14Aug2010 14Z Daily GRIP Telecon
Flight Date:
Sat, 08/14/2010
Sortie Number:
none
Participants
FLL
- Ed Zipser
- Scott Braun
- Jeff Halverson
- Michael Goodman
- Marilyn Vasques
- Greg McFarquhar
- Paul Bui
DFRC
- Dave Fratello
- Gerry Heymsfield
- Rich Blakeslee
Global Hawk Report
14Aug
- Global Hawk Ku Test – successful
- Move the Global Hawk out to the pad to perform the CST from 9a-12p PT
15 Aug
- Range Test
Global Hawk Instruments
- Dropsonde frame finished and painted on Saturday
- Frame mount tweaks on Monday
- Weight & Balance approval from NGT
- Need a re-CST and Range Flight could be turned in 24hrs
- FAA – operator in NY Oceanic objected
- Actively being worked – pilots to make presentation to FAA is tbd
- Issue is unmanned A/C not altitude of dropsonde
- Discussion on Friday/Saturday test flight in lieu of a Wed
- First Gulf flight (Houston FIR) on 17 Aug or 18 Aug (Phil Hall prefers) to test COA
DC-8 Report
DC-8 Instruments
- DAWN Instrument – collected engineering data but not scientific data. DAWN needs maintenance, wired
- CSI pulled due to resonance vibrations – redesigned standoff for pylon. Shake Test flight
- Other instruments OK
