MTP CAMEX-4 Daily Check List

Version 1.0 2001.09.04 mjm

No-Fly or Fly Day

1) Enter Daily Instrument Status Report: Go to the CAMEX-4 Home Page and click the Reporting button. In theUsername list select MTP-DC-8 and enter the correct password. On the left side of the display, enter the correct MTP status and comments, if necessary, and then click the Submit button . Repeat this for Username MTP-ER-2.

2) Attend Science Team Meeting if there is one, and collect any handouts.

Fly Day

1) Enter daily Instrument Status Report (as in step 1 above)

2) Attend Science Team Meeting which follow weather briefing.

3) Do ER-2 preflight , if ER-2 is flying.

4) Do DC-8 preflight , if DC-8 is flying.

5) Attend ER-2 preflight meeting.

6) Attend DC-8 preflight meeting. Collect flight plan and put in a new flight folder for the flight. Label the folder: DCYYYYMMDD  CAMEX-4 01-04NN, where NN is the last two digits of the flight number assigned to the flight.

7) For either aircraft, stay present at Hangar 116 until DC-8 takeoff or ER-2 launch has occurred.

8) During the flight, stay at Hangar 116 or have beeper handy in case of early return of either aircraft.

9) On DC-8 landing or ER-2 recovery, retrieve PCMCIA Flashcards as described elsewhere.

10) Attend ER-2/DC-8 post-flight debrief. Collect ER-2 flight plan and put in a new flight folder for the flight. Label the folder: ERYYYYMMDD  CAMEX-4 01-NNN, where NNN is the three digit ER-2 flight number assigned to the flight.

11) Do Quicklook Analysis .