2/3/01 - Daily 1:15 pm all-hands meetings have continued under the leadership of Darrell Winfield  All days have been one and _-shift, with work planned on 2/3 and 2/4  Lab work by PI teams continues beyond one shift as each team determines it is appropriate

Ten of the experiment teams have been on-site at sometime during the week  Final rack-component installations and final adjustments are continuing  The ICATS go-no go flight test was successfully completed on 2/1 with John Barrick and Ali Aknan aboard to insure that needed TRACE P functionalities were demonstrated  The most significant deficiency was the absence of the video track plot  Other minor discrepancies were noted and are expected to be corrected prior to the RVSM certification flight on Feb 5  Six work tasks remain for various sheet metal and related work for the PIs and plane

A teleconference Hong Kong/Okinawa Site Visit debrief was held with WFF and LaRC on 1/26  In Hong Kong plane servicing and parking arrangements have been finalized  A lab space in the terminal which restricts the use of hazardous materials to water or less was all that was available convenient to the hotel  We currently are determining which PIs can use the terminal lab space and which must use their hazardous materials at a remote lab only accessible by bus  The bus will operate every half-hour and also provide access to the planes and storage of boat-shipped equipment

A power-up of all experiments was successfully completed on 1/27  The only significant finding was that some loads would need to be rebalanced, as is routine  Also, it was emphasized that some instruments which needed to minimize time without power would need to be moved up in the power-up sequence to minimize their time without power

The plane was rolled-out on 1/28 for weight and balance and alignment of the orientation sensor platform  The satellite phone was successfully demonstrated

The Engineering Check Flight was successfully completed in the morning of 2/1  The only significant finding was the presence of vibration from the Apel inlet  This is probably due to uneven vortex shedding from the inlet  Further diagnoses were conducted during the 2/1 ICATS and 2/2 Pilot Proficiency Flight Tests

Laser cals were scheduled to start 2/2, but DIAL was not ready to start because of time expended in modifying its power-handling electronics to prevent tripping the plane circuit breakers at power-up  Laser cals are now expected to begin 2/5 and be complete well before the planned completion date of 2/10, because extra days were planned for laser cals

Arrangements for an ISP have been made at Kona-East

Cargo for the C-130 is beginning to be gathered, weighed and labeled All planned cargo for the C-130 originating at DFRC has been reviewed and several discrepancies noted  It appears now that the DFRC cargo may weigh a bit less than expected

It had been learned that the EAFB field is closed on Sunday, so that return from Kona-East on a Sunday(4/8) may not be appropriate  The Base Commander may consider special conditions for opening the field on Sunday  Sunday closings are a recent change of plans  The field is likewise closed on Saturdays after 1600  The options would be to return two days early on a Friday or one day later on a Monday  A decision is expected during the next week