PEM Tropics B Flight Summaries

Flight1 (3/4/99)

NOTE: TAMMS WAS DOWN DURING FLIGHT, THEREFORE NO DATA!!

TIME COMMENTS
20:39 Takeoff
21:04 - 21:49 18 kft Leg
21:35:50 - 21:45 Golfclub Maneuver and Reverse Heading
22:12 - 22:54 500ft Leg
23:04 - 00:22 3500 ft Leg
00:39 - 01:15 25 kft Leg
01:29:20 Landing

 

Flight2 (3/7/99)

NOTES: 

bullet TAMMS WAS DOWN DURING FLIGHT, THEREFORE NO DATA!!
bulletThere were 2 time gaps (18:34 - 19:12 & 21:42 - 22:53)

 

TIME COMMENTS
17:57:30 Takeoff
18:13:30 - 19:02 18 kft Leg
18:15:30 - 18:28 Speed Variations
18:53 - 19:02 Reverse Heading
19:26 - 20:16 500 ft Leg
19:28 - 19:37 Speed Variations
20:09 - 20:16 Reverse Heading
20:24 - 21:25 6 kft Leg
20:24 - 20:34 Speed Variations
21:14 - 21:25 Reverse Heading
21:28 - 22:30 10 kft Leg
23:46 Landing

 

Flight3 (3/10/99) (Wallops Flight Facility to Dryden Research Flight Center)

NOTES: 

bullet TAMMS WAS DOWN DURING FLIGHT, THEREFORE NO DATA!!

 

TIME COMMENTS
19:35:30 Takeoff
20:14 - 20:24 22 kft Leg
21:37 - 23:43 24 kft Leg
23:57 - 00:13 5.5 kft Leg
00:29 - 00:46:30 26 kft Leg
03:09 Landing

 

Flight4 (3/11/99) (Dryden Research Flight Center to Hilo, HI)

TIME COMMENTS
19:30 Takeoff
19:46 - 20:34 16 kft Leg
20:44 - 21:15 3 kft Leg
21:18 - 21:48 500 ft Leg
22:08 - 23:03 24 kft Leg
23:28 - 23:58 1 kft Leg
00:03 - 00:24 6.5 kft Leg
00:41 - 02:16 24 kft Leg
02:30 Landing

 

Flight5 (3/12/99) (Hilo, HI to Christmas Island)

TIME COMMENTS
19:00 Takeoff
19:15 - 19:45 18 kft Leg
19:51 - 20:41 21 kft Leg
20:50 - 21:13 10 kft Leg
21:20 - 21:42 5 kft Leg
21:48 - 22:33 500 ft Leg
22:52 - 00:42 21 kft Leg
00:56 - 01:16 10 kft Leg
01:23 - 01:43 5 kft Leg
02:00 - 02:30 500 ft Leg
03:18 Landing

 

Flight6 (3/15/99) (Christmas Island Local 1)

TIME COMMENTS
20:40 Takeoff
20:59 - 21:20 15 kft Leg
22:05 - 22:37 FC1 - 1 kft
22:38 - 23:08 FC2 - 1.5 kft
23:14 - 23:46 FC3 - 4 kft
23:46:30 - 00:17 FC4 - 500 ft
00:17:30 - 00:48 FC5 - 1 kft
01:05 - 01:42 FC6 - 15 kft
02:19 - 02:51 FC7 - 1.5 kft
02:51:40 - 03:24 FC8 - 4 kft
03:24:30 - 03:56 FC9 - 500 ft
03:56:30 - 04:18 FC10 - 4 kft
04:18:30 - 04:26 FC11 - 1.3 kft
04:48 Landing

 

Flight7 (3/17/99) (Christmas Island Local 2)

TIME COMMENTS
14:30 Takeoff
14:42 - 15:10 10 kft Leg
14:44 - 14:57 10 kft Speed Variations
14:59 - 15:01 10 kft Sideslips
15:25 - 15:53 1 kft RT
15:56 - 16:22 4 kft RT
16:24 - 16:53 1 kft RT
16:58 - 17:24 4 kft RT
17:28 - 17:57 1 kft RT
18:04 - 18:39 10 kft RT
19:10 - 19:23 800 ft RT
20:00 Landing

 

Flight8 (3/17/99) (Christmas Island Local 3)

TIME COMMENTS
22:35 Takeoff
23:45 - 00:11 4 kft RT
00:14 - 00:44 1 kft RT
00:55 - 01:07 15 kft RT
01:10 - 01:30 25 kft RT
01:48 - 02:15 1 kft RT
02:19 - 02:44 4 kft RT
02:51 - 03:16 800 ft RT
03:21 - 03:44 4 kft RT
03:50 - 04:10 1 kft RT
03:28 Landing

 

Flight9 (3/20/99) (Christmas Island Local 4)

TIME COMMENTS
17:00 Takeoff
17:18 - 17:38 25 kft Leg
17:44 - 18:15 1 kft Leg
18:19 - 18:34 4 kft Leg
18:38 - 18:53 10 kft Leg
19:02 - 19:17 18 kft Leg
19:30 - 19:45 1 kft Leg
19:48 - 20:08 4 kft Leg
20:13 - 20:28 10 kft Leg
20:49 - 20:56 20 kft Leg
21:10 - 21:13 2 kft Leg
21:14 - 21:45 1 kft Leg
21:55 - 22:29 10 kft Leg
22:38 - 22:55 20 kft Leg
22:53 - 22:56 20 kft Sideslips
23:09 - 23:24 800 ft Leg
23:33 - 23:38 11 kft Leg
23:48 - 00:52 25 kft Leg
01:00 Landing

 

Flight10 (3/21/99) (Christmas Island Local 5)

TIME COMMENTS
14:45 Takeoff
15:00 - 15:30 15 kft Leg
15:12 - 15:20 15 kft - Speed Variations
15:55 - 16:20 FC1 - 1 kft
16:23 - 16:51 FC2 - 4 kft
16:52 - 17:17 FC3 - 1 kft
17:20 - 17:45 FC4 - 4 kft
17:55 - 18:20 FC5 - 15 kft
18:44 - 19:14 FC6 - 500 ft
19:17 - 19:41 FC7 - 900 ft
19:49 - 20:14 FC8 - 1.3 kft
20:20 - 20:55 FC9 - 2.3 kft
21:04 - 21:22 FC10 - 15 kft
21:35 - 22:04 FC11 - 500 ft
22:09 - 22:39 FC12 - 900 ft
22:42 - 23:12 FC13 - 1.3 kft
23:15 - 23:46 FC14 - 2.5 kft
23:49 - 00:19 FC15 - 1 kft
00:25 - 00:50 FC16 - 10 kft
01:00 Landing

 

Flight11 (3/23/99) (Christmas Island Local 6)

TIME COMMENTS
21:38 Takeoff
22:11 - 22:26 18 kft Leg
22:33 - 22:57 10 kft Leg
23:01 - 23:26 4 kft Leg
23:29 - 23:54 800 ft Leg
00:09 - 00:34 18 kft Leg
00:39 - 01:05 10 kft Leg
01:09 - 01:35 4 kft Leg
01:45 - 02:10 18 kft Leg
02:15 - 02:35 10 kft Leg
02:39 - 02:59 4 kft Leg
03:10 - 03:22 18 kft Leg
03:30 - 03:45 10 kft Leg
03:48 - 04:03 4 kft Leg
04:07 - 04:22 800 kft Leg
04:28 - 04:42 10 kft Leg
04:48 - 05:20 18 kft Leg
06:00 Landing

 

Flight12 (3/26/99) (TRANSIT - Christmas Island to Tahiti)

TIME COMMENTS
18:51 Takeoff
19:12 - 20:11 20 kft Leg
20:35 - 21:02 800 ft Leg
21:05 - 21:31 4 kft Leg
21:37 - 22:01 10 kft Leg
22:11 - 22:37 20 kft Leg
22:43 - 22:52 13 kft Leg
23:02 - 23:27 800 kft Leg
23:33 - 23:58 5 kft Leg
00:02 - 00:27 10 kft Leg
00:35 - 01:37 18 kft Leg
01:43 - 02:08 10 kft Leg
02:20 Landing

 

Flight13 (3/30/99) (Tahiti Local 1)

TIME COMMENTS
18:37 Takeoff
18:50 - 19:50 20 kft Leg
20:10 - 20:36 800 ft Leg
20:59 - 21:43 4 kft Leg
22:04 - 22:29 10 kft Leg
22:55 - 03:29 20 kft Leg
03:57 Landing

 

Flight14 (4/2/99) (Tahiti Local 2)

TIME COMMENTS
20:55 Takeoff
21:08 - 21:48 18 kft Leg
21:48 - 22:06 18 kft RT
22:11 - 22:36 10 kft RT
22:41 - 23:06 4 kft RT
23:09 - 23:36 800 ft RT
23:43 - 00:03 10 kft RT
00:10 - 00:30 18 kft RT
00:44 - 01:04 4 kft RT
01:11 - 01:31 10 kft RT
01:37 - 01:57 18 kft RT
02:12 - 02:27 4 kft RT
02:34 - 02:49 10 kft RT
02:55 - 03:10 18 kft RT
03:24 - 03:39 4 kft RT
03:42 - 04:08 10 kft RT
04:13 - 04:54 18 kft RT
05:17 Landing

 

Flight15 (4/4/99) (Tahiti Local 3)

TIME COMMENTS
20:00 Takeoff
20:24 - 22:31 20 kft Leg - Sample Outflow
22:52 - 23:12 4 kft Leg
23:15 - 23:40 1 kft Leg
23:58 - 02:36 18 kft Leg - Sample Outflow
02:53 - 03:13 4 kft Leg
03:17 - 03:57 1 kft Leg
04:00 Landing

 

Flight16 (4/7/99) (Tahiti Local 4)

TIME COMMENTS
15:00 Takeoff
15:12 - 16:22 15 kft Leg
16:40 - 17:00 1 kft RT
17:02 - 17:23 500 ft RT
17:30 - 17:50 4.5 kft RT
17:53 - 17:59 5.5 kft Leg
18:01 - 18:07 7.5 kft Leg
18:12 - 18:32 1 kft RT
18:33 - 18:53 500 ft RT
19:04 - 19:24 15 kft RT
19:37 - 19:57 1 kft RT
20:00 - 20:20 500 ft RT
20:24 - 20:44 4.5 kft RT
20:47 - 20:53 5.5 kft Leg
20:56 - 21:02 7.5 kft Leg
21:07 - 21:27 1 kft RT
21:29 - 21:49 500 ft RT
22:01 - 22:21 15 kft RT
22:32 - 22:52 1 kft RT
22:54 - 23:14 500 ft RT
23:18 - 23:42 4.5 kft RT
00:00 Landing

 

Flight17 (4/9/99) (TRANSIT - Tahiti to Hilo)

TIME COMMENTS
19:01 Takeoff
19:28 - 21:35 18 kft Leg
21:41 - 21:52 16 kft Leg
22:05 - 22:36 1 kft Leg
22:41 - 23:01 4.5 kft Leg
23:05 - 23:15 1 kft Leg
23:25 - 23:31 4 kft Leg
23:39 - 23:45 9 kft Leg
00:11 - 00:34 24 kft Leg
00:15 - 00:30 24 kft - Speed Variations
00:31 - 00:34 24 kft - Porpoises
00:34 - 00:35:40 24 kft - Tail wags
02:18 Landing

 

Flight18 (4/9/99) (TRANSIT - Hilo to Monterey, CA)

TIME COMMENTS
19:03 Takeoff
19:18 - 20:17 17 kft Leg
20:56 - 21:26 1 kft AGL Leg
21:29 - 21:54 3.5 kft Leg
21:56 - 22:11 5 kft Leg
22:13 - 22:23 7 kft Leg
22:25 - 22:35 9 kft Leg
22:37 - 22:47 11 kft Leg
22:49 - 22:59 13 kft Leg
23:01 - 23:49 15 kft Leg
00:22 - 00:47 6 kft Leg
00:52 - 01:34 13 kft Leg
01:52 Landing

 

Flight19 (4/10/99) (TRANSIT - Monterey, CA to Wallops Island, VA)

TIME COMMENTS
16:50 Takeoff
17:14 - 19:58 23 kft Leg
20:31 - 21:02 3 kft Leg
21:04 - 21:25 7 kft Leg
21:32 - 21:52 11 kft Leg
21:54 - 22:14 13 kft Leg
22:19 - 22:51 17 kft Leg
23:32 Landing

 

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Responsible NASA Official(TAMMS): Bruce Anderson
Curator(TAMMS): Lee Thornhill