SOLVE DC-8 Flight Summary

Flt No. Date DOY Take-off
Landing
Duration Description 
      hh:mm:ss ks hh:mm:ss ks hh:mm:ss ks  
First Deployment
000103 19991116 320 23:56:33 82.889 3:47:00 10.847 3:50:27 10.877 First local test flight with TMO flyover
000104 19991119 323 0:46:01 0.047 5:21:20 18.041 4:35:19 14.454 Second Science Test Flight with passes over TMO
000105 19991122 326 22:36:11 79.247 6:13:27 21.640 7:37:16 25.253 Southern 8 hr test flight
000106 19991130 334 0:43:19 0.062 10:25:19 36.044 9:42:00 32.442 Transit flight from DFRC to Kiruna, Sweden
000107 19991202 336 8:17:00 28.817 16:33:35 57.668 8:16:35 28.851 POAM underflight and transit to Greenland
000108 19991205 339 7:50:00 25.250 16:25:38 57.663 8:35:38 28.873 Flight to Franz Josef Land, Greenland, Iceland and into 150 kt jet
000109 19991207 341 9:20:28 32.448 18:57:41 64.898 9:37:13 32.450 Far east flight
000110 19991210 344 9:00:40 32.440 17:24:04 61.228 8:23:24 28.847 Flight to Severnaya Zemlya cold pool for PSCs
000111 19991212 346 9:49:43 32.492 19:23:09 68.432 9:33:26 32.459 Flight to Severnaya Zemlya cold pool for Gravity Waves
000112 19991214 348 7:52:48 25.300 16:07:39 57.646 8:14:51 28.865 POAM underflight, processed filament
000113 19991216 350 8:57:47 28.904 19:18:26 68.444 10:20:39 36.059 Transit from Kiruna, Sweden to DFRC
                   
            Days hh:mm:ss ks  
            03 11:10:30 299.430  
 Second Deployment
000115 20000114 14 0:07:56 0.063 9:56:29 32.485 9:48:33 32.481 Transit Flight from DFRC/Edwards AFB, CA, to Kiruna, Sweden
000116 20000116 16 7:03:46 25.249 16:48:00 57.648 9:44:14 32.458 Sunlit Vortex, PSC Hunt, POAM underflight
000117 20000120 20 8:29:11 28.840 18:05:00 64.805 9:35:49 32.484 Vortex flight with ER2
000118 20000123 23 7:45:48 25.293 17:51:27 61.278 10:05:39 36.044 Vortex Air Sample, ER2 underflight and comparison, Greenland Mountain Waves
000119 20000125 25 7:40:24 25.264 17:49:17 61.266 10:08:53 36.061 Norway Overflight for Mountain Waves
000120 20000127 27 9:21:01 32.422 19:02:00 68.402 9:40:59 32.499 Cross Vortex Chemistry
000121 20000129 29 8:56:59 28.915 19:19:15 68.434 10:22:16 36.038 Transit from Kiruna, Sweden, to Dryden FRC
                   
            Days hh:mm:ss ks  
            02 18:07:45 238.065  
Third Deployment
000123 20000227 58 21:07:52 75.659 31:10:55 49.265 10:03:03 36.006 Transit Flight from DFRC to Kiruna, Sweden
000124 20000303 63 14:31:03 50.434 24:16:30 0.046 9:45:27 32.472 Cross-Vortex Survey
000125 20000305 65 10:59:40 36.099 20:18:51 72.069 9:19:11 32.430 West Russia Cold Pool
000126 20000308 68 8:29:56 28.885 18:53:59 64.912 10:24:03 36.027 Lagrangian Study
000127 20000309 69 13:59:49 46.908 23:40:19 82.859 9:40:30 32.470 Vortex Edge Survey
000128 20000311 71 12:05:37 43.242 20:44:22 72.066 8:38:45 28.883 Penultimate Cold Pool Survey
000129 20000313 73 14:59:42 50.501 23:38:43 82.881 8:39:01 28.840 Last Vortex Ozone Survey
000130 20000315 75 5:44:04 18.048 17:42:37 61.279 10:58:48 36.106 Transit from Kiruna, Sweden to DFRC
                   
            Days hh:mm:ss ks hrs
            03 01:07:14 263.234  
                   
        Grand Total  09 06:25:29 800.729 222.4247

Last Updated on 03/25/2000
By MJ Mahoney