:44:00
                                      Flown at 26,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS

Eastern Mojave 65-1 XTI1P 40 - okay        Start: 19:50:29 End: 19:56:28
                                      Flown at 27,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS

Eastern Mojave 245-1 XTI1P 40 - okay       Start: 20:13:49 End: 20:19:55
                                      Flown at 29,000 so that we could enter
                                      restricted area.  We offset 0.4 NM to 
                                      the right to compensate.  Line started
                                      30 sec. late.

Eastern Mojave 65-1 XTI1P 40 - okay       Start: 20:35:45 End: 20:41:13
                                      Flown at 29,000 so that we could enter
                                      restricted area.  We offset 0.4 NM to 
                                      the right to compensate.  Tape A failed
                                      to start.  Had to go around. Light 
                                      turbulence towards end of line
                                      
Eastern Mojave 271-2 XTI1P 40 - okay       Start: 20:50:49 End: 20:53:37
                                      Flown at 25,000 baro to improve 
                                      agreement with GPS.  Lost half of the 
                                      line due to weather. Waiting would 
                                      not have improved the situation.

Dryden Tower Flyby 234-1 XTI2P - okay       Start: 21:15:10  End: N/A
                                      Test of low-level imaging seemed to 
                                      work

A baseline check was not performed.


Landing occurred at 21:27:34 (2:27:34 PDT).