Puerto Rico Mission - Day 3  [02/22/97]
Glen Mattioli, Dave Harding, &
Dave Rabine's Data Log Combined
Slicer (GPS day 050)

[Entire Mission 02/19/97 thru 02/25/97]




***02/22/97***Puerto Rico -  South through Lesser Antilles (Day 3)



Pilot:		Mike Stortz
Co-Pilot:	Virgil Rabine


*Wet and raining - overcast at SJI


			Local			GPS
			
GPS On:			05:12:00 plane		05:20:00 base	
Wheels Rolling:		06:15:00 am		10:15:00
Wheels Up:		06:20:00 am		10:20:00 
Video On:		10:30:00




1,504,000	[97022201.idl		Data On  -  	GPS Time On:  09:45:17
							1 Boras, 20Hz
							Super long Fiber Calibration
1,514,374				Data Off -	GPS Time Off: 09:51:54




1,514,400	[97022202.idl]		Data On  -  	GPS Time On:  10:30:26
							5 Boras, 80Hz
							Climb to 17,500' @ 10:30:45
							Tape on:  10:31:38
							(reading 14-2.14)
							Transit towards
							Southern Islands
							- Target: St. Thomas
							Video On:  10:30:00
1,535.000						St. Thomas Islands @ 10:33:15 
							- totally clear, 
							excellent data
							Charlotte Amalie: 10:34:00
							330 knots, traj. 
							North of runway
							Water:  10:35:34
1,545,876						RE-CAL
1,548,174						St. Johns:  10:35:44
							- little cloudy, but pretty good 
							(west half clear)
							Laser Calibration: 10:39:00
1,572,640				Data Off -	GPS Time Off: 10:39:47



*Video Off @ 10:45:00



1,572,700	[97022203.idl]		Data On  -	GPS Time On:  10:54:16 
							5 Boras, 80Hz
							Rolls:  10:55:00
1,577,822						Pitches:  10:56:00
1,581,956				Data Off -	GPS Time Off: 10:55:44



*Reached Saba @ 11:01, but tape was off
*Tape On @ 11:02:00



1,582,000	[97022204.idl]		Data On:  -	GPS Time On:  11:02:00
							5 Boras, 80Hz
							Land Fall - Saba:  11:03:00
							350 knots during transit, 
							slowing to ~260 knots
1,597,366						RE-CAL
							"Monty 5" (MB) - very cloudy
							Redonda: 11:05:20
1,620,038						M1B:  11:08:00  - at 160'
							Dome:  11:09:03 - cloudy
1,628,774						M1F:  11:09:30
1,630,594				Data Off: -	GPS Time Off: 11:09:48 




1,630,600	[97022205.idl]		Data On:  -	GPS Time On:  11:14:39				
							"Guadaloupe 1"
1,638,862						G1B:  11:15:03
1,642,000						Small island off shore 				
							Land fall:  11:16:30
							Small Island - Base Terre
 							(mostly cloudy)
							VLC:  11:21:08 - covered
							VLC: 11:21:55 - clear
1,681,976				Data Off: - 	G1F:  11:22:40 - ocean
							GPS Time Off: 11:22:52 




1,682,000	[97022206.idl]		Data On:  -	GPS Time On:  11:26:32
							5 Boras, 80Hz
1,688,422						"Dominican Republic 1"
							D1B:  11:27:31 - at 156'
							Land: 11:27:30
							TRP:  11:31:43 - cloudy
							MIL:  11:32:06 - all cloudy
							Water:  11:33:00
							D1F:  11:34:00
							Totally clouded out
							Some little bits-of-land at start
1,728,488				Data Off: -	GPS Time Off: 11:33:58




1,728,500	[97022207.idl]		Data On:  -	GPS Time On:  11:38:28
							"Martinique 1"
							Laser on @ 11:38:31
							MA1B, lots of no data, 
							but cleared at end
							Land fall:  11:39:20
							VLC:  11:40:15 
							- Mostly cloudy
							Water exit: 11:47:00
							MA1F:  11:47:10 
							- some clear in S. end of line
1,782,866				Data Off: -	GPS Time Off: 11:47:10




1,782,900	[97022208.idl]		Data On:  -	GPS Time On:  11:54:25 
							5 Boras, 80Hz
							"St. Lucia"
1,792,424						L1B:  11:55:55
							Land fall clear:  11:56:55
							Qualibon: 11:57:08 
							- Cloudy
							VLC:  11:59:09
							L1F:  11:59:35 - water  				
							(almost all clouds)
							Laser off
1,816,466				Data Off: -	GPS Time Off: 11:59:47




***Descending to Land  -


			Local		GPS

Wheels Stop Rolling:	08:19:00 am	12:19:00
Wheels Down:		~08:15:00 am	12:15:00




Wheels Up Again:	09:32:00 am	13:32:00


*INS battery out - No INS fix before takeoff, and therefore, can't collect data on return 
(very cloudy anyway)  -  Return transit at 17,500', 460 knots


				Video Only: -	Tape on @ 14:22:00
						Only digital photos over STX
						Bearing 282 TN, 75NM out from SJU
						Lost INS system for laser
						just before wheels up
						Mission scrub
						PR:  14:28:00 @ 17,000'
						Descending to 13,000' @ 14:31:00
						10,000', 281 True North Heading:  14:32:30
						8,100', 10 True North Heading:  14:36:00
						2,700':  14:39:00
						600', 90 True North Heading @ 14:43:00
						Wheels down in SJI, sit on tarmac



Wheels Down:		10:46:00 am	14:46:00
Tape Ended:		10:46:30 am	14:46:30
Engine Off:		11:21:15 am	15:21:15



****Backed up tape:  0 - 1,816,500