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